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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1956
Page
3
A collision doomed the Italian liner Andrea Doria and nearby Stockholm. Captain Calamia ordered abandonment as rescue ships frantically aided passengers and crew during a dawn struggle, with Andrea Doria sinking after heroic attempts to save the crew and ship. The Stockholm sustained heavy damage and casualties.
Three sailors died in a fog bound collision south of Naytuake teland near New York Harbor. Weather officials cited dense fog and air mass interactions as factors. The distressed vessel was amid Coast Guard rescue efforts as crews searched the area for additional casualties and possible victims.
Ottokar Cadek, acting director of the University of Alabama music department and renowned violinist, collapsed and died Wednesday night while conducting a national music camp faculty concert in Interluchen Michigan.
Five residents of Long Beach area were among 94/270 aboard the Strips College liner Stockholm when it collided with the Andrea Doria on a Wednesday night voyage. Rev Richard Dawson and his wife with two daughters were bound for a six week Scandinavia tour from Palos Verdes Estates. Mrs Alma Fee, a Jones cafeteria bookkeeper, and others from Long Beach planned visits to Sweden and Norway.
Captain Ginmar Wordensop, 63, long served with Swedish American Lines including the flagship Gripshelm. After 36 years at sea he earned U S government ribbons for service in North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean theaters during World War I, and is based in Poteborg Sweden with his wife and two sons and a daughter.
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