LOST KING EGBERT
SUNK EITHER BY TORPEDO OR MINE ONE MEMBER OF CREW DEAD. ESTONIAN SHIP RESCUES OTHERS. By Telegraph—Press Associat ion— Copyright. (Received This Day. 10 a.m.) LONDON. December 12. The steamer King Egbert was sunk in the North Sea. either by a torpedo or a mine. She went down in 15 minutes. One member of the crew was lost. An Estonian steamer rescued 32 It is recalled that the King Egbert collided off the Canadian coast in 1935 with the Niagara. SWEDISH SHIP MINED. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) LONDON, December 12. The Swedish steamer Tome was sunk by a mine off Oresund. The fate of the crew is unknown.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1939, Page 7
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