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Show Bomb From Areo- I plane May Have I Sunk Bark' Sillus Officer on Watch Heard Noise ' Like Airship's Hum Before I I Explosion ' Paris, March 13. Tho first officer of tho Norwegian mark Stilus Is quoted by the Paris Herald as ox-pressing ox-pressing the opinion that tho vessel may havo been struck by a bomb from an acroplano instead of by a torpedo, as previously reported. Tho first officer was on watch at thtlmo and heard a noise which ho thought was made by an acroplano. although he could see none Then came a terrific explosion at about the middle of the ship on tho port side. A huge wavo swept over tho vossels', drenching tho men. The crew got into boats with great difficulty and cleared tho Stilus Just as a mast fell. A French torpedo boat took all on board. Tho officers of tho torpedo boat camo to tho conclusion con-clusion that the Stilus, on which there wero several Americans, had been struck by a torpedo from a submarine. |