INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.
i I WATCHDOGS OF THE SEA. I | A NIGHT OF ALARM, i _ ! iTHREE SI'i'.MAUINEo SIGHTED 1 'K<-c-r!i-rJ Jare.-sry id, 7 "M ;. -.. LOM.ON. Jc:.;;;.ry 7 - A seaman r.boj-.rd a ot-.r wr i writes : "Our j..b ;, ,-i.troiir:ig the .roast. One la: .;.'e2::, w 4 ,«n the i water was a lei ih.ppv, ;i :ui :.-ne '■ had bcf-n a'iowcil to turii ;n. , ijt :r ; hammocks, in the middle ~/ ihu 'watch the h...ki.;it bight.-.1 a r» d light, then a second and h -!;.; 1. v,' steamed cl<-sr to the first light. ~"d I our searchlight revialcd a sabmarine, which immediately dived b.-. : ! '(i\v the surface, the other lights disappearing simultaneously The submarines had mistaken us for their own supply ship. We cruised I about hoping to ram one, and everv minute exporting a 'tin fish : .against our side. Fortunately they failed to torpedo us. and were not. ] again seen." i -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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150INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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