Five More Survivors Picked Up
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (Recd. 11.55 pm).—Five more survivors from the Dutch motorship Doros have been picked up by the steamer Williamsburg. The five men were found drifting in a lifeboat not far from where the Doros exploded and burned last Monday.
The cook of the Doros died in the ifeboat and was buried at sea. Eight other survivors were rescued yesterday. It is believed several of the 10 still missing were killed in the explosion.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 16 December 1949, Page 5
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