London, Feb. 1.
The British steamer Royal Crown, 464 tons, was attacked by a German bomber off the British coast yesterday. The vessel was beached when it was found to be sinking, Fifteen survivors were landed after seeing seven comrades washed from 8 life-boat and drowned. It is feared that another life-boat, with the remainder of the crew, has capsized, Police boarded the ship and removed the mutilated bodies of four members of the crew who were killed when the plane attacked the vesce, machine-gunned the decks and drop: ped an incendiary bomb. amidships,
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