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CITY OF BENARES SURVIVORS MESSAGE TO FLYING-BOAT (British Official Wireless• RUGBY, Sept. 27. How an exhausted child who spent days in an open boat in the rough Atlantic signalled the name of; the torpedoed liner City of Benares ;to a Sunderland flying boat which came down to 1000 feet and cilveled over the drifting boat was told by the captain of the flying boat. ~ : "I could see people on her quite clearly," he said. " They were prosstrate and pretty well exhausted. Yet, as I watched, a little chap in what looked like a Scout's uniform, sitting down amidships, suddenly spotted us. He stood up at once and began waving. Then he picked up something white, probably a handkerchief, and began waving. I did not get his meaning for a second;'then it dawned on me what he was up to—'City of Benares.' Weak as he was, that kid signalled the ship's name, which told us the whole story. That was enough. We were off right away to get help."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24416, 30 September 1940, Page 6
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172SAVED BY A SIGNAL Otago Daily Times, Issue 24416, 30 September 1940, Page 6
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