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plank pinning the woman, and then dashed through tho flames with her in liis arms. An Italian officer came up and said, “What’s the name of the ship to which these men belong? I shall send an account of their splendid bravery to my Government.” Wlieri daylight came looting was proceeding indiscriminately, wretches hacking off the fingers of the dead to got their rings.
On tlie Tuesday morning the British fleet came tearing up the straits, bringing the first help from the outside world.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2417, 4 February 1909, Page 5
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