GERMAN STEAMER SEIZED
■ /ANOTHER SEEKS SAFETY. • _- ", ' Melbourne, August 24. .._, The steamer Port Lincoln, from London',: has arrived, and reports communicating with the .German steamer'Wismar, bound:; for New Zealand.'After the news of the war had been received, the Wismar refused to answer. further wireless signals, and apparently altered aer course. ; . Brisbane, August 24. A German merchant steamer, Signal, \as been seizei.
The Wismar was tho vessel which Was o inaugurate tho new direct service by ho German-Australian Lino between lerman and New Zealand ports. She eft Bremen for the Bluff on Juno 25, md was duo at her destination on August 23. Tho Wismar is a vessel of tons, and is commanded by Captain' Schrpeder. . Tho Signal is a- steel screw steamer of 1449 tons, built in 1903 fot: H..,Jobsen, oi Apeniade< •:.■■.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2237, 25 August 1914, Page 6
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131GERMAN STEAMER SEIZED Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2237, 25 August 1914, Page 6
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