GERMAN SUBMARINES
ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Telegrams.) MALTA, Aug. 4. Twenty-eight survivors from the mail boat Letimbro have arrived. l '. The vessel carried a crew of 57 and 113 passengers, including women and children. A submarine was . observed four males off. It chafred the Letimbro, shelling her continuously. "When overtaken the Letimbro lowered her boats, which the submarine shelled, smashing five. It is believed that the occupants were drowned'. Many were killed by the shells.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 5 August 1916, Page 5
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