In Wake of Pilgrim Fathers
Received Tueflflay, 8.55 pltn. -U> 7 '. MONTREAii, AUgust 2. Twenty-nine Estonian refugees. who crossed the Atlantic in a 34-ton motor vessel in a foxtnight, have- arrived at .^ St. Johns, Newfoundland, / seeking entry to Canada. .' \ •.-* The party consists of - 12 Jhen, women and seven children". They escaped from Estonia in 1944, worked in Sweden, bought the vessel and sailed the Atlantic. Canadian immigration officials said the refugees would be admitted if their papers were found to be in order, otherwise a special examination might have to be made. Twelve days ago 70 other refugees from Eastern Europe arrived at Provincetown, Massachusetts, after crossing the Atlantic in a 64:foot k§tch in 43 days.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 August 1948, Page 5
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