EMDEN SINKS FOUR MORE SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2269, 1 October 1914, Page 5

EMDEN SINKS FOUR MORE SHIPS

AND CAPTURES A FIFTH REPORTED CAPTURE BY BRITISH AND JAPANESE CRUISERS

CRec. September SO, 8.16 p.m.) London, September 29. The Press Bureau states that during the last few days the Emden sunk in t'he_ Indian Ocean the steamers Pumeric, Kin" Lud, Riberia, Faylo, also the collier Buresk. The crews were landed at Colombo. Frcmantle, September 30; An overseas steamer has brought news that the German oruiser Emden was captured on Sunday by British and Japanese cruisers. Official confirmation is lacking. (Rec. September 30, 8.45 p.m.) . London, September 29. Rumours are ourrent among tea traders that two Japanese cruisers sunk the Emden in the Indian Ocean. The Prime Minister has icceived the following message from the High Commissioner: — London, September 29, 4.55 p.m. The Admiralty announce that the T tnden during a few days captured and sank in the Indian Ocean the British steamers Pumedic, King Lud, Riberia, Coyle, and captured the collier Burest The crews of these vessels were transferred to the steamer Drysdale, which landed the crews at Colombo this morning. \ The King Lud was a steamer of 3650 tons, huilt in 1906, and owned by the King Line (Phillips, Phillips, and' Co.). The Riberia was of 3500 tons, owned by the Bolton S.S. Company, and built in 1904. The Buresk is a new steamer of 4350 tons, ownediby Messrs. Burdick and Cooke. The names of the other ships mentioned are not in "Lloyd's Register."