CONSUL ESCAPES IN HAIL OF BULLETS
(Received 16, 11.0 a.m.) BILBAO, June 15. The British Consul, Mr Stevenson, and a cable engineer, Mr Rawlings, after signalhng from the beach at Algorta with a liand lamp during the srnall hours, attracted the attention of the destroyer Kempenfelt. Mr Rawlings signalled her through a dangerous channel, enabling her to lower a boat. A sentry spotted the manoeuvre and machine-gun bullets whipped the sea as Mr Stevenson and Mr Rawlings went aboard. They were transferred from the Kempenfelt to the battleship Resolution which landed them at Hendaye.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 128, 16 June 1937, Page 5
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