U-BOAT VICTIMS
♦ RESCUES BV AMERICAN VESSEL ’ TWO BRITISH SHIPS SUNK. TWENTY-TWO SAILORS LOST; By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, October 24. The Maritime Commission has announced that the American steamship Crown City rescued the entire crew of 31 of the British ship Ledbury and also five from the British steamer Menin Ridge. Twenty-two men of the latter ship were lost. The Crown City is within a 300 miles radius of Gibraltar. GREEK SHIP SUNK THREE SEAMEN AND PILOT MISSING. (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) • LONDON, October 24. The Greek steamer Konstantinos Hadjipateras was sunk in the North Sea. Captain G. Halkias blames enemy action. A lifeboat landed fifteen members of the crew, picked up by a British ship. A second vessel saved eight others. Three seamen and the pilot are missing. They were last seen swimming after diving from the deck.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 October 1939, Page 5
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144U-BOAT VICTIMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 October 1939, Page 5
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