THE SUBMARINE PIRACIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 6

THE SUBMARINE PIRACIES

ACTIVITY OFF THE SCILLY ISLES ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK London,- May 4. The steamer Minterne (3018 tons, built in 1903 for Hie 51 interne S.S. Co., I.ondon) was torpedoed off the Scilly Islands. Two firemen were hilled; the remainder of the crow were rescued. The vessel had a cargo of coal for I'eru. THE ATTACK ON THE COLUMBIA THIRTEEN OF THE CREW MISSING. The High Commissioner reports:— London,. May 4, 12.35 a.m. The Columbia's missing, feared to lave been drowned, total thirteen. [The steamer Columbia was reported torpedoed on Tuesday last. The survivors were picked up by a trawler.] A CURIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT NORTH GERMAN LLOYD SAILINGS TO RESUME. (Reo. May 5, 5.45 p.m.) London, May 4. Curiosity has been aroused in New York by the North German Lloyd Shipping Company informing its staff that the company is resuming its sailings oil June 1, and that they are to" prepare for a busy summer. This is thought in. some quarters to indicate an early termination to the war.—"Times" and Sydney "Suu" services.

AIRSHIP V. SUBMARINES ■ GERMAN ACCOUNT OF A NORTH 1 .SEA INCIDENT. (Rec. May 5, 11.10 p.m.) Amsterdam, May 5. The German Admiralty claims that an airship engaged several British submarines in the North Sea, and bombed and sunk one. The submarines bombarded the airship, which returned unharmed. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A TRAWLER SHOCKING BRUTALITY OF THE PIRATES (Rec. May 5, 11.10 p.m.) London, May 5. A German submarine attacked a trawler off Aberdeen. Four of the crew were killed.' The survivors, who escaped in the boats, landed at Aberdeen after being forty hours adrift, without food or water. They did not receive a minute's grace. The vessel was kept under shrapnel fire until she sunk. The second shot wounded the captain, and another killed him while ho was crawling along the deck. The cook was killed while lowering a boat. All the survivors were wounded, with one exception. The submarine's crew laughed at their efforts to escape.