A BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK.
Lord Kitchener and Staff on Board. The following telegram was received in Arrrowtown yesterday; Hampshire, with Lord Kitchener and staff on board, was sank off the Orkneys by torpedoes or mines. There is no hope of any survivors. The Hampshire was on her way to Eussia.” Later. All Lives Lost. A message issued to post offices by Sir Joseph Ward, Postmaster-General, confirms the news of the sinking of the Hampshire. All on board were lost. Lord Kitchener was going to Eussia at the invitation of the Czar. No further particulars are to hand. /
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Lake County Press, Issue 2635, 8 June 1916, Page 4
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