LOST ON THE WARSHIP HAMPSHIRE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2791, 8 June 1916, Page 5

LOST ON THE WARSHIP HAMPSHIRE

VESSEL SUNK EN ROUTE TO RUSSIA profound Sensation WERE SPIES:AT WORK? . - . .MORE ABOUT THE NAVAL ' Mffii ■ :: j ! . RUSSIAN VICTORY DEVELOPING Every greafc-and momentous, adventure on the battle fronts of Europe ' and elsewhere .has been; dramatically obscured by a national bereavement ' .which' has befallen. Sritain—the warship Hampshire, with Tjord Kitchener and Staff on board, haa been either torpedoed or mined off tho Orkney Islands, and at tho timo of writing, not a single Burvivor has been found ■to toll the story of the disaster. A persistent rumour was in circulation last evening, that the British' Minister' of War had. been rescued, but. the' ■ .cablegrams'.afford no hope on that score. The news has caused a profound I , . sensation, Dot. only in-our own Empire, but also in tho countries of our Allies. The Tvas convoying Lord liitcheiior to Eussia on I- '&n important mission when the disaster occurred. l, ' ' .-. There is a further budget of interesting ana ffirilling stories about our great, naval battle. Tho Bussians .aro developing their successes'from the ; Pripet Marshes to Rumania, and have also scored against the Turks north- ; ..west' of Bagdad. There has been sharp fighting' on the British front. A ' lull has ..settled-upon-Verdun. .