Shanghai, Mar. 24.
HEN the s. Western Prince was torpedoed by a U.~boat in the Atlantic while travelling from Canada to England she carried as a passenger Dr. Dorothy Galbraith, former London Missionary Society worker, who well known to many Shanghailanders, In a letter recently received here, extracts from which appear below, Dr. Galbraith describes her harrowing experiences as the ship was struck and sunk, the terrible plight of passengers and crew in open boats in a heavy sea and the heroism of British sailors by whom they were rescued after drifting for many hours. The gallant captain of the Western Prince, whose heroism was
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