Word: euzkera
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After a last performance in Cuba, Emilio put the circus aboard the ancient, 145-foot Honduran ship Euzkera, then took a plane to Cartagena to see to Colombian bookings and the house in Bogotá. The Euzkera had only two cabins. But the 46 members of the troupe managed somehow, even with all their animals and gear...
...Caribbean, four days out of the Cuban port of Mariel, a storm struck the Euzkera. She sank so swiftly that only twelve men & women had time to climb into the one lifeboat that got away. Six days later, the Norwegian motorship Caribe sighted the lone lifeboat off the coast of Nicaragua. She took the survivors aboard, headed for Cura...
...week's end Emilio finally learned the full bitterness of his loss. Down with the Euzkera had gone all the animals and circus equipment (uninsured), and 37 members of the troupe. Among the missing: Emilio's wife, children and niece. Sobbed Emilio Razzore: "The sea has swallowed up my whole life...
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