THE BULWARK DISASTER

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 5

THE BULWARK DISASTER

INQUIRY OPENS AMMUNITION BEING LOADED AT THE TIME' . : London, November 27. The inquiry into the loss of H.M.S. Bulwark has been opened.. , The officials state that the public may confidently accept the theory that the disaster was due to an accident. (Rec. November 29, 8.50, p.m.)' London, November 28. The battleship Bulwark -was loading ammunition from barges at the time the explosion occurred. THIRTY BODIES RECOVERED, (Rec, November 29, 11.5 p.m.) London, November 29.Thirty of the Bulwark's bodies-have been recovered. Most of them are not identifiable. ' - ■ ■ \ .' ' ■ ■' — ENEMY'S SUBMARINE OFF HAVRE TWO STEAMERS SUNK. London, November 27. A'German submarine sunk the British steamer Malachite (718 tons, W. Robertson, Glasgow) near Havre, on the north bank of the estuary of the Seine. The crew was landed at Southampton. The steamer Prim was also sunk off Cape d'Anifer, about 15 miles further to the north. ' The crew landed at Fecamp. * DESTROYERS, NOT SUBMARINES. (Rec. November 29, 3.30 p.m.) * London, November 28. Three Gorman destroyers appeared off Havre on Tuesday, held up tho Malachite, gave tho crow ton minutes to take to the boats, and sank her. Tho Primm (*) was sunk in the saino fashion. ' . . *No vessel spelt' either Prime or Primm appears in Lloyd's list; "Prirno," "Priam," "Prinm," are the

SUSPECTED TRAWLERS ARRESTED. (Reo. November 29, 11.5 p.m.)' London, November 29. A Norwegian trawler has been brought to Fleetwood, and also the crew of a Danish trawler. Both wore captured for alleged. mine-laying. 'COLLIER MINED 'AND SUNK, London, November 27, Tho collier Khartoum was sunk by a mine off Grimsby. Tho crow were saved, EMDEN'S ■ CAPTAIN TELLS HIS STORY OFFICIAL REPORT TO BERLIN, Amsterdam, November 27. Captain Von Mullor, of the Emden, has cabled as follows to Berlin: "Out marksmanship at first ivas good, but soon the Sydney's heavy guns gained tho tipper hand, inflicting heavy losses. "Wo were short of ammunition and were obliged to cease firing. Though our steering gear was damaged, we tried to get withm torpedo range, but failed. "Our funnels were destroyed, greatly influencing tho speed, therefore wo made at full-speed for the reef. "Six officers, four warrant officers, and ninety-three men were killed, and one non-commissioned officer and eeven men seriously injured." i TRICKED BY RUSSIAN STRATAGEM ft NAVAL INCIDENT IN' THE BALTIC. ' • (Reo. November 29, 5.5 p.m.)'' . • London, November 28. The special correspondent of v the "Morning Post," writing from Petrograd, explains the recent disaster to the German destroyers at Kiel. The Germans had been cruising in the Baltic, near Swedish, waters. Admiral von Essen (commanding the Baltic Fleet) painted several of the Russian cruisers .and destroyers in German colours, and contrived during foggy weather to join tho German ships. He was not detected till he opened fire, and sank a German cruiser and badly damaged another, while the Russian destroyers attacked the smaller craft. The Russian vessels were not touched. It was reported recently that a flotilla of German destroyers had been seen returning to Kiel,in a battered condition THE CRUISER HUNT IN THE > PACIFIC. STILL IN CHILEAN WATERS. (Reo." November 29, 3.85 p.m.) ■ [ ' London, November 28. The German cruisers in the Pacifio do not appear to. have left Chilean waters. So far as is known the German cruising squadron in the Pacifio includes the two, big armoured cruisers Sch'arnhorst and Gneisenau, and the smaller cruisers' Leipzig, Dresden, Karlsruhe, and Nurnberg. The Karlsruhe was lately raiding in the South Atlantic; but is presumed to have joined the others when the Allied fleete began to draw the net closer 'in their sweeping ■ movement towards Cape Horn. 'ARE THEY OFF ALASKA? (Rec. November 29,' 5.25 p.m.) • Ottawa, November 28. Seattle reports- state that arriving stoamera indicate that the German cruisers are off the Aleutian Islands (west of the Peninsula of Alaska). The Navy Yard discredits the report, as the danger of capture to the Germans would be, great; owing to Japan's naval activity. ■'• . ' _. NORWEGIAN SHIP TOWEDTO JUAN -FERNANDEZ. . (Rec. November 29, 5.5 p.m.)' ~ London, November 28. The Norwegian ship Helicon, • which has arrived at Caleta Colosa. (in Chili); reports that she was seized by German cruisers on October 23 and towed to Juan Fernandez. Her cargo was taken and the hull and rigging damaged. NEUTRALS ON THE HIGH SEAS. (Reo. November 29, 3.35 p.m.) Washington, November 28. It is reported at Panama that the British cruiser Berwick fired on the American steamer at St. Helens. • ■ The State Department at Washington baa no information on'the matter, but points out that neutrals must heave-to when required to on the high seas. REPORTED DISASTERS TO GERMAN BALTIC FLEET. - (Reo. November 29, 5.5 p.m.)' -~ , . Paris, 28. The "Matin" publishes an unconfirmed report to tho effect that the German second-class training cruiser Hertha (5569 tons, 191 'knots, two 8.2-inch guns and six 5.9-inch guiis, built in 1898) has been sunk at Libaii-(the Russian Baltic port), and that the armed liner Kaiser- Wilhelm der Grosse (14,349 tons) was mined and sunk in the Baltic The above report is printed as received. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Groase was sunk by' tho - British cruiser Highflyer early in the war. There is another big armed German liner named the Kaiser Wilhelm 11.