Oslo, Sept. 30.
A spy scare swept over Norway yesterday as news reached here that the steamers Takstaas and Jem were torpedoed in the North Sea and the steamer Solaas was sunk by a mine at Skagerrak.
1 was believed the ships were sunk as the result of the activity of spies in Scandinavian ports informing Berlin of ship movements. Authorities in Norwegian ports tightened their surveillance.
The crews of the Takstaas and the Jem were warned in advance before the vessels were torpedoed and were allowed to escape in life-boats to Suengland. The crew of the Solaas was rescued by a Swedish steamer.—United Press.
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