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FOUR DAYS IN OPEN BOAT.

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Date: 23 February 1917.

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FOUR DAYS IN OPEN BOAT.

Captain Frederick Sutton and the crew of four of the Lowestoft ketch Zircon were landed at eight o ' clock yesterday morning in a terribly exhausted state, after being in an open boat since 10.45 A.M. on Monday last. Their vessel was blown up by a bomb placed on board by the crew of a German submarine. Two of the victims are in hospital.

Source: "FOUR DAYS IN OPEN BOAT." Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 February. 1917. 5.

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