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Show MM SHIP IS SENT 001 BI i A SUBNHRINE: i Norwegian Steamer Stor-", Stor-", stad, With Wheat for J Belgium, Ruthlessly De- stroyed by Teutons. ( T.OXPOX, March 10, 4:35 p. in Official Of-ficial information wan received hore to-flay to-flay to the effect tbat the Norwegian steamer Storatad, a Belgian relief ship, vhic.h had odc American citizen on i'loarrj, had been sunk by a submarine. Tho steamship StorRtai.l, reported sunk v a submarine, was a Belgian relief i;hip which was bringing a cargo of "tvbeat from Buenos Aires. On entering lie submarine zone the Storstad" is reported re-ported to have been ordered to put into tas Palmas, Canary islands, as sbo was J.wthout a German safe conduct, but evidently evi-dently her commander determined to :'isk continuation of the voyage by the :oH herly route. r Twenty -so ven members of the crew, including tho American, have been land-"d. land-"d. One member of tho crew died of Exposure and others are missing. It . s arat.o.d officially that the Storstad .vas flying the flag of the American I ommission for relief in Belgium and ore the markings designated for the relief re-lief ships. The London office of the 1nnimUsion states that the Storstad car-.'ied car-.'ied 10,000 tons of mai.e, which was jipeded badly in Belgium, where the Shortage as a result of the detention of irain eargona will soon be felt severely, Tim Storstad was ordered to leave Las Palnms on February -0. She took in conl at Gibraltar and her master was (ntructrvl to proceed to Rotterdam by '.lie northerly route. 1 "Xo previous report has been received in this country of the sinking of the storstad. The'steamer, 6028 tons gross, mailed from Buenos Avres on January 13. The Storstad was built in 1911 at Newcastle. She figured extensively in rhe news three years ago after having tii May 20, 1914, been in collision in : h St. Lawrence with the Canadian Pa-ifit: Pa-ifit: liner Kmpress of Ireland, which 'innk with the loss of more than 1000 lives. A commission beaded by Lord Mersev, after extensive hearings, held i he Storstad to blame for the disaster, i |