PIRATE HUNTING ON THE HIGH SEAS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2759, 1 May 1916, Page 5

PIRATE HUNTING ON THE HIGH SEAS

GOOD "BAG" BY A TRAWLER MARAUDERS OF NEUTRALS CAUGHT IN THE 1 ACT By TelegrapH—Frees .Association—Copyright , ' London, 'April 28. Dutch, newspapers state that the Dutch steamers Soerakarta ((5926 tons) I and Kawi (4871 tons) left Falmouth together on April 15 for Rotterdam. The Soerakarta subsequently sent, a wireless message to say that she had heen stopped by a submarine. The Kawi rejoined the Soerakftrtii and SftW tlie sub' I marine alongside, with four persons on deck.

( A British trawler suddenly appeared out of the fog alongside the Kawi. The trawler's first shot cleared the submarine's deck; the second hit the submarine amidships, and she sank in n few minutes. The captain of tlio trawler said ho had been lying in wait for the submarine for four days. The submarine was one of Germany's latest typcß, and had a crew of sixty. AN OFFICIAL-REPORT. London, April 28. Official.—A German submarine has been sunk on the East Coast The irew surrendered. ; ABANDONED TO THEIR FATE NORWEGIAN CREW OFF THE IRISH COAST. : The High Commissioner reports m , ~ . London, April 28, 4.15 p.m. ' n Tuesday the Norwegian bar quo Oarmanian was sunk by gunfire by •a German submarine, when miles off the west coast of Ireland. Tlio ;crow took to ,the boats and the submariue immediately left them. One.boat capsized; the other, containing the captain and nine men, landed on the west coast of Ireland and were rescued by oliff latJders." UNARMED VESSEL'SUNK.London; April 28. A Grerm&n bud marine sank the British steamer Industry, which Fas not armodj and was bound for America. The crew was left adrift in boats 120 miles from land. The American liner Finland picked them up. AN ILL-FATED DUTCHMAN. i „ , Amsterdam, April 28. . The Dutch steamer Maashaven (2609 tons), which, had been previously mined m the North Sea, was repaired in the Thames, and left in tow of the tug lSoordzee. The Maashaven was again mined off the Galloper Lightship. Both vessels sank, and two lives were lost. . . T he ? u tch steamer Dubhe (3233 tons) was simultaneously mined in the Vicwjty. PIRATE SUNK AND CREW TAKEN PRISONER. The High Commissioner reports:— ..a n™ v • - i". London, April 28, 3.5 p.m. A German submarine wag sunk off the coast yesterday. One officer and 17 men were made prisoners."VON IGEL'S TELL-TALE DOCUMENTS .OFFICIALLY REPUDIATED BY COUNT BERNSTORFF. +w, V °™ ® 6rDßtorf that von Igel's paplra but cla ms them on the ground that they are an Embassy attache's belongings, ana are therefore immune from seizure. The Department of Justice refuses to surrender them on von Igel's demand, arguing that any documents relating to plots against the safety of the State are not immune. . eai^ BRITISH BATTLESHIP LOST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ■ , MINED,AND SUNK 124 OF THE CREW REPORTED MISSING I' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ; Rfiar-Admiral Fremantle's flagship, H.M.S. Russell, Struck and sank in the Mediterranean. Of the crew 124 are missing. Captain William Bowden Smith, twenty-four officers and 676 of the crew were saved. rH.M.S. Russell, a. battleship of 14,000 tons, was launched in 1901, and completed two years later. She was aimed with four 12in., twelve 6in ten 12-pounder, and some smaller guns, and had a speed of nineteen knots."j GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE SUNK A GUARDSHIP. ' » n ■ , , Amsterdam, April 28 ts:» o,r "° t "" *•** • ww ' MONDAY'S ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE ENEMY'S APPROACHES SOWN WITH MINES. The Dutch newspaper "Telegmf" reports that participated m Monday's attack on Zeebrugge. They Included trawled which strewed mines m the waters frequented by German vessels - ralUerß '

THE GERMAN CUT-AND-RUN RAID AS SEEN BY A LADY AT YARMOUTH.' ( Times and Sydney Services.) CRec. April 29, 5.5 p.m.) menS M Zho^" 8 ! armoUth thus AscribesWGermnkmkrd^ ffeneml alnnt+L wLw ?, e . norn Jous guns, and soon the, flashes became ?®il m?: g ? i? le of the horizon for ten miles from Yarmouth to Lowes, toft. The reverberation vras terrific—windows rattled and chairs iunraedAt in™ famtly twenty .four of the enemy's shtos' on the horizon. .The firing was contmous, and wifh it was the awe-striking moanins of tha big shells flying overhead or splashing into the sea. People stampeded to cover or fled inland as quickly as possible." stampeaea to