In Belgium, France, on Chesapeake Bay and on the Caribbean Sea last week, St. Christopher, patron of travelers, nodded and Death came to nearly threescore people journeying by air, land & sea.
ΒΆ An hour after leaving Baltimore on an overnight run to Norfolk, the 297-ft. steamship City of Baltimore was rounding the mouth of the Patapsco River when fishermen in the bay nearby saw what they thought was a great ball of fire ascending from the deck. Fire had broken out in the hold or engine room. Police boats, Coast Guard craft and private...
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