VICTIMS OF THE WOLF.
NEWS OF TWO CREWS. Ijjpopjiation an to tho whereabouts of the crews of two sailing vessels captured by the German raider Wolf reached Sydney last week. Messrs. Horwood and Co. were advised that Captain Trudgett, of the schooner Winslow, and his officers and crew, are prisoners of war in Karlsruhe Camp, Germany. The schooner Winalow left Sydney for Apia, Samoa, and was captured and sunk bv tho raider, Captain Trudgett and his crew being taken on to Germany. A better fate befell Captain Cameron and the officers and crew of the barquo Beluga. She was also captured and sunk bv tho Wolf, but the captain and his men were transferred to the steamer Igotz Mendi—also a capture—which was afterwards wrecked on the Skaw. Captain Cameron and those with him made their way to Copenhagen, from which town ho communicated with Messrs. Horwood and Co.'s informants. When captured by the Wolf the Beluga was on the way "from San Francisco to Sydney with a cargo of case oil. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16833, 25 April 1918, Page 8
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