MYSTERY OF THE WAR.
A STORY OF DYNAMITED -
The United Slates Navy Department Las been trying for weeks to solve one ol the great sea mysteries of war. . Tv On March 4, 1918, the naval cqllieij Cyclops sailed from Barbadoes, West In* dies, for Baltimore with a cargo of}man« gancso from Brazil. She carried 15 ofc ticers, 221 men and 57 passengers. .From Umt day to this she has never been heard; of. .•* - 4). Now tho Department lias received ft diary, purporting to belong to one of four conspirators hirer! by enemy pay to hide dynamite near the engine room or tho collier. The diary states that .thesa men left tho steamer in a small boat just before the explosion. Two of tlienl, were picked up bv a foreign vessel. It; earnfully salvaged the wreckage to remove all trace of the disaster. The Navy Department is impressed with the diary, which is a carefully kept record, but doubts are expressed about several points in the story. The diary was sent to tho Department by a former Marino Corps sergeant with all excellent service record. It is noli explained how it came into his possession
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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194MYSTERY OF THE WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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