London, Oct. 5.
An 8,000-ton German steamer, which loaded iron ore last week at Lulea, in Norbotten, Sweden, is the latest ship fo come to grief in the mine field near Brokum, one of the German islands in the East Frisian group, in the North Sea.
According to reports from the crews of vessels in the vicinity, the steamer struck a mine and sank. It is not stated what happened to the crew.
The Germans, however, made up for this loss by seizing the Esthonian steamer Aarne.
The Swedish newspaper \Goteborg Handelsteing," of Gothenburg, say: the Aarne was captured by a German destroyer near Visga and taken to a German port while bound for Antwerp with a card of wood.
A large collier, flying the Finnish flag, was seen yesterday aground on the banks off the island of Laescoe, declares a message from Copenhagen.
Its refusal to accept help is said to have created the impression that it was German and that a prize crew might be aboard.—Reuter,
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