This war abounds in stories of sensational escapes, but none perhaps more wonderful than that of a midshipman and four sailors belonging to an Italian torpedo-boat. They were in the water in mid-winter for nearly 20 hours, and yet escaped with their lives. The story of that escape is as marvellous as it is sensational. An Italian troopship was steaming towards the coast of Albania, in the Adriatic sea, to land 2500 men and munitions for the reinforcement of the Italian troops in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Sat 3 Mar 1917, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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