A RED-HOT WARSHIP.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 209, 15 September 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

A RED-HOT WARSHIP.

A remarkable story of a fugitive Gei. man destroyer is told by several men from a destroyer which has put into i north-east coast port (says the Daily Dispatch.) At dusk the crew descried in the dVtnnco a luminous warship which filled them with awe. It came towards them at a terrific sp?ed. "As it drew nearer.*' said one of the men, "'.ve sn \- the boat was red-hot. It was heading for u=. and it wos only by a splendid feat of seamanship that our captain was able to avert disaster. We could not sec a soul on board the fier. - ve«cl,'" added tlie bluejacket; and he was supported n this by his companions, orif' of whom chipped in with the observat'on that "it se.enied impossible for .anyone to live in such a place. It was an extremeiy uncanny spectacle," this sa lor ontinued, "and one I sha.l never forget, .even though T live to be a thousand years old. It shot past us. We watched it disappear in the distance, but what came of it we do not know."