THE GERMAN SEA RAIDER
STORY OF HER VOYAGE
SPANISH STEAMER IMPRESSED INTO THE SERVICE
COLONIAL OFFICERS AMONG
THE PRISONERS
(llec. February 27, 9 p.m.)
London, February 26. The Igotzmendi, u Spanish steamer captured by the German sea raider Wolf and utilised to convey the passengers and crews of the sunken vessels to Germany, was stranded north of Jutland. A number of Australians and two New Zealand Army medical ollicors weio landed from the Igotzmendi. The medical officers were interned. Altogether 400 men were lauded from the Igotzineiidi.
The Meeting With the Wolf,
The- Igotzmendi was en route to Australia with a thousand tona of coal. On May 21, whon in tlio Indian Ocean, sho sighted a largo steadier, which ou approaching removed tlie bulwarks, disclosing a number of Rims. | Sho proved to bo the Wolf. The Germans fired several shots at the Igotzmendi, which stopped, and was captured. The homeward voyage fins commenced in November, round the Cape. The Wolf sank a sailing vossel by gun-five, then sailed northward, intending to go as far north as Iceland. The ico prevented that, and the Wolf sailed southward. The [gotzmondi went north to Iceland. The prisoners stato that their treatment on board was fairly good, excepting that vermin and "the lack of clothing caused discomfort. Scurvy and beriberi also broke out. The Wolf's Pi'ey. The Wolf's next victim, after capluring tho Igotzmendi, was the Malunga, with a valuable cargo. The British crew was taken ou board tho Wolf, and apparently were treated veil. .Tho three ships then proceeded to a desert Dutch island, where part of the Matuuga's cargo was stored, but tlio most valuable part was put into the Wolf. Tho Germans then' sank the Matunga with a bomb Tho noxt victims were the Beluga and tho Hitachi Maru, tho latter's crew being Asiatics. The AVolf .being oveicrowdcd, a number of tho prisoners were transferred to the Igotzmendi. A prize crew was also placed on the Hitachi Maru, and ordered to capture a coal steamer, but they did not succeed. On the return, the Wolf sank tiie Hitachi Maru. Tho Wolf was now near the coast of Australia, and the explain decided to return to Germany. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
IGOTZMENDI ASHORE AT THE SKAW
GERMANS REFUSE TO LEAVE. (Itec. February 27, 9 p.m.)
Copenhagen, February 26. The Igotzmeudi is aground near the Skaiv. She carried a crew of forty Spaniards' besides her original passengers, a German prize crew, and forty prisoners. Tho latter belong to the crows of ten vessels which were sunk by the Wolf, and include Englishmen, Australians, New Zcalanders, Ameriwiiis, Japanese, and .Scandinavians. The lighthouse-keeper's brought forty prisoners ashore. 'Hie Germans thus far hare refused to leavo the steamer, which is hard aground, and probably cannot be I'oated. Tho German sub-commander eiiine ashore, and was interned, despite his angry protests. According to the sailors,_ the Wolf captured tho Igotzniendi in the Indian Ocean two months «go, and placed a prize crew on board. Since then the Igotzmondi followed the Wolf, assisting the latter in all her marauding enterprises. Nobody was allowed to leavo the vessel during the whole period.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. matunga'sTast voyage (Rec. February 27, 11.25 p.m.) Sydnsy, February 27. The Matunga, one of , the Wolf's victims, was on a voyage from Sydney : to Rabaul, and carried as passengers: Colonel Strangman, Chief of the Medi-j cal Service at Rabaul, Major Flood,! his wife, and seventeen others, mostly members of the Australian Tropical Force, returning from leave. The new totalled forty-three.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 138, 28 February 1918, Page 5
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