A FRIGHTFUL STORY
THEATAirNT BY GERMANS. Australian—N.Z. Cable Association.) (Iteceivod bast Night, 11 o'clock.) LONDON. Feb. 1. The "AJerchnait Service Review' 1 vouches for the following story A: large ii/'ii.isl) cargo ship was submarined in December. The crew took (o the boats. The mibmiU'ino shelled (lie boats, killing and wounding several in the caplain's boat, and throwing t lie remainder into the, water. Th 0 .riuhmarino fired twenty shells at the mate's boot, but nll missed. The occupants in the meantime were lying at the bottom of the boat. The submarine en mo up and ordered the castaways to again hoard the ship, and covered them with rifles while they cross-examined them. The male asked permission to kuceour the captain's crew, hut this was rel'ii-sed. The German,s looted oil the navigation instruments, and then ordered the survivors to re-enter the boat. The mate visited the captain's boat and found the captain severely wounded and washing about the bottom of the boat. A .seania.li hung on the gunwale supporting an apprentice, who, however. was already dead. '-.The castaways were many hours In tli->. boats without food, mid badly suffered from exposure until a patrol lor rescued them.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 5 February 1918, Page 5
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196A FRIGHTFUL STORY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 5 February 1918, Page 5
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