SUBMARINE.
ITALIAN STEAMER TORPEDOED,
SEVERAL LIFEBOATS SUNK.
GREEK OFFICIALS ON BOARD
(Renter's Telegrams.)
Athens, Oct. 15
A German submarine torpedoed the Italian steamer -Karl, -and also sank several lifeboats. Fifty-survivors have gone to Italy.
There was a number of Greek officials on board the Kari. They were coming homo via Switzerland. There is no news-of their fate.
It. is believed the Germans knew they were on board through espionage, which is rife in Switzerland.
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Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14539, 17 October 1917, Page 5
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74SUBMARINE. Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14539, 17 October 1917, Page 5
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