THE BUCCANEER WAR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2503, 2 July 1915, Page 5

THE BUCCANEER WAR

NORWEGIAN SHIP SUNK BY PIRATE EIGHT GERMANS AMONGST THE CREW By Telesranh—Press Association-Copyright Cork, Juno 31). The Norwegian steel ship Canibuskennetli, 1925 tons, bound from America for the Horsey, was submarined- off Capo Galley Head, on the south eoast of Cork. Eight Germans of tlio crew were taken aboard the submarine, and the remainder of tlio crew in the ship's boats reached Galley Head. JETTISON GARCO OFI BE SUNK. PIRATE'S ULTIMATUM TO STEAMER CAPTAIN. Chrlstiania, June 30. A German submarine stopped the steamer Vpus (P Venus) bound to England, eastward of Aberdeen, and the commander ordered 1 the captain to jettison her foodstuffs or she would bo sunk. The crow of the submarine assisted in jettisoning <116 barrels of Finnish butter and a quantity of frozen salmon. TIMBER-LADEN BARQUE SUNK. London, June 30.. A submarine sank the Norwegian timber-laden barque Kotka west of Cork. The crew was saved,. PIRACY OFF.IRISH COAST. SUGAR CARRIER TORPEDOED. (Reo. July 2, 0.30 a.m.) London, July 1. The steamer Scottish Monarch. (5043 tons), sugar laden, antT bound for Manchester, was torpedoed sixty miles off Queenstown. Twenty of tlio crew landed at Watcrford. It is believed that the remainder were saved.. • The Norwegian steamer Morma, bound for Leitli, was submarined and sunk off Arlsund. The Norwegian steamer Gjeso, coalladen, from tb© Tyne, bound for Norway, was torpedoed. The crew were saved. REPRISAL BY CONFISCATION. ITALY'S LEAD TO THE ALLIES. London, June 30. The Navy League urgeo the Government to follow the example of Italy in (as previously reported) confiscating an I equivalent'of enemy ships for those submarined, and employing the eneniy ships for the purposes of British commerce.