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The S.S. Monmouth Coast

NOVEMBER 12TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. A small cargo steamer, bound from Cork to Glasgow, the S.S. Monmouth Coast, of Liverpool, was attacked by two German aeroplanes at the entrance to Waterford Harbour. The weather was fine, and the coast watchers above Dunmore saw the aeroplanes drop bombs close to the steamer, and machine-gun her. The aeroplanes then made off, and the watchers believed that one of them had been hit by the steamer’s answering fire. They sent a message to the life-boat station at 6..20 and 15 minutes later the motor life-boat Annie Blanche Smith was launched. She found that two of the steamer’s crew had been wounded, and brought them ashore, landing them at 7.30 They were sent to the Waterford hospital, and there one of them died. The steamer waited until the following day and then went on her way. - Rewards, £11 5s..