"GOOD-BYE OLD NIGER!"
PETTY OFFICERS FAREWELL
RESCUE OF A FLAG.
Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, November 14,
A petty-officer on leaving the- | torpedo gunboat. Niger, which was sunk by a German submarine in the Downs, noticed the Ensign still 'floating on the stern. He said, "Hold on" to his mates, and scrambled aboard the sinking ship, hauled down the flag, and rolled it round his neck saying, " Good-bye, Old Niger!" He then jumped I aboard the waiting boat just in jtime to get safely away.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15767, 16 November 1914, Page 8
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