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Over the Wire

Tanker Sunk Off Florida

FORT PIERCE, Fla.-The U. S. tanker Cities Service Empire, 8,103 tons, was hit by three torpedoes and sank in flames in the Atlantic Ocean south of here early Sunday, it was disclosed tonight.

Eleven men were lost from the ship's crew of 41 and seven survivors were hospitalized for treatement of burns and other injuries.

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