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    "ocrText": "Sleep on the year through lack of accomodation. you see\nthey were rescued by an oil tanker by a captain who\nhad received orders twice proceed. but saw that the\nlife hoat was in differently. it having submerged, so he\nstopped to keck them up vgane up his quarters the hurses.\nThey all speak very well of the Captain officeis Then on\nhold haahs, the crew of the harasdam heeped them while\nthey were in the water Threed very hard thelp has\nBreaking Thin Lormis. These two apparently died from\nexhaustion of trying th their from the submerged life boat\nlittle oil tanher. his Buchening already heing very\nweak from sickness during up what little strength\nShe had in Seeing the group for which the was\nresponsible Safely assembled on deck.\nTo go back thin his line. when J saw her in huckington\nShe impressed me as being very particular about her\ndress general appearance, but here she went out will\nher hair all loose thesed in the suit she had on\nwhile in the water all urmiles. She did that just\nmorning go La Lari - aressee. She was tembly depressed\nwas unable h tleep. ashed more than one person y me\nthought She would Commit Invide\nfirst thing in the mornings she was much worse. but\nwould brighten up a little during the day. She expressed\nher feeling of resentment towards everybody Then hatred\nparticularly of the A.R.C. She knew it was all wrong and\nwould spend her might fighting that resentment\nand I said yes, and furthermore S. Gordon had talked over\nOne day she asked me if J thought she coned go back home"
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