GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK.
SCORE FOR BRITISH TRAWLER. AMSTERDAM, April 28. / The newspaper Maasbode states that a disguised British- patroller suddenly shelled and sank a U boat m the North Sea which was holding up a Dutch, vessel. ■ ' ■ (Received April 29, 8.35 a.m.) . LONDON; April 28. Official : A German submarirVe has been sunk on the East Coast. The crew surrendered. r LONDON, April 28. Dutch newspapers state that the steamers Soerkarta and Kawi left, Falmouth together on the 15th for Rotterdam. The Soerakarta wirelessed that she had been stopped by a submarine. The Kawa rejoined the Soerakarta. and saw a submarine alongside with four persons on the deck. A British trawler, suddenly appeared out of the fog alongside the kawi. Her first shot cleared the submarine's decks and the second hit the submarine amidships. She sank m a few minutes; Tho trawler is said to have been lying m wait for the submarine for four daysIt was one of Germany's latest. The crew numbered 60.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13979, 29 April 1916, Page 3
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164GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13979, 29 April 1916, Page 3
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