ON THE SEA.
THE LOSS OF THE HESPERIAN. A FLIMSY PRETEXT. . ' Berlin, Sept. 14. It is semi-officially stated that it is ! practically impossible for a German submarine to have been responsible for the loss of the Hesperian. According to the German war plans there was no submarine in the locality on September 4; moreover, the ship was hit close to the stern. The inference is that the explosion was due to a mine, not to a torpedo. GERMAN SUBMARINE! SUNK. » •' Paris, Sept. 14. A telegram from Athens states that a squadron of French torpedo-boats, patrolling between Slitylene and Tenedos, sank a German submarine. SAVED FROM A WRECK. ;T London, Sept. 14; . Sixteen more of the crew of the French S-essel Ville-de-Mestagamen, which was eunk by a submarine, have been saved.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1915, Page 5
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130ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1915, Page 5
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