STEEL SEAFARER
SUNK BY NAZI BOMBER OPERATING FROM GREECE. SENSATION IN CAIRO. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, September 9. According to reliable sources in Cairo, a German long-range bomber, operating from Greece, sunk the American cargo steamer Steel Seafarer. The announcement of the sinking caused a sensation in Cairo, where it is realised that any interference with the increasing Red Sea traffic must have far-reaching results. It is understood thiil the attack was made in bright moonlight, two hundred, miles south of Suez. Twenty-four survivors landed on an island. British warships found the remainder in an open boat. Berlin circles declare that the sinking of the Steel Seafarer need surprise no one. The Italians declared the area a war zone long ago.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1941, Page 6
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