THIRD LARGEST NAZI LINER
630 GERMANS ABOARD Received Dec. 21. 1 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. I The Tuscaloosa is due at 2 p.m. with 579 of the crew of the Columbus, who , will disembark at Ellis Island. ' The Tuscaloosa reported that two ! tiremen are missing but it is not be- ’ lieved that there are other casualties. -The German Legation in Mexico City, (however, states that 630 Germans were aboard. Seventeen Chinese memI hers of the crew refused to make the Atlantic dash and three Italians deserted earlier. When last seen from the Tuscaloosa, Germany's third largest liner was burning from stem to stern and was settling slowly. The cruiser reports that the hulk and 22 boats from which the crews were taken, constituted a menace to navigation. It is believed that the Tuscaloosa stopped to destroy these, also to make certain that the Columbus was sinking.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 7
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147THIRD LARGEST NAZI LINER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 7
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