HOW THE AMPHION WAS LOST

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2234, 21 August 1914, Page 6

HOW THE AMPHION WAS LOST

v ' "GREW OALM THROUGHOUT. '.-■_ ■~; -London,' August 19. ; The .Press Bureau reports,. .that the British scout cruisor Amphion, recently lost. by striking' a mine, was warned of tho Konigin Luiso's presence by trawlers, who stated that they saw a steamer dropping things overboard. When the' lAnipliion .stack the mine, flames enveloped the bridge, rendering Captain Fox unconscious:' The' engines went ahead until, Captain Fox recovered and rail down and stopped them. The fore part of the ship was aflame, and it was impossible to reach the bridge or flood the.fore magazine. The ship's back apparently had been broken. The wounded wore first , placed in, safety. The crew wore calm throughout, and fell in steadily. The ship was, -abandoned 20minutes after, the explosion. .."■■' A second explosion, followed, apparently from the second mine ■ and the fore : magazine.. Debris'from a great height struck the rescue boats and destroyers. A shell burst on the deck of the destroyer, killing two.of, the crew and one Gorman from the Konigin Luise. : ' .'.-, '■" ,''".'■■ ..■/" . The Amphion's crew, obeyed all orders without confusion. '• t ■ ■■■'~.-..: HARRYING TRADERS GOEBEN THREATENS A FRENCH ,:■ ■■■..■ ship. ..■'■'./' Paris, August 19. . .-■ When - the Goeben ■ and • Breslau, enteried the Dardanelles they threatened to sink the French steamer Saghalien. The latter induced the'; Turkish -authorities 'to convoy her with a' destroyer to the. open sea. The Deputy-Governor of ; the Dardanelles was aboard the vessel' as . a guarantee for her safety..... _';■■' "-,;, /LEIPZIG 'BUMPS A .TRAMP; / ; ' ! \':f San Francisco, August 19. .;' The German cruiser Leipzig ~ (which called here for coal),-while leaving the harbour, believed to-be.en route to 'Apia, collided with a British tramp steamer, .badly damaging her.- The Leipzig proceeded on her way. Tho extent of .-the. ..damage is not known.: .' '■'\-'-. : . ■■■