NO INSURANCE ON NORMANDIE
SALVAGE BELIEVED IMPOSSIBLE j 1 New York, Feb. 17. c Rear-Admiral Andrews, naval com-• ( mandant of the New York District, ac-j knowledged the ultimate loss of the j liner Normandie in a letter to the' ( Mayor, Mr La Guardia. in which he! thanked the local firemen for their ic work in combating the flames which j eventually caused the ship to topple over. j c The "Weekly Underwriter,” an in_] surance publication, declared to-day ; c that there was no insurance on the j ( iNormandic, which was valued at GO,- ; 000.000 dollars, since the United Slates ,C had taken over the vessel as a naval! auxiliary, and therefore its status at j c the time o the fire was that of a war- L ship. The publication added that the ship K was unsalvageable.—P.A. j r
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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139NO INSURANCE ON NORMANDIE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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