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Show DUTCH SHIP IS ! TORPEDOED FOR NO 1 KNOWN REASON LONDON. IV l,. I. 10;.-,.-, a. in - A .lis-patch .lis-patch to the M:ir from P.. .tier. lain c.;,r. ricH t'ic .t.irv of a rnfriibcr of th'' crew of tVic 5 . 1 1 ' h tfink t.-iiiiii-r Art'-niin, v,i,i'h t.ir J.e'locd in the North .".'a an-! arrived yesterday at the Hook of Holland in a leaking condition. The tanker, in ballast, sailed from the Hook of Holland for Knjrland at midnight mid-night Tuesday, carrying the distinguishing distinguish-ing lichts to proclaim her a neutral. After searcelv an hour's steaming, ac-cordine ac-cordine to the seaman's account, she was stopped by two German torpedo boats, and German officers examined her papers and ordered the Artemis to take a certain course, the torpedo boats steaming along with her to see that their orders were obeyed. About two hours later a third torpedo boat appeared, from which, according to the narrator, came the order i 'Steer for Zeebruge. "' The captain of the Artemis Ar-temis replied that be did not know the course. ''Drop anchor; you have five minutes to leave the ship,'-' was the reply, re-ply, the seaman declares. Before lifeboats could be lowered, the narrator asserts, after an interval of four minutes, a torpedo crashed into the Artemis. The crew g-ot a lifeboat off and rowed around for four hours. Then, as the Artemis was floating on her tank, they boarded her a stain. |