SEA MINES
SHIP PULL OF REFUGEES SUNK EIGHTY LIVES LOST. (Received September 7, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, 6th September. The Exchange News Agency states that the Wilson liner Runo, with 300 refugees going lo Hull from Russia, struck a mine forty miles off Shields. Eighty persons were drowned. Trawlers landed 200 survivors at Gritnsby, and many nre now in hospital. [I'lie Runo was t\ twin-screw cargo steamer of 1679 tons, built in 1802, registered at Hull. Her owners were T. Wilsoh, Soil* and Co., Ltd.] (Received September 7, 12.30 .p.m.) LONDON, 6th September. The Press Bureau confirms the news of the sinking of t the steamer Runo. Twenty Russian emigrants were lost.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 59, 7 September 1914, Page 7
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111SEA MINES Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 59, 7 September 1914, Page 7
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