EXCITEMENT AT SEA
SINKING OF SUBMARINE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 14.
Exciting adiventures since the outbreak of war were related by Mr. P. Hurley, Australian League footballer, returning home after playing for several seasons in England. He is accompanied by three Australian cricketers, J. E. Walsh, J. G. Lush, and V. E. Jackson, till recently members of Sir Julien Cahn's team. / "In Hull there was an air-raicT warning the first night of the war," said Mr. Hurley. "The all-clear signal was given two hours later. There were planes about, but people could not tell whether they were British or enemy machines." - Mr. Hurley left Liverpool on September 16 on a vessel which was convoyed by two destroyers. Three hours out in the Atlantic the destroyers located a submarine and later reported that it had been sunk. The destroyers dropped five depth charges and the vibration was felt on the ship.
Before reaching Montreal, the captain told them they could thank the British Navy for a safe passage, as a British plane, which flew over the second day out, had signalled him to change course. The cricketers travelled from England to the United States of America by other vessels.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 5
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