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The Daily Telegram
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia
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Thirty bodies recovered from the British battleship Bulwark after it exploded off Sheerness, England, yesterday due to an internal explosion. Bodies are mutilated; relatives seek info; no casualty list yet. (Reported Nov. 27 via London.)
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SHEERNESS, Eng., via London, Nov. 27.
Thirty bodies from the British battleship Bulwark were recovered from the river Thames today. The Bulwark was blown up off Sheerness yesterday presumably by the result of an internal explosion.
Most of the bodies so far received are mutilated almost beyond identification. Many pathetic scenes were witnessed as relatives gathered in an effort to obtain information concerning them on the ill-fated warship.
Up to the present time, however, the authorities have not given out a list of the loss.
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Primary Location
Sheerness, Eng.
Event Date
Yesterday (Nov. 26), Reported Nov. 27
Outcome
thirty bodies recovered; most mutilated beyond identification; no list of loss released
Event Details
The British battleship Bulwark was blown up off Sheerness yesterday presumably by an internal explosion. Thirty bodies were recovered from the river Thames today. Relatives gathered seeking information on those aboard the ill-fated warship.