A. Britisn troopship's escape {rom disastrous collision by a few feet is disclosed here.
The second ship, also British, the Samaria, was outward bound and has
repairs. low returned to a British port for a dense fog the ships passed 's0 close to each other that the lifeboats swung out on the davits of the Samaria were stove in and some Actually carried away.
The troopship arrived with slight damage to her superstructure. Bee cause of the denseness of the fog the smaller ship, the Samaria, had her lifeboats swung out in readiness for any emergency.
After "the mishap the fog ime mediately swallowed up both ships, and it was only when the outward bound Samaria returned to port that her identity was established—Reuter. London, Dee. 21.
An Admiralty communique replies to the German High Command statement issued yesterday regarding the sinking of "British light naval forces* including the Pearl, New Choice, Serenity, Tkway, Evelyn, Sedgeny and Trinity, According to the Admiralty com. munique the Pearl, Now Choice and Trinity were fishing trawlers, the Serenity was an unarmed coastal seamer, the Iiway did not exist and the Evelyn and Sedgefly were Admiralty trawlers overdue some time ago and presumed lest.
"In the last three days. the com munique adds, "35 vessels, two of which were neutrals, have been ottacked "by German" aircraft. Only three were naval units and attacks these were unsuccessful. One feasting steamer and six shing trawlers were sunk."—Reuter, Metsink! Hospitals mit Helsinki, Dee, 22.
'Three hospitals were' hit during [Soviet air raids on Helsinki yesterday afternoon.
During the day—Stalin's birthday—Russian warplanes also raided towns all along Finland's south const, from Borgu, 30 miles east of Helsinki, to Abo, 100 miles west of the capital, 'The hospitals damaged during the raids on Helsinki were. the Ortho: pedi, the Sisters' of Mercy institution and the Blind School.
An operation was in progress at the JOrthopaedic Hospital when the build: ing was hit. Other bombs fell near military hospital and a Red Cross Jdressing station. Two of the 12 planes [carrying out the raids on Helsinki are said to have been shot down.
At Abo Russian airmen attacked an Jexpress "train and raked it with machine-gun fire, and a Uitte Inter 3 second train was similarly attacked, Porthango was raided five times Jond during one of the attacks a train was. machine-gunned. Passengers dashed for cover but a number were killed and. wounded.
The Finns claim that altogether during the day they brought down six Russian planes—Reuter.
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