LORD KITCHENER DROWNED.
CRUISER HAMPSHIRE SUNK OFF ORKNEYS. VESSEL LOST WHILE ON WAY TO RUSSIA. NO LIVES SAVED. x (EXTRAORDINARY PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (RECEIVED JUNE 7, 8.33 A.M.) LONDON, JUNE 0. THE CRUIBER HAMPSHIRE, WITH LORD KITCHENER, HIS SECRETARY AND (TWO MEMBERS OF THE MUNITIONS COMMITTEE ABOARD, WERE LOST OFF THE ORKNEYS WHEN ON THE WAY TO RUSSIA. NO LIVEB WERE SAVED. If IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER A TORPEDO OR A MINE SUNK THE CRUISER. A HEAVY SEA WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE DESTROYERS WHICH HASTENED ,T0 THE SPOT FOUND AN UPTURNED BOAT, AND IT IS FEARED THAT ALL ON BOARD WERE LOST, _
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11718, 7 June 1916, Page 1
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