An item dated Reval the 12th reported that the German steamship Africa loaded with stores, flax and wheat underway towards Dunkirk was stranded off Mittelgrund. The salvage steamers Meteor, Karin and Erwi of the Russisch-Baltische Bergunsgverein [Russian-Baltic salvage company] saved her and towed her leaking in the harbour of Reval. The salvagers claimed 70.000 rubles to be paid before Friday because otherwise, the Russian law should apply causing an endless delay for the ship. The only solution according to her agent was to pay.
