UNDERWATER PIRACY
SEVEN STEAMERS AND TWO SAILERS SUNK London, December 31. The British steamers Aronsay, Zoroaster (3803 tons), and Aislaby (2692 tens) have been. sunk. The crow of tho Aislaby havo been landed,' but the captain is a prisoner aboard a submarine. The Norwegian steamers Nystrand. aud Hero (3719 tons) and the barque Karmo (1619 tons), and the Swedish steamer Meeddio (3069 tons), have been Bunk. The Norwegian steamer Thyra (3742 tons) and the British sailer Harry W. Adams are believed to have,been sunk. Thirteen'of the'Thyra's crew were saved.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CRUISER TORPEDOED FOUR'OF THE CREW LOST Paris, December 31. , A cruiser was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on December 27. Four lives were lost.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. SINKS IN HALF-AN-HOUR PERFECT~pis~CIPLINE (Rec. January 1, 7.25 p.m.) Paris, December 31. The cruiser sank in half an hour. In consequence of perfect discipline and the prompt arrival of patrol • boats, there- were only four victims,_of whom the explosion .Killed .two.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. - . . ■
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 5
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162UNDERWATER PIRACY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 5
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