RUSSIAN SHIP IN DISTRESS
GERMAN TRICK SUSPECTED.
By .Teletrraoh—Press 1 , Association—Copyrigfit; f ••!■ ' s \. - Jkejiaxtle, • June 21 JDuring '. the passage from Aden '{■ to Colombo the Orient liner Orsovo picked up a crew of three men in an open boatj flying the Russian . Ensign..; The' men proved to bo the diet officer and two of the crew .of ' the- Russian . steamer ' Baron Drieseri, 'of 4036 tons, which is ashore near Cape Guardafui, at the entrance to the Gulf of ,Thq boat was seeking assistance,, and sighted several ships prior to seeing the Orsova, but all made off at top jipeed, thinking that it was a German ' tricky The ' Orsova visited the stranded; ship, and found that she was, in .no immediate^* danger, and the crew were safe. -.. ';?.'. ''•'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 6
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