SINKING OF THE KAIPARA
HER CAPTAIN IN SYDNEY. Sydney, March 8. Captain Makepeace, recently captain of tho steamer Kaipara, has arrived here in charge of tho Middlesex, Ho states that oil August 16 Wilholm dor Grosso was sighted, and tho commander megaphoned: "If you use your wireless wo will use our guns." Tlie Germans boarded the Kaipara, smashed her wireless apparatus, placed explosives in tho stokehold, and ordered everyone to leave. Tliey allowed tho crew to toko their clothes. It' took the Germans ono hour, and a half to tink the Kaipara. Twsnty.three ohotb wore fired.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 5
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96SINKING OF THE KAIPARA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 5
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