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"TARETHE FIGHTING MEN FIRST!" HEROIC NURSES- SPLENDID SACRIFICE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. November 12, 1.15 a.m.) " London) November 11. The "Morning Post," on the authority of the captain of a French cruiser, narrates an incident which is "wortliy to live in die history of our Empire," as illustrating tho capable part our women are playinp;. It was when, tho cruiser recently was assisting' in saving life after an unnamed transport had been torpedoed in the Aegean Sea. There were thirty-six nursing sisters on board, of whom ten were drowned. When the' French boata arrived the nurses, with one accord, called outs "Take the fighting men on first!" THE NURSES OF THE MARQUETTE. (Rec. November 12, 1.15 a.m.) London ( November 11. The newspapers give prominence to. a casualty list containing the names of ten New Zealand Staff nurses who are reported missing. It is believed that they were drowned in the transport Marquette.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2617, 12 November 1915, Page 5
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154LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2617, 12 November 1915, Page 5
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