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DISTRESSING FATALITY.
NAVAL CUTTER CAPSIZES. FORTY-FIVE MEN DROWNED. LONDON, March 31. A distressing naval mishap occurred during Tuesday's blizzard. Though the storm was at its height many naval liberty men took the boats and returned to their ships. All reached safety except a cutter belonging to H.M.s. Conquest, which a steam launch Avas towing. The hawser broke, and it is believed that the cutter capsized. Forty-five were drowned, 37 being married.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 80, 3 April 1916, Page 5
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71DISTRESSING FATALITY. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 80, 3 April 1916, Page 5
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