LOSS OF THE NIGER
CREW DINING AT THE TIME Lqndoiy November 12. The torpedo-gunboat Niger was anchored at the time she was attacked, by the German submarine, and the crew were dining when the captain aaw tho torpedo. He called out an order to close the water-tight doors. A few seconds later the Niger was struck just aft of the foremast, and- there''was an explosion. A member of the crew saw the submarine come to the surface some distance away. She disappeared in a few moments. The Niger commenced to settle, and the crew quietly mustered. Many soon jumped overboard, relying on their lifebelts and life-collars.
Lieutenant-Commander Muir, after a last search for any of the crew remaining, jumped into the-sea as the gunboat sank in eight fathoms.
There is much comment at Deal regarding a small cruiser which was lying in the Downs near the Niger for two days. She only put to sea yesterday in half a gale. It is suspected that she was covering' the submarine's movements.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2307, 14 November 1914, Page 7
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170LOSS OF THE NIGER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2307, 14 November 1914, Page 7
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