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CHILD'S FORTITUDE MESSAGE TO FLYING-BOAT (United Press Asn. —-Elec. Tel. CopyrlsMi (Received Sept. 28, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept, 27 How an exhausted child, who spent days in an open boat in the rough Atlantic, signalled the name of the torpedoed liner “City of Benares” to a Sunderland flying-boat, who came down to 1000 ft and circled over the drifting boat was told by the captain of the flying-boat. “I could see people on her quite clearly,” he said. “They were prostrate and pretty well exhausted, yet as 1 watched, a little chap in what looked like a Scout's uniform, sitting down amidships, suddenly spotted us. “He stood up at once and began waving. Then he picked up something white, probably a handkerchief, and began waving. I did not get the meaning for a second. Then it dawned on me what he was up to —'City Benares.’ “Weak as he was that kid signalled the ship’s name which told us the whole story. That was enough and we were off right away to get help."
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21230, 28 September 1940, Page 10
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