SINKING OF RELIEF SHIP.
FOOD FOR BELGIANS LOST:
OUTRAGE BY SUBMARINE.
:i'Australian," and ; N.Z. : Cable Association. %. (8e0.,1;.30 am.)' CHRISITANIA,Aug.22.
The Dutch steamer % ' Gasconior, . laden with grain and flour for Belgian relief purposes, was subjected to a submarine outrage in territorial platers near ; Haugesund, on the southern coast of Norway. The vessel '! bore i the relief ? ship ; special I flag and other , distinguishing marks. : :]- A submarine i shelled. her without warning, ; and later bombarded the lifeboats, a number of the -, occupants being frightfully crippled. [;= The ; mate -and. five seamen died in the water,' while 20 wounded \ survivors have ! been -admitted to hospital. The Gasconior sank in 20 minutes. The submarine disappeared. , c ,' i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 6
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