AIR AND WATER. '

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 October 1916, Page 5

AIR AND WATER. '

BOMBINGS AND SINKINGS

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23. A Zeppelin, while flying over Holland, dropped a bomb at G.orin6hein. Dutch soldiers fired at the airship. BERLIN, Oct. 24. Official—Enemy seaplanes yesterday attacked East Friesian ports* and islands without result. " ■ ■**'

LONDON, Oct. 24. The following steamers have been sunk:—Norwegian: Rabbi, Resoy and Drafu. Greek: Aris and G^eorge M. •Embrecos. Dutch: Fortuna. Danish: Hebe, also a Danish schooner and Swedish barcmentine.:

Twelve of the Embrecos' crew are missing, and it is feared that sixteen of the Fortuna's men. were drowned.

The Donaldson liner Cabotia is believed to have, been sunk.

The Admiralty denies the Berlin official statement that a British destroyer was bombed off Flanders.