ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 October 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

SUBMARINE'S VICTIMS.

GREEK OFFICIALS MISSING . ATHENS, Oct 15. A German submarine torpedoed the Italian steamer Bari, ,and also sank several lifeboats. The fifty survivors have gone to Italy. A number of Greek officials were aboard the Bari, coming home via Switzerland. No news has been received of their fate. It is believed that the Germans knew they were aboard through espionage, which is rife in Switzerland. BRITISH VESSELS LOST LONDON, Oct 15. The Admiralty reports: The minesweeping sloop B'egonia is overdue. She is considered lost with all hands. The British armed mercantile cruiser Champagne was torpedoed and sunk. Five officers and 57 men perished.