STEAMER SUNK BY A ZEPPELIN.
HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMB SINKS VESSEL IN TWO MINUTES.
(Received 11.30 a.m.) .... LONDON, February 4. A Zeppelin on Tuesday night sank a steamer, formerly-known as the German steamer Franz Fischer.;' She was anchored in the North Sea laden with coal at the time. The Zeppelin dropped a high explosive bpmb amidships, and the.vessel sank in two minutes, dragging down her crew.VThirteen out of sixteen of the crew were drowned. The survivors swam an hpur,"and were picked up by a Belgian steamer. - >.'-.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 31, 5 February 1916, Page 5
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