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THE PIRATE BLOCKADERS ANOTHER STEAMER BLOWN UP (Rcc. April 3, 0.50 a.m.) London, April 2. The British steamer, Seven Seas (1194 tons, Leach and Co.), bound from London to Liverpool Yards, was torpedoed at Beacliy Head without warning. There was a terrific explosion, and the bottom was torn out of the ship, which sunk in threo minutes. . Eleven wen drowned and seven saved. . The Emma (referred _to in anothei column) was nearly split in two, and sank in three minutes. TOLL OF OUR SHIPPING. London, April 2. The Admiralty states that up till the end of March the hai sunk fifty-fou.r vessels, mines had accounted for twelve, and submarines for thirty-eight. Out of 1559 vessels which' had arrived or sailed during the last week of March only five, aggregating 16,200 tons, had boon torpedoed or sunk, excluding the Dutch vessel Medea. THE FALABA TRAGEDY. , GERMANS SEEK TO JUSTIFY IT. London, April 2. An official message from Berlin states in Justification of the Falaba incident, that the destruction of human lives has now become a painful duty, as submarines are compelled to act quickly. Britain is frightened, as the sinking of the Falaba proves, that the security of passenger traffic has ceased to be.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2426, 3 April 1915, Page 7
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205LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2426, 3 April 1915, Page 7
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