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Show RELIEF SHIPS ARE SHELLED BY U-BOAT J LONDON. March 20, 12:45 a. m. A I boat containing the first, second and third mates and five spampn of the j Dutch stearapr Selien (Solcne?), char-terod char-terod by the Belgian relief commission, commis-sion, has been shelled by a submarine and all the occupants killed, accord-ling accord-ling to a dispatch from Stavanger. "The Dutch steamer Selien." says I the dispatch, "has reached here (Stav- anger, Norway), bound for New York j in ballast. She left Rotterdam Friday, Fri-day, bearing ih- usual designations of the Belgian rplief commission, and was attacked at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon after-noon by a German submarine "The Selien did not stop, but, after some shots, lowered a lifeboat, in which the first, second and third mates embarked. Thp boat was then struck by a shell and eight were killed "The Selien put on full speed ahead and the submarine disappeared." No Dutch steamer Selien is listed in' available shipping registers. There is, a Dutch motor tank Selenp of 3738 tonsj gross, which was last reportpd sailing from Philadelphia in January, bound for Gothenburg. Sweden AMSTERDAM, via London, March! 30, 1:04 a. m. A Rotterdam dispatch to the Handelsblad says: "Two of the five relief ships, which, with lptters of safe conduct from thp Gprman legation, were en route northward, north-ward, were shelled by a German sub- marine in the so-called 'safe passage.'! Bevel) men were killed aboard the Tu i nisie. which entered Stavanger, The! other vessels continued on their voyage." voy-age." Two stcamprs named Tunisie are listed, one of them a Belgian of 2647: tons, which was last reported nailing from New York January 8 and arrived' at Rotterdam January 29. The other is a French steamer. |