THE WAR IN SPAIN
REBEL TRAWLER SURRENDERS CAPTAIN THROWN INTO SEA VESSEL SUNK BY CRUISER United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 16, li a.m.) BARCELONA, Feb. 15 A rebel armed trawler and twenty members of the crew surrendered to the Government and entered Barcelona harbour. The trawler was near Barcelona when the crew rebelled and threw the captain into the sea. The trawler’s armament includes the latest type of archies. It is reported that another rebel trawler attempted to surrender, but the captain wirelessed the insurgent cruiser Canarias, which rushed up. Meanwhile the trawler's crew had been fighting the captain and other officers, who were opposing to surrender. The Canarias opened fire and sank the trawler.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20425, 16 February 1938, Page 7
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