WAR'WASBROUGHT CLOSE to jfieDommutfs shores on June 19 whenthe passenger liner Niagara, en route to Vancouver, was ■ mmid and sank off ihe North Auckland coast. There were no casualties, and the 338 survivors were landed at Auckland on the night of June 20, having been picked up from open boats. Several other vessels have been lost off the New Zealand coast as the result of enemy action since then. ■■•%:.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 308, 28 December 1940, Page 1 (Supplement)
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69WAR'WASBROUGHT CLOSE to jfieDommutfs shores on June 19 whenthe passenger liner Niagara, en route to Vancouver, was ■ mmid and sank off ihe North Auckland coast. There were no casualties, and the 338 survivors were landed at Auckland on the night of June 20, having been picked up from open boats. Several other vessels have been lost off the New Zealand coast as the result of enemy action since then.■■•%:. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 308, 28 December 1940, Page 1 (Supplement)
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