CHASE AFTER SAILOR IN HYDROPLANE
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LONDON, Oct. 6. When the British cruiser Sheffield sailed from Annapolis this morning, it took with it tlie ione sailor wlio, pursu"ed by tlie captain's gig ancL the ad'miral 's barge, vanished into the dusk last night in the ship's liydrOplane. The sailor, who bounced around the choppy Severn, greeting pleasure craft witli a breezy 4lHow's everything?,,3 even interfered with tlie visit of . the British Ambassador (Lord Inverchapel) to tlie ship, bccause at the time when the admiral 's barge should have picked him up it was engaged in the cliase. It had to take time off to rush Lord Inver.chapel aboard and then resume the pursuit. As darkness set in last night, the hydroplane was leading the gig and the barge up the Severn, but yachtsmeu later heard its steady putt.-putt cliange to cough-cough, aud the occasional 4 4 How 's every thing ? " ceased. Tlie hydroplane and tlie sailor were ro turned to tlie shipj the rest is un known.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 October 1947, Page 6
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169CHASE AFTER SAILOR IN HYDROPLANE Chronicle (Levin), 8 October 1947, Page 6
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