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CRASH SURVIVORS' FIVE HAIR-RAISING

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"Never in history has a rul- Mahatma Gandhi, who|ing power left any dominion of is 77, told the Asian Re-its own free will." Gandhi said. lations Conference here! "That is what the British arc honest, whatever their past re- today; "I would like to trying to do today. They are

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the Katherine. On the frated us and at night mosquitoes day one of the rafts overturned almost drove UR crazy. and year and food were lost. rocks were hot and Barnaard's the third day, they killed feet were bleeding, but we could one of the two dogs with them not afford to rest. We kept on and ate it. A crocodile attnekel going in the direction እሮ the remaining raft and they thought safety lay because we killed it with a Sten gun.

could not count on our message During the third day, they ever getting anywhere' or being came to # 39-foot waterfall received by anyone. It sure was with banks so steep they could a relief when they found us." not get down. They put an ap- "They" were the rescue party peal for help on the remaining which had set out from Kal raft, shoved it over the water-herine and which met the air- fill and hoped for the best, men seven miles from Katherine. time. If all you delegates

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The four men lost consider- go away determined to Lord Mountbatten, was "trying Itouniet luont drowned and able weight, it doctor said believe in one world and to find a way of handing over Barnard Had to rescue him, they would be all right.United with the will to carry it power to Indian hands by

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Gandhi said that the Viceroy,

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·Gandhi assefied that it 'wor his belief that he had no fal- otherwise lawing today, for "these tragedies, would not have happened."

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