VICTIMS OF SPEED
ATLANTIC TRAGEDY Two Sailors Dive Overboard to Rescue Passenger ALL THESE DEOWN. fßy Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright.] (A. and N.Z.) LONDON, June 13. An epic of the Atlantic was enacted when the Anchor liner California was 600 miles from England. A woman slipped overboard and two sailors jumped over to rescue her, but the vessel was going at such a speed that they were far astern, and before a boat could be launched they were all drowned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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79VICTIMS OF SPEED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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