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Show ARMORED MERCHANT CRUISER CLAN MacNAUGHTON L08T London, Feb. 24. Tho ofllclal Information In-formation bureau announced this at-tornoon at-tornoon that tho Clan MacNaughton, an armored merchant crulsor Is missing. miss-ing. Tho vessel was last heard of February 3 and It Is feared that sho has been lost. Tho toxt of tho bureau's statement follows: "Tho secretary of tho admiralty regrets re-grets to announco that II . M. S. Clan MacNaughton an armored merchant mer-chant cruiser, commandor Robert Jof froys, R. N. has been missing slnco February 3 nnd It Is feared that tho vossel has been lost. "An unsuccessful search has beon mado and wreckago supposed to ho portions ot this ship has been discovered. discov-ered. "Tho laBt signal received from the Clan MacNaughton was mado In tho early morning of February 3 and it Is feared that sho was lost during tho bad weather which prevailed at that tlmo." Two hundred and eighty men lost their lives when tho Clan MacNaughton MacNaugh-ton went down. |