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Show BRITISH STEAMER CORK TORPEDOED; 12 LIVES LOST LONDON". Jan. 23. The steamship Cork has been torpedoed. Seven passengers passen-gers and five members of the crew were lost. The Cork was torpedoed without warning. warn-ing. The torpedo struck her limidships and she sank in five minutes. Many of the passengers were in their berths at the time. The survivors were landed at a port of western England. The Cork, 1279 gross tons and 260 feet long, was built at Port Glasgow in 1S99. She was owned in Dublin. |