STEAMER WOODFIELD
HOW SHE WAS SUNK | STORY OF THE SURVIVORS By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. February 4, 6 ( .0 p.m.) London, February 3. _ The survivors of the steamer Woodfield have arrived at Plymouth. They rccount that a German submarine attacked the steamer fourteen miles east of Gibraltar, peppering her with shells. Tho steamer's guns were maimed, but the submarine kept out of range, and continued firing, and twice hit the steamer. Captain-. Hughes and other officers had a narrow escape. Tho Arab firemen deserted tho stokehold, and the chief engineer stoked for two hours. _ A shell burst in tho stokehold, when eighf'of the crew were killed and fourteen wounded. The captain, realising that further resistance was hopeless, took to the boats, and abandoned the ship, the submarine torpedoing her. The crew reached the North African coast, where the Moors captured them. They were released on a heavy ransom being paid.
OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS CONTROLLED ESTABLISHMENTS, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Sendees.) (Rec. February 4, 6.5 p.m.) London, February 3. Mr. Lloyd George (Minister for Munitions) declares that there are nqw 298 additional controlled establishments, making the total 2720.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5
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195STEAMER WOODFIELD Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5
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