Twenty-one Jews were among the 1,000 passengers and crew members rescued from the burning Norwegian immigrant vessel which sank last night in the Indian Ocean, it was reported here today. The 21 Jews aboard the Skaubryn were Jewish immigrants bound from Poland to join relatives in Australia.
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