ON THE HIGH SEAS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2254, 14 September 1914, Page 6

ON THE HIGH SEAS

GERMAN SHIPS IN AMERICA READY TO PUT TO SEA (Rec. Sept-ember 13, 5.5 p.m.) New York, September 12. It is, reported the German Government lias ordered the big merchantmen that are lield up in American ports- to put to; sea and take their chances. Most of the vessels lhave already coaled, the crews are aboard, and steam is up ready to sail at a few hours' notice. Elsewhere in this issue reference will' be found to the' quantity of German shipping tied up in American ports. NAVAL BATTLE IN THE BALTIC. REPORTED TO BE IN PROGRESS. London, September 11.Stockholm reports that a naval battle has taken place between the German and Russian fleets off the Aland Islands, in the Baltic. : Stockholm, September 11. Strong German squadrons were oil' Monday near the Island of Kottska Sandoe, in the Baltic Sea (150 miles south of the Aland Islands), steaming towards the north-west." Niiie battleships were seen approach- ' ing the Gulf of. Finland on the same' Jay. , ' ' . ■ RUSSIAN STEAMER SUNK. , • BY GERMAN DESTROYER. (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) • ' Stockholm, September 12. - A German destroyer sank the Finnish mail steamer Uleaborg (548 tens). - She landed the passengero at Danzig, with the exception,of 35 Englishmen and the Russian and Finnish crew, j AUSTRIAN TORPEDO BOAT LOST. ; BLOWN UP BY A MINE. Rome, September 11. The "Tribuna" states that an Aus-trian-torpedo .vessel, was blown up by.a mine near Fasaria,. on the Adriatic, a lew miles north of the naval station of Cola. . ' ' GERMAN COLLIER CAUGHT. jOAL FOR WARSHIPS ON BOARD. ■ Kingston (Jamaica), Sept. 11. A British warship brought in the ; iteamer Bethania, with four hundred prisoners on board. She was one of the Kaiser 'Wilhelm de Srosse's colliers. . • (Reo. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 12. The ■ Bethania had on board coal suffi:ient 'for six months* for the German sruisejrs Dresden and Karlsruho. The Admiralty state that most of : the 3ethania's prisoners oonsist of the crew )f the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. WRECK OF THE OCEANIC. CREW SAVED BY A TRAWLER. : London, September 11. .The wreck of the. merchant cruiser Dceanic, which struck a rock off the Vorth of Scotland, was caused by fog. four hundred men were saved, by the. ;emarkable courage of the crew of the Aberdeen trawler. Gleriogil.' When an attempt was made to refloat he Oceanic the hull parted. MORE PRIZES. THREE, GERMAN SHIPS TAKEN. London,' September 11. The German four-masted ship Gold>ck, with a valuable cargo of timber, vas captured and taken to Falmouth. The German barque . Urania, bound Irom . Tocopilla to Antwerp, with a :argo of nitrates worth £85,000, was :aptured and .brought to Plymouth. , The German ship Orlanda, with a :argo of nitrate, has been captured and irought to Falmouth. ■ _—, ( THE HELIGOLAND FICHT. , ABUSE OF WHITE FLAG. London, September 11: A British stoker petty-officer - states n the fight in Heligoland Bight, the irst shots fired at the' German cruiser ilainz from the British destroyers swept ler upper deck. The Germans hoisted the white flag, ind-two-British destroyers went along:ido the Mainz, which was now sinking, [lien the captain ordered the crew, to ire the only gun left. The crew refused, whereupon the capam jumped off the bridge, and fired it limself, and then shot at the crew. _ The commander and some of the siglalmcn of one' destroyer were killed. . The. Mainz had aboard three British Sayal Reserve men, who were- serving in a -German liner when the war broke rat. ■ .They stated that when one pf ;wo brothers, who were stokers in the jainz was injured by a British shot, he uninjured one endeavoured to carry lis brother on deck. A German enginser shot the uninjured brother dead. Copenhagen, September 11. The German casualty list gives the Heligoland losses as fifty dead. LOSS OF TEE PATHFINDER. ' (Rec. September 14, 0.5 a.m.] London, September 13, morning. ' The Admiralty announce that five adlitional men are missing from the Pathinder's crewj ! NO ENGLISH MAIL. (Rec. September 13, Midnight.) London, September 12. The Orsova's mail has been delivered. Quire will be no outward mail this reek.