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SINKING OF THE HAZELSIDE GERMAN STORY DENIED DISAPPEARANCE OF SUBMARINE (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 27, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 26
The German News Agency report, professedly based on survivors’ stories, that the submarine which sank the Newcastle freighter Hazelside, of 4646 tons, signalled the vessel to heave to and later fired warning shots over the steamer’s bows, is flatly contradicted in an interview with some of the survivors published by the British press.
The German account admits that one of the Hazelside’s boats was destroyed by shells, but omits all reference to the casualties caused.
Royal Air Force patrons sighted the U-boat, which tried to submerge hurriedly, but as it did so it made a good target for bombs. Observation was kept on the spot for some time, but nothing further was seen of the submarine.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 7
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138NO WARNING Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 7
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