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Word: schoolships (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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Aboard the schoolship Patrie, boys were being taught to load a 16-centimetre gun. An explosion occurred, 13 were injured, four seriously. What was said to be the lost message from the crew of the ill-fated Dixmude (TIME, Jan. 7, AERONAUTICS), was found in a bottle on the Corsican coast: "Gasoline given out. Adieu and Vive la France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Jun. 2, 1924 | 6/2/1924 | See Source »

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