NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICE.
BOAT RUSHES ON TO MINE WARNING GIVEN TO CRUISER, .. \ Petroqrad, November 12..,-| The " newspapers record the patriotic self-sacrifice of a Russian picket boat's .crow of seven,, who, realising that it was impossible to signal . a warning Ito *a,; swiftly approaching , cruiser, saved the ; latter by rushing at full speed on a mine in the. Gulf of Finland. .. There was a terrific explosion,, which killed six sof the crew.■'. > The • Tsar has decorated the survivor. '•" -:■'■■'•; SV .ViV"-'\-'r Zi'~-s&ti ?''■;■'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15766, 14 November 1914, Page 8
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79NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15766, 14 November 1914, Page 8
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