ON THE SEA.
AMERICAN BARGES SUNK. U-BOATS COME OLOSE IN. Received July 22, 9,55 p.m. New. York, July l 21. • A U-boat shelled a tug and barges and the people on board, off the coast. The crew state that two barges were sunk Vy torpedo and a third by shell-fire. The submarine fired a hundred shots'at the barges a few hunred yards from the shore. Several vessels went to the rescue. No lives were lost, but one man was blown off and a youth injured. An eye-witness states that the U-boat was 400 ft long—Presß Asboc. A STEAMER TORPEDOED. Received July 22, 11.5 p.m. Melbourne, July 22. Mr- Poynton has announced thai the steamer Soothborough was torpedoed in European waters, there being only eight survivors.—Press Assoc-
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1918, Page 5
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126ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1918, Page 5
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