LAND AND WATER 
October 3, 1 914 
CAPTAIN WILMOT S. NICHOLSON OF H.M.S. HOGUE Capynght, Wfsi & Son,>iouihsea 
WKoii 10 be consratulated on hit rescue in ihe North Sea afler the founderina of hi» ship, The follawinn quotation is from one of the men who were 
aboard the Hoguc : "A few minutes later wc were slruckjwice. Captain Nicholson, who was on the bridRc. was ascool as a cucumber. He gave us the 
word (o lip over everything that would float, to lake off our clothes, and to look after ourselvei. It was done ship-shaj e- The Navy rule is keep your 
mouth shut and do your job well ' We did it. It went off. as you might say. juit like evolulion^. The ship turned o»er and we saw the Captain with 
nolhing on sliding down the keel inlet the water." 
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