SUBMARINE AHEAD
INCIDENT OF THE WAIMANA'S
VOYAGE.
(II TttEfISAPH.—PEBS3 ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAM), This Day The steamer Waimana, which arrived from London this morning, had ail, exciting experience early in September.' When sixty miles off Usbant, information was received from a neutral ship that a. German submarine was ten miles ahead, the neutral vessel having on boardJ the survivors from a British snip which] had been sunk by the submarine.. The Waimana zigzagged, and met an English steamer, oil laden. The latter was warned of the proximity of the submarine. ■ A few minutes later shots were hea-rd, shots being exchanged between the submarine, and the oil ship. The Waimana received a "5.0.5." call from the English ship, but almost immediately 'came a second message saying that the submarine had gone away. The rest of the Waimana's voyage was uneventful.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 100, 25 October 1916, Page 7
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137SUBMARINE AHEAD Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 100, 25 October 1916, Page 7
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