THE RAID ON NAURU
WARNING GIVEN
WARSHIP NOW ON THE TRAIL
SYDNEY, December 28
The Minister of the Navy, Mr. Hughes, stated that radio communication with Nauru Island is now reestablished. He disclosed that the name used by the raider was either Nanyo Maru or Manyo Maru, both of which appear in Lloyd's Register.
Giving an account of the bombardment, Mr. Hughes said that in the semi-darkness just before dawn on Friday the German raider signalled a warning to the Nauru radio station not to use its -wireless. It added that it was going to shoot at the phosphate loading jetties, in order to save destruction of human life and property. Then, having satisfied itsejf that there were no warships in sight, it hoisted the Nazi flag and opened fire, at pointblank range.
The raider shelled the potash store and loading gear, the cantilever on the loading jetty, the cantilever for shore storage, and all the oil storage tanks. The oil fuel tanks were still blazing, but the power station was intact. No
Mr. Hughes added: "An Australian warship is on the raider's trail."
He said he did not think the damage done was as great as at first feared; he did not think it would amount to £1,000,000, as estimated in one quarter.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 156, 30 December 1940, Page 7
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