HORSES SWEPT OVERBOARD
Roeeiveil IVednesdav, 1.10 a.m. LOXI)()N, Xov. 25. Mere than a hundred horses were terrilled wlien a huge sea sniashod their stalls and they sjampeded round the deeks of Ihe Anierican shiji Zone Gale as the vessel jdmiged ihrough a 75-mile *h hour gale in lnid-Atlantie, says the Daily Mail. The gale swejit overlioard 21 of tlie .".7-". horses wliieli were being taken from Germany to Ihe United States and maimed or killod eight fit hors, Two of the erew were seriously injiireil. Caitleiuen worked dav and niglit visiting the horses to soothe and keep them on their feet as the sliip tossed. The sliip nmde for Plyrnoutli wlien the weather showed no sigu of aliat iug.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 November 1946, Page 5
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119HORSES SWEPT OVERBOARD Chronicle (Levin), 27 November 1946, Page 5
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