ORDEAL AT SEA
BRITISH STEAMER’S LONG DRIFT APPROACHED BY U-BOAT BUT LEFT UNHARMED. BREAKING HAWSER KILLS THREE MEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 10.40 a.m.) LISBON, February 11. The British steamer Oregon has arrived in tow. She reports that she experienced boiler trouble off Cape Finisterre. sent out an 5.0.5.. and drifted for three days, when a U-boat approached. but did not fire, presumably' being short of ammunition, and left the Oregon to her fate. Next day a tug made contact, but a hawser snapped and the second officer, and two seamen were killed, and another seriously’ injured. The Oregon had previously been reported torpedoed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1940, Page 6
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106ORDEAL AT SEA Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1940, Page 6
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