ON THE SEA.
I THE LUSITANIA'S FATE. A SENSATIONAL REVELATION. GERMAN BOMBS PLACED ABOARD. Received Oct. 13, 1.10 a.m. iNew York, Oct. 12. Ilsen, a German lawyer, has informed the police that he had learned that bombs' were placed on board the Lusitauia and timed to explode near the Irish coast, but the vessel was torpedoed before the bombs exploded. Ilsen says he was in the office of Herr Schimmell, a German lawyer now in Germany, when the Lnaitania was torpedoed Sehimmell shouted: "The fool has ruined my work. The bombs would have destroyed her."
Officials are trying to establish whether Count Bernstorff knew of the bombs when he published his warning to passey gers not to travel in the Lusitania.
INCREASED FRENCH LOSSES. London. Oct. 11. The French Admiralty reports as follows on the losses from submarines during the past two weeks:— This Last week. week. Arrivals 903 99s Bailings . ; sn 989 Sunk over 1600 tons 3 5 Sunk under 1600 tons .... 16 4 Unsuccessfully attacked -8 0 ITALIAN LOSSES. Rome, Oct. 11. The Italian Admiralty reports as follows:—Arrivals, 503; sailings, 467; sinkings, two above 1500 tons and two below 1500 tons. One sailing vessel was unsuccessfully attacked. |
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1917, Page 5
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199ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1917, Page 5
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