TWO MORE VESSELS TORPEDOED.
THE CREWS LAND SAFELY.
(Received 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. A Gnmsby trawler was torpedoed in the North Sea to-day. She" was overhauled and sunk after half-an-hour's chase. The Cardiff steamer Northlands was torpedoed off Beaehy Head. Her crew of 24 landed safely.
The Northlands zigzagged, but was quickly overhauled. The submarine fired a gun and gave the men two minutes to quit the vessel.
The boats were fortunately swung out in anticipation of an emergency, and were pulling away when the torpedo broke the ship in halves. She sank in ten minutes.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 82, 7 April 1915, Page 5
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