VESSEL TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING
SINKING .WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. AMERICAN CONSUL LOST. i(Rec. Jan.. 3j i?. 55 ji.m.) . ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The State .Department learns that the Persia was torpedoed' without warning," and that- she "sunk in five minutes. Mr McNeely, American Consul to Aden, was lost.
153 SURVIVORS..
(Rec. Jan. 3, 9.4Q a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 2.
Lloyds report that 153 survivbrs have arrived, consisting of 59 passengers, whereof 17 are women, and 94 crew whereof 59 ave Lascars.
AN AUCKLANDER AMONG THE PASSENGERS.
i(Rec. Jan. 3, 12.55 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. .2.,
The Persia's passengers' included J". Dernzy, who booked for Auckland. His fate is uncertain. '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 3 January 1916, Page 5
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