AN AMERICAN SAILOR KILLED.
SUBMARINE'S DASTARDLY ACT
SINKING SHIP'S BOATS SHELLED
WILL THIS CAUSE WAR?
Received February 6, 6.40 p.m
LONDON, February 5
The survivors of the British steamer Eaveston report that the ship was sunk by shell-fire from, a submarine. The crew abandoned the sinking ship. The submarine shelled their boats, the master and tjree seamen being killed and the second mate severely wounded. The killed included a seaman from Baltimore.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 7 February 1917, Page 5
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72AN AMERICAN SAILOR KILLED. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 7 February 1917, Page 5
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