SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16459, 8 February 1917, Page 8

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

THE LATEST LOSS. FIVE OF CREW KILLED. A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON. Feb. 6. The steamer Husatwood has been sunk by a submarine. The explosion killed five of the crew. The Hurstwood is a steamer of 1229 tons, built in 1906 for the Cory Collieries, Ltd. The first mate of the vessel is Mr. A. Carlson, a son-in-law of Mr. J. Skin, 31, Anglesea Street, Ponsonby. THE POET ADELAIDE. . LANDING OF THE CREW. deceived-11.50 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 6. /.•■" '• A: ; Dutch •, steamer : has diseml barked at Vigo, Spain, 167 survivors "*' from ships recently sunk, including • the crew and seven passengers from ' ■•■>' the Port Adelaide. .The. captain of the Port Adelaide was made a pri- \,.,;■ soner 'by the Germans. -"- -■* ■•: i*:/' ; : v;in reference to inquiries made as to V the New Eealsnd cargo on board the Port ;=■ '- Adelaide, Mr. H. D. Heather, the local >$■*. representative of^the.Commonwealth and •-:/; Dominion Line, stated yesterday that ! ' -.-% there was t*rgo :on board for New Zea- ;'- '• i land, but as .the vessel only left London '- last week, no account of the quantity or ,;' V =.:"v.' description has been received ■■ here.*.',„'• :^:K^Tho:captain/of the Port Adelaide was J^-:'r-\W;v"H;^ ! Lea, who ; was well-known in the - ~,;;; Australian and New Zealand trade. He ,; formerly commanded the Indrabarah.