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Show 25 Believed Lost When Finnish Vessel Is Sunk t COPENHAGEN, Doc. 20. (IUP-Fiftecn (IUP-Fiftecn passengers and 10 of the crew of the Finnish steamer Oberon were m'.sjing today after the vessel sank in a collision with the Finnish Fin-nish steamer A returns. Four passengers and 32 cf the crew were saved. The colii.-ion occurred in a heavy i fug off Lessoe island. The Oberon srnk in throe minutes. Six hydroplanes of the Danish navy were instructed to assist in rescue work a;', soon . as the fog lifted. Several of the O boron "a nassen-pers nassen-pers were believed to be British, i Tho Arcturus v.:s badly damaged above tho wnterlino, but was able to u.ssi:;t in. rescue. The Gothenburg naval radio station sta-tion reported that two boats, including includ-ing the Swedish gunboat Sven-sl-r.nd, arrived on the scene early todav. The Oberon is a vessel of 3.00S j-ross tons. First reports received here said that passengers and crow who took to the life boats drifted blindly in the fog. An accurate check of the missing was believed impossible until un-til the fng litTcd. The 'Oberon 'a c3 plain reported thaj. he had 19 passengers and 42 crew aboard. One injured survivor was rescued by tho crew of the Arcturus as h was swimming nc-r l,1c ;:Pt where i the Oberon went down.. |