At 930 last night, however, the identity of the Spanish steamer fired upon became more involved, when the Pattersonian arrived off Great Yarmouth.
The British vessel signalled that it had eleven men on board from the Cantabria, and not the Cartegena. It said that some of the men were injured, and lifeboats were requested to be sent and ambulances prepared ashore.
Later, it was stated that it had been the Spanish Nationalist motorship Nadir, which had shelled the Can-tabriz, The master of the Spanish merchant ship declared that there were 37 people on board his ship, including three women and five children, ihe majority of whom lisd been taken off by the Nadir when the Cantabria sank.—Reute
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