RUM-RUNNER RAMMED
CLIMAX TO BATTLE
SURVIVORS ARRESTED
United Presi Association —By Electric Tel»»
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(Received October 31, 2 p.m.)
NEW YORK, October 30.
A message from New London, Con* necticut, states that a running battle took place between a coast-guard cutter and an alleged rum runner, the launch Frances, of Newport. In the fray; machine-gun bullets and one-pounder shells were exchanged. The battle reached a spectacular climax today; when the Frances, ploughing through her own smoke screen, was rammed by; a patrol boat and sank. Four men, comprising the Frances's crew, were take* prisoners. One is in a critical condition with gunshot wounds in the ab« domeii. The coast-guard vessel had ta be beached with a badly stovc-in bow. A cargo of 500 eases of liquor sank with the Frances. . • ■ .
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 10
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131RUM-RUNNER RAMMED Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 10
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