FAILURE OF THE PIRATICAL BLOCKADE.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED VESSELS SAIL , ONLY SEVEN STINK BY THE SUBMARINES. LONDON, February 2G. The Admiralty states that 70S vessels arrived and 073 sailed between the ISth and 24th. German submarines sank seven. The crew of the Dcptford drifted in nn open boat in a snowstorm for Jive hours. A torpedo struck the Harpalion amidships, and her boilers blew up. TWe chief engineer was saying grace, and find uttered the words. "For what we arc about to receive. Lord, make us truly thankful,' , when an awful eras , ! occurred, and everything was shattered.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 5
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