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Date: 8 May 1915

Transcript:

PORT TALBOT CAPTAIN KILLED BY PIRATES

[photograph of a shipping agent and Captain Charles William Brown at the harbour]

Captain Brown, of the Port Talbot trader Filgent [sic]. He was fatally shot from a German submarine when his ship was being sunk by the pirates. Capt. Brown was well known at Port Talbot. He is shown with a bag in his hand. By his side stands the steamer's agent.


Source:
'Port Talbot Captain Killed by Pirates.' The Cambria Daily Leader. 8 May 1915. 8.

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