BRAVE JACK TARS.
U.S. WARSHIP LOUISIANA. IN DANGER OF SINKING. I.JiY Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received, 10.50 a.m.) New York, June 3. The bravery of the crew of tha warship Louisiana saved the vessel from disaster. A valve broke while the engines were being overhauled, and the en-gine-room was flooded. The vessel was in danger of sinking, when Captain Potts organised a party, at imminent risk of drowning, and dosed the hole. The vessel was unable to be beached, because the fires were out.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 50, 4 July 1913, Page 5
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85BRAVE JACK TARS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 50, 4 July 1913, Page 5
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