BREMEN’S ESCAPE
RUN FROM NEW YORK | TO ICELAND CAPTAIN READY TO FIRE SHIP. RATHER THAN BE CAPTURED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day. 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, October 12. The British United Press Amsterdam correspondent, describing the Bremen's escape, says that Edouard Post, the only Dutch member of the crew, declared that the captain was prepared to set the liner on lire to avoid capture. Barrels of petrol were placed ali over the ship as she steamed at top speed from New York to Iceland.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1939, Page 6
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85BREMEN’S ESCAPE Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1939, Page 6
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