BLOCKADE PIRATES AT WORK AGAIN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2406, 11 March 1915, Page 5

BLOCKADE PIRATES AT WORK AGAIN

THREE STEAMERS SUNK

ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING

The High Commissioner reports, und4r date London, March 10, 3.30 a.m., as follows:—

"The Admiralty announces that three British morchantmon were sunk by submarine torpedoes on Tuesday. The Tangistan (3738 tons) was attacked off Scarborough. Only one survivorof a crew of thirty-eight is yet known to have been saved. The Blackwood (1230 tons) was sunk off Hastings. Her crew of seventeen was saved. The Princess Victoria was sunk off Liverpool. Her crew of thirty-four was saved. ' . [A similar message, with less detail, convoys the eamo information.] By Telegraph.—Frv«s A«sooi»tioa—Gwyrirht (Rec. March 10, 9 p.m.) , London, March 10. The three steamers were sunk without warning. Half of the Tangistaa's orew were Lascars. The steamer sank in four minutes, dragging down uie lifeboats. The Princess Victoria sighted the enemy, but had no timo to manoeuvre. She sank in ten minutes. The Blackwood sank in fifteen minutes. [Four vessels named "Princess Victoria" are listed in Lloyd's. The vessel is presumably the C.P.R. steamer of 1943 tons. The other vessels of the same name are all British, and of 1108, 1687, and 278 tons respectively. Tlie first two of these three are Scotch.]

STEAMER CHASED, BUT ESCAPES.

(Reo. March 10, 9 p.m.)

. London, March 10. The steamer Clan Macrea eluded a German submarine at tlie Mersey Bar (off Liverpool). She was chased for twenty-five minutes. The Clan Macrae sighted the submarine six hundred feet away, twelve miles from the Mersey Bar, and warned vessels in the vicinitv. Some of the crew are of opinion there were two submarines.

GERMANS' CLAIM TO PIRATICAL SUCCESSES.

(Rec. March 10, 9 p.m.)

„ , . i, Amsterdam, March 10. German newspapers claim that the submarine U 16, which cruised about the Orkneys, Shotlands, and Faroe Islands, chased the Laertes, sunk the steamers Dulwich, Ville de Lille, and Dinorah, and that submarine U 8 has sunk five steamers.

COALED AND READY TO SAIL

GERMAN LINERS SHEPHERDED IN NEW YORK,

(Rec. March 10, 9 p.m.)

~, _ , ' , . . New York, March 9. Although the Customs officers investigations have not revealed any, preparations for sailing, precautions have been taken against any ot the interned German steamers slipping out of the 'harbour. Four destroyers are lying in the bay. , From private inquiries it is alleged that a' new pattern of deck torpedogun has been ■found m the Hamburg-America and North German Lloyd companies warehouses. Their vessels are already coaled, and aro able to sail at a few hours notice.

"KNIVES FOR HOUSEHOLD USE."

(Rec. March 10, 9 p.m.)

m. n i a , . Stockholm, March 10. • me Customs officers at Trellebong have seized a case consigned to Germany containing four thousand bayonets. Tho case was labelled: "Knives for housohold use."