NAZI VESSELS BURNT.
Screws beach peru coast. (Reed. 10.30 a.m.) LIMA, April 4. I Thirty members of the crews of the I German steamers Hermonthis and Mucnchen, which were set on fire and abandoned two days ago 200 miles off Callao Harbour, arrived here early to-day. They ' reached the coast in a sailing boat, after Peruvian warships had made an unsuccessful search for them, landing at Casma. The Muenchen and Heimonthis sailed from Callao on March 31 without papers. A message from Rio <le Janeiro states that the Italian freighter Teresa was attached yesterday for failure to pay port dues at Cristobal. The captain and two high officers of the Italian liner Conte Biancamano, which was seized last Sunday, were arrested to-day and held pending deportation proceedings. The police aleo arrested Dr. Giovanni Bruni, Italian Consul, after a search of his quarters and the offices of an Italian shipping line. Three members of the staff of the shipping line were also arrested.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 81, 5 April 1941, Page 9
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