Meanwhile, from Casablanca come later reports that the Norwegian cargo steamer, the Tirranna, has arrived in Algiers after undergoing an attack by an unidentified tris motored plane. The attack happened while the ship was near Oran, six incendiary bombs hitting the vessel.
Captain Gundersen was wounded in the legs by splinters from the missiles, The fatality on board, Seaman Waack, occurred when the attacking craft zoomed over the Tirranna to machinegun its decks. The body of the dead sailor has now been brought to Algiers.
The Tirranna belongs to the Wilhelmsen Line, and is en route to Oslo after completing a maiden voyage to Shanghai, She arrived in the latter port on June 21 and left on this ill-fated return trip two days later.—Havas.
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