HURT IN CAR
GERMAN WAR “SEA-DEVIL”
CHICAGO, December 17. Captain Count von Luckncr, the German “sen-devil” renowned for* his exploits on’ the raider See Adler during the latter part of the war, was injured in a motor accident and Is likely to be in hospital for some time. . Leaving Germany in December, lfilti, the See Adler harried the Allied merchant marine in the Atlantic for many months. Between January • and March 11, 1917. she sank 31 Allied ships, von Luckncr’s usual tactics being to flv the Norwegian flag until Ins victims came within reach of, his gUTIS. . , , Jn Many romantic tales are told of. his exploits until he was eventually captured by local constabulary in the island of Wakaya, in the Fiji group, after the See Adler had run aground.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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