SUNK WITHOUT WARNING
VANCOUVER CITY’S FATE SEAMAN’S GRAPHIC TALE (Reed. Sept. 16, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15. Thirty-one members of the crew of the British vessel, Vancouver City, which was torpedoed, have reached Liverpool. The bosun, Michael Conway, said: “We were within a day of port when the ship was struck amidships without warning. Twelve minutes later the ship had gone to the bottom. We did not see the submarine. The second engineer was struck by flying debris and the other two were killed in the engineroom. We took to the boats and later were picked up by the Netherlands steamer Manura
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 11
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102SUNK WITHOUT WARNING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 11
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