The Noi ; \<regiaii steamer' S,t6istad, was "sunk by a' Grei'iftan submarine on^ Match 8 whilst' in^cottmisSou^as a Belgian relief vessel, was We' "ve^sel" v that cohdedi with, the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland near Father Point, fc>t Lawrence River, in thick iveather fMy "V l^ e ' "pf May" 29, ' 1914. •Ill© result was tHat'ihe EmpVess qf Ireland sanrc^witbin a few 'minutes and, \lol4 persons m , tile linev-Wjere'drpwiie'd. Tlie Storsted was .then ; employed in the Coal trade between Sydney , /Cape Breton island, Quebec, and Montreal. ' When ishe was sunk she was bound frpVnß.uenos Ai^-es for Rotterdam w&h about 9000 tons of grain for the Belgian people.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 8
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