A TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13973, 20 April 1916, Page 7

A TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.

SALOND£A, Jan. '31. Another tiling thttt has improved the defensive possibilities of Salonika, was the direct outcome 'of an exploit by an enemy submarine, j This raider came right up to the booms that protect the entrance, linking Up the mine fields. The transport Norseman arrived before daylight, and, instead of putting to sea, hung about the entrance. With the first gleam ol c light- Bhe was torpedoed. Thesubmarine did not wait to ascertain what damage she had don>?, and the Norseman fortunately kept afloat sufficiently long to permit of her being beached. A good number of mules were drowned, but .there wiere no casualties among the troops and «rew. The mule is a much better-tempejred animal here •than m England. What it sees m the placvi that suits liia -disposition I am at a loss to underatain^ but, with few exceptions, he does hi&work cheerfully and well. ITie officer fiwho superintended the disembarkation jpf these mules told me that he saw d( Sjpm.of them 'tween decks up to their" ijecks m water,' yet contentedly . munch tig away frjom tho hay racks above th m. And the;, water here is chuly at thi i season. As showing that luck is anf element m escaping beiiifj torjfedoed, a Aiuch laa-ger'tx:anspoit arrived at the booms liractically at the same time as the Norseman, but, finding theni not yet opera went out into, the offiing some distadec to await an opportunity to enter. h :.■■'■