GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK BY GERMAN MINE.
FAIRWAY TO BALTIC SEA BLOCKED WITH EXPLOSIVES
DENMARK RESENTS VIOLATION OF NEUTRAL ..-WATERS. 'Copenhagen, August IS.
A German destroyer struck a mine off the Gjcdser lighthouse,, which stands at the southern extremity of Falstor island, lighting tho entrance to the Baltic Sea, an area which has. been.mined. by the Germans. ' \'.; : .;„ \.}^' ivj :^ f \i. Forty-two officers and men were killed, and several ,ptbSr^oi,tne " , , boliastftatfy »n a. crew were wounded. -,-«-* v *,*«« Intense indignation has been arousod^^enmarfc^^gon. of the Germans in -laying contact niines> ; IiSSBTO»
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15687, 14 August 1914, Page 5
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