AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 19, 17 October 1918, Page 5

AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK

- INCIDENT IN HARBOUR

SPIES SUSPECTED

New York, October 15. An 'American transport sank at a j pier at lloboken (on the Hudson ; River, opposite New York). It is be- ■; lievcd that all the soldiers on board were saved, but that thirty or forty Of j the crew may be lost.L '- ... j It is suspected that the sinking is i the iwork of spies—Ans.-N.Z. Cable :'! Assn. ' : (Reo. October 16, 11 p.m.) j New York, October 15. I Tile troops escaped from tho sinking ! transport in their ■night-clothes. It j is said that tho ship had been under- j going repairs, but there is little,doubt that it was an enemy plot. Her three ! decks,are now above water,, and the keel is resting on the mud. Details j of tho occurrence have been withheld. ! Troops are guarding the vessel. A gang of machinists were working whpn tho accident occurred. . : It is announced that there was no . j loss of life, though three hundred j troops were on board.—Aus.-N.Z. : Cablo Assn. ! SPAIN AND THE. HUNS i t f— « | SEVEN GERMAN SHIPS TAKEN i . OVER. . , ! (Rec. October 16, 7.20 p.m.) j Madrid,- October 15. ; Germany has agreed, that Spain shall take over seven German slups, of a ! total tonnage of 21,600—Au5.-N.Z, ! Cable Assn. . i THE DEVASTATED AREAS i ■ 1 — '. ... i INJURED INNOCENCE AT BERLIN, j ;• (Rec.. October 16, .7.40 p.m.) I Amsterdam, October 15. j Berlin telegrams protest against the j unheard-of Franco-British agitation- re- i garding the "so-called devastation" in j Northern France in the course of the > enemy's backward movement. The ' Germans ascribe the devastation to the. j Franco-British artillery.—Reuter. j AUSTRALIA'S SEVENTH I WAR LOAN I £37,000,000 SUBSCRIBED. ■' • . j - . Melbourne, October 16. ! The amount subscribed to the seventh' .! War Loan totals thirty-seven millions, i —Press Assn. i ' i EXPRESS TRAIN FALLS INTO j A "RIVER HEAVY CASUALTY ROLL. j (Rec. October 16, 7.40 'p.m.) Bucharest,' October 15. i ■An express fell: irito the- river near ! Diagra, where heavy rains had undermined tho rails One. hundred people \ were' killed and two hundred' senously, j injured.—Reuter-. .. - j — '■ — 1 i . SPANISH GRIPPE ! PRECAUTIONS IN SYDNEY. j Sydney, October 16. j Owing to the influenza epidemic the ; Government is not allowing troops to ; laud from transports which have called ; at ports on the way to Australia.— \ Press Assn. . "I . (Rc-c., October 16, 7.40 p.m.) | Cape Town, October 15. There are evident signs of abatement of inthienza here', but 1 ' it is .epreading i rapidly in the country districts. Johan- .j neslmrg reports no abatement, while 1 - ! Kimbeney'B death-roll exceeds three ■ thousand. The Government-has decided , ' to closo_all places ■of entertainment I -i throughout tho Union. An official .; statement says that steamers arrived in j Cape' Town on September -12 with forty- | three' cases on; board.' .The • -passengers I, wero isolated, and not till the first week , j in October did Cape Town _ develop • the epidemic's present proportions. The ; statement adds that no cases are known j anywhere of influenza so rapidly_ assum- j ing such virulent characteristics.— } Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ;

TO STUDY FORESTRY j TRAINING FOR.NEW ZEALAND j SOLDIERS. ' | London, October 15. j Sir Thomas Mackenzie has consulted j the Ohief Forester of the' New;. Forest . '] respecting the : possibility of trainiug j New Zealand soldiers in forestry. He | ascertained that the AVoods and Forests j Department was able to" tiiko" a oertain j number of men.—Press Assn. j CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED j DEBATE IN M\W : SOUTH WALES ! ASSEMBLY. Sydney, October 16.. I In the Assembly Mr. Storey's censure 1 motion of the Government for permit- j tins Mr. Beeby to tour Amerioa offi- , cially in a time of fimmoial stringency was defeated by 46 votes to 27.—Press , | Assn. .] BRITISH IMPORTS & EXPORTS J (Rec. October 16, 7.40 p.m.) j London, October 15. ! British imports have increased by J £11,702,864, and exports have decreas- 1 ed bv £30,092.051. Re-oxports de- I •crcased by £1,429,162. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. 5 ; I. W.W. INQUIRY CONCLUDED i . 1 Sydney, October J6. j The hearing of evidence lias beon ! concluded in the I.W.W. inquiry.— ! Press Assn. ! ' j FIRE IN A BACON FACTORY Sydney, October 16. I Barnes's bacon factory in. the, city j was destroyed by fire. Extensive ■ dninage was done.—Press Assn. j