Picture No | 10215895 |
Date | 1928 |
Description | Aboard a sinking ship. |
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Aboard the sinking Vesris; a photograph taken on deck just seconds before the liner went down, showing people in lifebelts heading for the lifeboats. Many of the lifeboats capsized and people resorted to jumping off the sharply sloping decks in order to save themselves.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 24th November 1928 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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