Toll Of The Mine
(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 1
The British steamer Mercator (4260 tons), bound for Norway from Finland, struck a mine in the North Sea. Thirteen survivors in one boat were landed, and a second boat was later picked up. The Newcastle steamer Dairy an 4558 tons) struck a mine six miles off the south-east coast, and sank in full view of watchers on the pier and promenade. A lifeboat saved all 38 members of the crew and also the pilot. Five of the crew who were injured were taken to hospital. The Danish schooner Grethe was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, apparently due to striking a submerged wreck. The crew was saved. From Berlin comes a German "claim to have sunk 194 British and neutral ships since the outbreak of war, totalling 735,768 tons.
The Admiralty announces the laying of a British minefield over an area of 30 square miles, about midway between the Thames Estuary and the Scheldt.
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Northern Advocate, 2 December 1939, Page 8
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