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OFF THE IRISH COAST PASSENGERS MACHINE-GUNNED TWO IRISHMEN KILLED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, August 20 Two Irishmen, a passenger and a seamen were killed when a German aeroplane bombed and machinegunned the Great Western Railway steamer St. Patrick off the Irish coast last Friday. There were 70 passengers, mostly women and children- from South Wales. When the ship was nearing the Irish coast, the German aeroplane swooped down from a great height and dropped two bombs, which fell 50 yards from the ship, rocking it severely. The aeroplane then banked and turned, and, when almost alongside the ship, the German rear gunner swept the port deck with machinegun fire. The aeroplane then disappeared.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 8
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117STEAMER BOMBED Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 8
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