ENEMY'S DESTROYERS DAMAGED

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2248, 7 September 1914, Page 5

ENEMY'S DESTROYERS DAMAGED

BATTERED SQUADRON ARRIVES AT KIEL BRITISH SEA SCOUT SUNK BY A SIINE London, September 4. The Press Bureau reports, from a trustworthy source, that seven German destroyers and torpedo-boats-have arrived at Kiel in a damaged state. It is understood that others were sunk in the vicinity of the Kiel Uaual.. (Roc. September 6, 5.5 p.m.) 7 , ~ . .■,.,..!■„ , London, September 4, evening, it 16 surmised tliat the Uernian de-stroye-ra and torpedoers were damaged on their own mines. , ■ ' THE FATE OF THE PATHFINDER. i The following official cablegram (dated, London, September 6, 0.20 a.m.) was received yesterday by the Prime Minister: — •-".','. The cruiser Pathfinder stnick a mino on Saturday.. 20 miles off the East Coast, and foundered rapidly. Loss of life is probably heavy, \ Tho Pathfinder was a ecout cruiser of 2940 tons displacement, a siator ship to H.M.S. Patrol. Sho was built at Birkenhead, where sho was launched in 1904 and completed in the following year. Tho Pathfinder carried nino 4in. guns, and had. a speed of 25 knots. Sho cost £273,000 BRITISH FISHING BOATS SUNK., London, September 5, evening. ■ The Admiralty announces that_ two. German cruisers and four destroyers sank-fifteen British fishing hoats in. iha Nortii Sea, and made their crews prisoners. . The Germans continue to sow minefields, usually thirty miles out, opposite the East Coast commercial harbours. COMING EVENTS IN THE NORTH SEAv •. ' ■ •:..■■.■ • (Rec. September, 6, midnight.) London) September 6, morning. ; The Admiralty has announced that all aids to navigation in the North; Sea by day and night may be removed without further warning at any. time.