A BRITISH SUBMARINE "TRAP-SHIP"
GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE SUNK HEE.
Amsterdam, August 28. The "Hamburg Nachrichten" describes the sinking of a British tranship by.a big German submarine. The submarine officers sighted a 6teamer of -1500 tons, which excited attention by her high bridgo and high deck erections, and her wild zig-zag course. The submarine put in its last torpedo, which exploded, the trap-ship sinking in three minutes after the second explosion in the boilef-room Only a single boat was J.iunched, and tlio six survivors confessed that the ship was a submarine trap-ship called Warner. The captain and all the officers perished. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • ■ .
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK OFF SPANISH COAST. , (Rec, August 30, 0,5 a.m.)
London, August 29. The Norwegian Steamer ICongsli (9300 tons), valued at ,£450,000, has been sunk oii Th'e Spanish coast. She was bound i to Europe from America. The Kongsli had previously been- torpedoed in the Channel and repaired.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 5
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