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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1958
Page
14
Two Seamen Survive Gulf Storm After Captain Lost
In a 10 day ordeal aboard The Time a 31 foot party boat off Florida and the Gulf, two seamen recount hunger, thirst, and flooding. Captain John P. Lynn disappeared as the storm raged, the engine failed, and the men drifted 8 days before repairs allowed return to Captiva Island near Fort Myers. They describe patching a melted anchor, boiling water with stale grounds, and living on canned beans as they drifted 250 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myers
Fla
Wei
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Gulf
Mexico
Charles Shoemaker
Jack Martin
Captiva Island
John P. Lynn
Madeira Beach
Lynn
Johns Pass
St. Petersburg
Shoemaker
Carruthersville
Ind
Air Crash Kills 11 in Amazonas Province
Lima reports the military transport wreckage found on a mountain in Amazonas Province after being missing since January 5. All 11 aboard were killed according to the air force announcement on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Amazonas
Air Force
Subzero Wave Hits East As Florida Sees Rain
An Arctic cold wave gripped the eastern states on Sunday. Saranac Lake in New York reported a low of minus 25, while Newport, Virginia and Albany, New York logged frigid readings. Nighttime temperatures stayed in the teens to 130s across regions, with widespread rain and storms spreading from Texas to Missouri and Nebraska as a Pacific moisture plume moved inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranac Lake
New York Adirondacks
Newport
Albany
N.Y
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Lake Ontario
Texas
Missouri
Nebraska
British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Iparts
California
Swiss Auto Race Driver Sentenced for Track Wreck
Maurice Cuil, a Swiss auto racer, was sentenced by a Belgian court after a crash at Chimay that injured five spectators. The British driver Christopher Thvetall and Caillet were involved. Caillet received a five-year term for faulty driving and causing the wreck, with compensation of $6,000 ordered to victims at the Grand Prix des Frontieres.
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Charleroi
Chimay
Belgium
Maurice Cuil
Thvetall
Caillet
Caillet Lana
Christopher
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