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The Heavy List of the Flying Enterprise
Dramatic radio flashes from the U.S. destroyer, John W. Weeks, gave the first detailed account of the lone fight of the 37-year-old Capt. Kurt Carlsen - against the gale-whipped Atlantic, in his battered, listing ship, "Flying Enterprise". The cap...
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The Lifeboat, Drawing alongside the Merchantman
While flying 150 miles from land the captain of an R.A.F Sunderland flying boat (co-operating with Coastal Command of the R.A.F) saw a white speck on the water. He found it was a small lifeboat with a white jib hoisted and containing twenty men. H...
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The Nyland and the E. Kirby Smith
The sharp prow of the Swedish freighter SS Nyland almost bisected the Liberty ship E. Kirby Smith after they collided in the early hours of the morning near Norfolk, Virginia. The E. Kirby Smith was anchored when the Nyland plowed into it. No one ...
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The Psychological Suspence Story ''Faces In The Dark''
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Above: The Saravanamuttu family pictured yesterday: Muraley (20), Shanthi (18), Manjula (13) and Sudharshan (8) with their widowed mother.
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The Smashed Timbers and Cradles on the Slipway
Aircraft carrier launches itself. This striking photograph was taken after the aircraft carrier "FORMIDABLE" broke away half an hour before LADY WOOD, wife of the air minister was to launch her. One woman was killed and 20 injured by the hurdling ...
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The Sunken 'Helen Ann' in Lowestoft Harbour
Drifter hits Sandsank and sinks at Lowestoft. Leaving Lowestoft (Suffolk) for the herring grounds after the strike of drifter crews for seamen's rations, the drifter 'Helen Ann' of Banff, Scotland, struck a sandbank and was holed. She only just re...
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The Tanker, 'World Concord' Breaks in Two in Heavy Gale
Tanker breaks in two in heavy gale. This is what happened when the "World Concord", a big tanker of over 20,000 tons, broke in two during a strong gale in the Irish sea, off the west coast of England. On the left, the bows and fore-part of the ves...
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The car that ran over four people
The picture shows the deadly car that ran over four people at Puttamala city, parked by the road after the accident.
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