CARGO OF RIFLES. WATCHING FOR THE FANNY.
LONDON. 2nd April. Tho police and coastguards in Ulster have been ordered to watch the Fanny. A Copenhagen Customs officer states that- he removed the Fanny's papers. An Englishman aboard attempted to bribe him to keep silent. The vessel sailed without her papers. Hamburg advices allege that the rifles were destined for South America. [A Copenhagen message yesterday said : There is much speculation regarding the sudden departure of the Norwegian steamer Fanny from Longeland with 300 tons of rifles which were transferred from a German lighter. Their supposed destination is Ireland.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 79, 3 April 1914, Page 7
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