ON THE SEA.
THE HOBOKEN DISASTER. RESULT OF ENEMY PLOT. New Y'ork, Oct. 15. An American transport was sunk at the pier at Hoboken. The troops were rescue). Spies are suspected. It- is feared thirty or forty men may have been iosi.—Aw. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Received Oct. 10, 11 p.m. New Y'ork. Oct. 15. The troops escaped from the sinking transport it Hoboken harbor in their niglit clothes. It is said tftiat the ship was undergoing repair-, but there is little doubt the sinking iva" the outcome of an enemy plot. Three decks are now above water, the keel re.'ting in the mud. Details of the occurrence are withheld. Troops are guarding the vessel. A gang of machinists was working at fee time of the occurrence. It is announced that there was no loss of life, though 300 troops were »board.—Aus. SLZ. (Xbio Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1918, Page 5
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144ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1918, Page 5
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