THE UNDER-SEA PIRATES
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING. THE ALNWICK CASTLE. 320 MILES FROM LAND. 13 LIVES LOST. ONE BOAT MISSING. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 30, 1.50 p.m. y LONDON, March 29. The Union Castle Line's Alnwich Castle, 5893 tons, was torpedoed without warning on the 19th in the Atlantic, 320 miles from land. Four boats have been picked up. Thirteen of the occupants had died. One boat is still missing.
LOSS OF THE ASTURIAS. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION. REPRISALS TO BE MAt)E. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 30. 11.30 a.m. LONDON, March 29. Newspapers announce that the Government has decided to make reprisals in connection with the Asturias. The Admiralty will make a statement in a day or two. A WEEK'S TOLL. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. (Australian and N.Z. and Reuter.) Received March 30, 12.50 p.m. LONDON, March 29. The Admiralty reports that the arrivals for the week were 2414, and the sailings 1433. Eighteen vessels of over 1600 tons were sunk, including the Asturias, and seven under 1600. Thirteen ships were unsuccessfully attacked. Ten fishing vessels were sunk, of which nine were sailers. An Italian coir.nunique shows thai of a very large tonnage entering and leaving Italian ports for the week four Italian steamers and one sailer were sunk.
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Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13449, 30 March 1917, Page 5
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