When the Orient.mail steamer Osterley last crossed the Indian Ocean, tho captain diverted his course in order to enable his passengers to sco tlie wreck of the Emden: "The sight of tie battered cruiser lying on the rocks of North Keeling Island made a vivid impression on me," said a passenger to Auckland by tho llivorina, who mado the trip to Australia ill the Orient liner. "We could plainly see the gaping holes in the rusted hull, and the lop-sided funnels gave the wreck a curious appearance. Tho' sight was a particularly pleasing one to the Osterley s officers, for their ship narrowly escaped the Emdeii's clutches.' Tho Gorman cruisor had arranged to raid tho Cocos cable statioA and then sink the Osterley, wlien the Sydney appeared on the scene and ended the raider's carcer.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2378, 6 February 1915, Page 2
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