ON THE SEA.
THE OOXARGO'S CREW - London, April !>. The owners of tlie steamer Conarpo state that tlie, crew got away in three boats. A collier picked up two Wats and forty men were, rescued. There is no confirmation for tlie report that the Germans who torpedoed the vessej sank the boats by gun-fire. I FURTHER DETAILS. Received April 7, a.it p.m. London, April (i. It has been ascertained that the Conargo was mined or torpedoed. Four boats were launched. One went away and three stood by the ship, hoping to salve her. when a torpedo struck the bottom of the ship, sinking her and wrecking one bout, besides killing the occupants. NORWEGIAN LOSSES. Received April 7, ~>.i> p.m. New York, April (i. The Norwegian Legation at Washington iias announced that 1!) Norwegian ships of a total of :H,!li)4 tons, were submarined during March. NORWEGIAN LOSSES. London, April 5. Seven hundred and forty-live. Norwegian vessels, aggregating 1,102,0(10 tons gross, have been lost through war causes and to tlie end of March 040 sailors have been drowned. Fifty-three Norwegian vessels, tlie crews of which exceed TOO, are missing, and it is believed twothirds of them are war losses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1918, Page 8
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196ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1918, Page 8
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