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Show IE SWEPT OUT TO SEA: Many Dock Workers Carried Away by a . Sudden Storm I Astrakhan, Russia. Nov. 29. During a sudden storm in tho Caspian sea today, to-day, a landing stage, on which were 300 dock workers, was dragged from its moorings and swept out to ?ea. The storm was so lolent that arte ar-te mpts to rescue were futile and all hope that any of the men will le saved has been abandoned. Scores of ships, several with their crews on board, were sunk at their moorings at different Caspian coast towns Seven towns along the coast were flooded, hundreds of inhabitants taking tak-ing refuge on hay stacks. The plight of the sufferers is pitiable, as intense cold has added to the general misery. |