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Twelve men drowned when two whiskey-smuggling ships crashed into cliffs at Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, while fleeing a revenue cutter. The Coast Guard crew watched helplessly from cutter number 255.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. (AP)—
Twelve men lost their lives last week when two whiskey laden crafts attempting to elude a revenue cutter were dashed to pieces on the precipitous cliffs at Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, south of this city. While the twelve men struggled vainly in the heavy seas the crew of the coast guard cutter number 255, looked on helplessly unable to aid, fearing their own craft would suffer the same fate.
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Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, South Of San Francisco
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twelve men lost their lives
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Two whiskey laden crafts attempting to elude a revenue cutter were dashed to pieces on the precipitous cliffs at Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay. While the twelve men struggled vainly in the heavy seas the crew of the coast guard cutter number 255 looked on helplessly unable to aid, fearing their own craft would suffer the same fate.