THE RAIDER DRESDEN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2414, 20 March 1915, Page 7

THE RAIDER DRESDEN

now SHE WAS CAUGHT UPPER DECKS ABLAZE Valparaiso, March 18. tile armed liner Orania's commander, 0 Captain Fielding, states that the Govnuin cruiser Dresdeu "was sighted n io ii° Zel n '. n '' cs f rom Juan Fernandez, and is • , "''k'sh warships were immediately Is !- u l )Ursll| t- The Glasgow was the hrst to make a- hit. She got in several l 0 shots before the Dresden replied. Meaniy }, Kent swung in to intercept <[ the Dresden's attempt to reach terri.i tonal waters. d -*-' 10 Dresden's upper decks were iv ' O:U '-V ablaze. The Kent pumped in a few sliots, when the raider hoisted the !r . . lte W a S- There was a fire in proxe imit 3' the magazine, and ail explosion occurred a few minutes afterwards. The Germans left in their own boats. ■ * THE KARLSRUHE. BROKEN IN TWO BY AN S EXPLOSION. London, March 18. Danish reports allege that an explosion broke the Karlsruhe in two, and that the survivors reached Germany, i- where the men were sworn to secrecy. > [The Karlsruhe was reported to have been lost at the end of last year.] SUNK OFF THE GRENADINES. (Roc. March 19, 9.35 p.m.) Copenhagen, March 19. Evidence i 6 accumulating that there ss was an explosion on the Karlsruhe and |» that she sank on December 18 off the Is Grenadines, in the Windward Islands, is The crow was brought to Germany aboard the steamer Rio Negro, and kept in secret in order that British cruisers might continue chasing the Karlsruhe. The Grenadines, a group of four or five islands, iio between St. Vincent Island and Grenada Island, and form l_ part of the Windward Islands. 0 The Rio Negro belongs to the Ham-burg-South American Line, and is a vessel of 4556 tons. MUCH WRECKAGE WASHED UP. (Rec. March 20, 1.15 a.m.) London, March 19. West Indian letters state that much i- wreckage marked "Karlsruhe" has been u washed up between Saint Lucia and s Grenada Islands, s [J THE LINER MACEDONIA. J. RECAPTURED BY A BRITISH * CRUISER. . s The "Daily Mail" correspondent at 1 Madrid has reported that a British cruiser recaptured the Macedonia. J A Las Palmas report stated: "The injj terned Hamburg-Amerika liner Macee donia, 4357 tons, slipped out from the n inner harbour during the temporary ab--0 senco of the guardsmp, despite the removal of parts of her machinery. It is believed that she is using wireless to attract German commerce destroyers, in order to deliver war stores which aro aboard the Macedonia. SIX SAILORS SHOT. ~ FOR DISOBEYING ORDERS. ° . London, March 18. d A member of the Potaro's crew, who was a prisoner for six weeks aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm, states that six of the Kronprinz AVilhelm's crew were 6hot for disobeying orders. A message received a fortnight ago stated: Tho steamers Potaro, Highland lirae, and Hemisphere, and two sailing vessels, have been sunk in the Atlantic, presumably by the Karlsruhe. The crews, numbering 192, landed at Buenos - Aires, also 51 passengers from tho Highs land Brae. The Hemisphere was a steel 1 screw steamer of 3486 tons, built in 1897 9 for tho Hemisphere Steamship Com--3 pany. The Highland Bra<? was a Nelson liner, and was of 7634 tons, built in 1910. The Potaro belonged to thn Royal J Mail Steam Packet Company, of Belf fast. She was of 4419 tons, and was 1 built in 1904.