BRITISH ARMED LINER TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 14 August 1915, Page 5

BRITISH ARMED LINER TORPEDOED

EX-P. & 0. STEAMER By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, August 12. The auxiliary cruiser India (7904 tons, of the P. and 0. Line) has.been torpedoed and sunk ija tlio North Sea. Twenty-two officers and 119 men were saved. CRUISERS TO THE RESCUE. (Rec. August 13,10.30 p.m.) Christiana, August 13. Two cruisers saved eighty of the India's crow. Eleven of those who wore landed died from tho effects of exposure. . _ The survivors from the India were much exhausted. Most of them had to be hoisted on board tho rescuing boats. Some of the others were standing on a raft singing "Tipperary." DANISH SCHOONER SUNK. ■ Copenhagen, August 12. The Danish schooner Jason has been sunk. The crew landed at Esbjerg. (Rec. August 13, 7.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, August 13. Official.—The losses to. the Danish mercantile fleet through mining and torpedoing total four aaid a half million kroner*, and the loss through the detention of goods in England is estimated at over four million kroner. *£271,875. THE WEEK'S LOSS IN MERCHANT SHIPPING. (Rec. August. 13, 7.5 p.m.) London, August 13. Thero were 139G arrivals and departures during tho week ending August 11: two were submarined —aggregating 5371 tons.besides seventeen fishing vessels. VIOLATORS OF TREATIES. PIRATE JETTISONS RUSSIAN SI AILS. Copenhagen, August 12. A submarine stopped the mail steamor Iris iu the North Sea and compellod the captain to throw overboard a valuable Russian mail (a breach of the Hague Convention).