SUBMARINE PIRACY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2481, 7 June 1915, Page 6

SUBMARINE PIRACY

BOY PASSENGER KILLED ln London, Juno 4. lliero were ten aboard the Welsh trawler Victoria, including a bov passenger. U34's first shell smashed a boat a second killed the passenger, and a tinrd the skipper and engineer. The termer s head was blown off, and the mate s legs were blown off. TJio four survivors escaped on rafts, lhe Germans put bombs aboard and blew up the Victoria. DANISH SCHOONER DESTROYED. WHILE BOUND FOR BRISTOL. London, Juno 4. A German submarine shelled and burnt the Danish schooner Salvador, bound for Bristol, in the North Sea. Five minutes 1 notice was given to the crew of seven, wlio took to a boat, which the submarine towed for a 6hort distance. A trawler picked up the men, who wore exhausted, twelve hours later, and landed them at Lerwick, Shetland Isles. EXPLOSION ON SWEDISH STEAMER CREW REACH PETERHEAD. London, June 4. An explosion occurred on the Swedish steamer Ixippland, 2238 tons, when 55 miles off Peterhead. Her cargo of iron ore_ was 6ent flying all over the ship, which began to. sink. The crew took to the boats and reached Peterhead. The captain believes that his vessel was torpedoed. FOUR VESSELS SUNK, INCLUDING A WILSON LINER. (Bee. June 6, 2.15 p.m.) mi Trr- . London, June i, \ The Wilson liner lona and a fishing vessel, tho Chrysoprase, were submarined and sunk off the Orkney Islands. The crews landed. Four of the lona's crew were wounded by shrapnel,- two being badly hurt. The crows were fired at while launching the boats. The Norwegian steamer - Cubano was also _ torpedoed. Tho crew landed at Lewis (the northernmost and largest island of the outer Hebrides, off tho West of Scotland). The steamer Inkum, 4747 tons, was submarined and sunk off the Lizard. The crew landed. THE MARINE CASUALTIES. 'A' VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE. (Rec. June 6, 2 p.m.) „ . London, June 5. The Admiralty reports that for the week ending June 2 there were 1382 arrivals and sailings, and of these 8 vessels, totalling 23,383 tons, were submarined. FRENCH STEAMER SUNK. (Rec. June 6, 4 p.m.) m . „ Paris, June 5. , The French steamer Penfeld, 794 tons, was submarined in the Channel. The crew landed at Brest. DANISH COLLIER TORPEDOED. Copenhagen, June 5. The Danish collier Cyrus lias been torpedoed. The captain suddenly saw a streak of foam. The crew put off in a boat, and were brought to Stavcnger by a Norwegian 'steamer, which sighted* the submarine earlier. ATTACK ON PENFELD AND CUBANOS. (Reo. June 7, 0.15 a.m.) London, June 6. _ The submarine fired five sixty-five millimetre shells, but missed the Penfeld. The crew then took to their boat, when the submarine torpedoed and sank the Penfold. The crew rowed for thirty hours before they reached land. Tho Cubanos' ; crew were twenty-two hours in a rough sea.