GERMAN STOWS AWA V
1 ' ———- , •—•■»» ON BOARD SONOMA. '■ A DARING ATTEMPT. *': (Received 9.10 a.m.) ~"''<~^- v" SYDNEY,'- this day. .'* Lieutenant Katzer, a German military officer brought to Australia from Kabaul, German New Guinea, somehow managed to get aboard the steamer Sonoma, bound • for San Francisco,- and stowed away in a lifeboat, the.cover of ''which wai securely laced.. Though __carerul search'" was.made before the steamer railed, .the lieutenant was not "W_e_ ; the Sonoma was Tunning down the harbour groans /were.heard. .The-boat .was examined, and Katzer was found in": a fainting condition... He had~rsuccurnbed to heat apoplexy. Apparently he had the assistance of •an accomplice in stowing 1 away. ■'-.-'• ■-.■.-/■■ -'■'"■ "-' r -»-••-*;
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 15 March 1915, Page 5
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