SUNK BY A SUBMARINE
TATE OF AN AMERICAN STEAMER. Br Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, April 30. The American steamer Texas struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Smyrna, and 140 were drowned. HISTORY OF THE VESSEL. Smyrna, April 30. The Texas, which was sunk through collision with a floating mine, was a mail boat owned by a local company, whose steamers were transferred to the American flag at the time of the antiGreek boycott. She had 156 passengers aboard, of whom 92 were saved. The fate of the crew is not known.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 259, 2 May 1912, Page 5
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92SUNK BY A SUBMARINE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 259, 2 May 1912, Page 5
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