THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. INTERESTING FIGURES.' Received March 22, 5.5 p.m. London, March 21. The Atlmirn'ty reports arrivals for tbo past week 252S and sailings 2554. There were sunk sixteen vessels of over WOO (tons, and eight under 1800 tons. Nineteen ships were unsuccessfully attacked. There were also sunk twenty-one fishing vessels, including seventeen sailing ! craft. The Admiralty announces that two snine-sweepers were mined. In one case there were no casualties, and in the other case fourteen were drowned. FISHING FOR SUBMARINES. TWO TRAPPED AND CAPTURED. Received March 23, 1.45 a.m. Vancouver, March 22. The captain of the steamer Alaskan describes the trapping of two German submarines. Aeroplanes signalled to haulers, which surrounded the submarines with nets. The submarines became hopelessly enmeshed and were brought to the surface. NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. Washington, March 21. The Norwegian steamer Davangar lias been sunk. One American was aboard. The crew was saved after 17 hours' exposure in the North Sea. ' , '
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1917, Page 5
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159THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1917, Page 5
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