SUPPLIES FOR SUBMARINES
CARRIED BY AMERICAN SHIPS
WASHINGTON, May 9
Sailors aboard the steamers Manifcowoc, Miskegon, and Allaguiai made charges to the port authorities of St. Thomas, where the vessels called en route to Buenos Ay res, that underneath the cargoes of coal loaded at American ports were supplies of fusel oil- and many ■» other supplies, especially for submarines.
The sailors asserted that on previous trips they got rid of cargoes while at sea to German submarines. Among the alleged supplies were chests of gold, each containing £50,000.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4054, 10 May 1917, Page 6
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