DARING ESCAPE FROM A PIRATE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 7

DARING ESCAPE FROM A PIRATE

SUBMARINE OUTWITTED BY CLEVER MANOEUVRING STEAMER CAPTAIN SACRIFICES HIS LIFE ' SEVERAL KILLED AND WOUNDED By Telegrapli-Pms Association-Copyright London, July 5.The Producers' Company's steamer Anglo-Californian (7333' tons, 12} knots), has arrived at Queenstown, She was shelled by a submarine. The captain made a daring and skilful attempt to evade the enemy. Soveral shells struck' the vessel and killed' tho captain and ten of 'the crew, ' while eight were wounded. A wireless "5.0.5." message brought help, and the submarine disappeared, after shelling the Anglo-Califorman for four hours, all tho time manoeuvring for a torpedoing position. Captain Parslow, with great skill, outwitted her. The crew endeavoured to launcli the boats, and men were blown from the davits. The submarine's crew kept up a continuous rifle fire. ' v. Four boats were, launched before assistance arrived. Meanwhile a shell hurled the captain from the biidge with an arm and a leg .severed. FRENCH LINER SUNK. SIX OF'THE CREW MISSING., , Paris, July 5. Official.—A submarine sank the French liner Carthage, 5601 tons, oil Cape Helles. _ ' • Six of the crew are missing. • SMALL SCHOONER TORPEDOED. ' , London, July 5. , .The schooner '■Hirondelle (a small vessel, French-owned) was torpedoed off Ushant, France. The crew were landed. TWO PIRATES ATTACKED BY TORPEDO BOATS. ; ONE HIT SEVERAL' TIMES. London,' July 5. French, torpedo boats bombarded two German submarines in the Channel. One of/the submarines was hit several times before it disappeared., : ... , DISABLED BY AM AIRMAN. AUSTRIAN,SUBMARINE till. '. London, July 5. It was officially reported from Rome on July 3 that Lieutenant Rouillot, .a Frenchman,, from a height of 50ft., had bombed the Austrian submarine Ull in the Adriatic. / There were' explosions near tho conning tower, and it was believed that the submarine was sunl: ; It is now stated that the submarine was not sunk. She was tewed to Trieste in a damaged condition. Four of the crew were dead. THE SINKING OF THE LINER ARMENIAN. NO PROTEST BY /WASHINGTON. , Washington, July 5. It has been decided ■ not to /protest against the loss of American lives by the sinking of the steamer Armenian, and the incident has been declared closed. ' . , ■ Officially, the opinion is expressed that the belligerent or non-belligerent status of the Armenian does not count, since the submarine's challenge was disobeyed. • ' e / '