THE PIRATE WAR
1 NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. < \ ' Washington, March-21. Tlie Norwegian steamer Davangar ' has been sunk. There was one Ameri- ■ can on board. The creiv were saved after seventeen hours' exposure in the i North Sea.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ! THE WEEK'S TOLL ON MERCHANT [ V SHIPPING j, (Rec. March 22, 8.30 p.m.) ~ London, March 21. , The Admiralty reports: The shipping ■ arrivals for the week totalled 2628, and . the sailings 2554. Sixteen vessels over 1600 tons, and eight, under 1600 tons, ' were sunk. . Nineteen were unsuccessfully attacked. There were also sunk twenty-one . fishing vessels, including seventeen sailing craft. _ • Two mine-sweepers were mined. In one case there were no casualties; in .: the other case fourteen, were drowned. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. TRAPPING A U-BOAT TWO "TIN FISH" NETTED. (Rec. March 23, 1.10 a.m.) , Vancouver, March 22. The captain of the steamer describes the trapping of two German ■ submarines. Aeroplanes signalled the trawlers, whioh surrounded the submarines with nets., They became hopelessly enmeshed, and were brought to the surface. —R-euter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3035, 23 March 1917, Page 5
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165THE PIRATE WAR Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3035, 23 March 1917, Page 5
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