ON THE HIGH SEAS.
THE LOST CONVOY.
" ALL APPEALS WERE IN VAIN."
LONDON' Oct. 23
According to a message from Christiania, officers and men rescued from the British destroyer Mary Rose, which was suiik ia'; libh I'e..'North Sea by German raiders, state ,that after sinking the destroyer the Germans fired broadsides at the merchantmen, sweeping away the upper structures and killing the passengers and crews.
The captain-of one merchant vessel says that after a broadside his crew was ordered into the boats, which German shells destroyed, killing nine men. The rest returned to;the steamer. A number of shells struck it simultane-ously,-'breaking the vessel and killing all except the captain, who dived and
was picked up later. Similar scenes were visible everywhere. The occupants of lifeboats signalled and cried to the Germans, while two women waved white garments from the upper deck of the sinking ship, but all appeals ware in vain. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9128, 25 October 1917, Page 6
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