SUBMARINE PIRACY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2842, 5 August 1916, Page 9

SUBMARINE PIRACY

BRITISH STEAMER SUNK

Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. New York, August 3. Tha' steamer Britannic (3157 tons), owned by W. H. Cockerline and Co.. has :been. sunk. She. was unarmed. THE-IDENTITY OF THE VESSEL. (Rec. August 4, 5.5 p.m.) New York, August 3. . Lloyd's list .shows three Britannics. one the huge White Star liner of 47,500 tons. Another Britannic is owned by W. H. Cockerline . and Company, and the . third is. a Norwegian, the first two being under British registry. The New York offices of the White Star state that they have no information as to the sinking of the vessel. The officials say that their Britannic, has been laid up in a British port for some time, not being used in passenger rervice. The Britannic of the White Star is their largest vessel, and has never been, lo America, having been, built since the outbreak of war. Sho is larger than the Lusitania and the Olympic, and is only 7000 tons srp.illoj than tho Vaderlaad (Hamburg-Ameri-can), which is tho largest vessel afloat. . ITALIAN MAIL BOAT SUNK. BIG LOSS OP LIFE FEARED.' ■ (Router's Telegram.) • (Rec. August 4,- 10.30 p.m.) ■ • Malta, August 4. Twenty-eight survivors ' oi the mail boat Letiinbro have arrived. The vessel carried fifty-seven of -l crew and 113 passengers, including women and children. A submarine was'observed when four miles away. It'chased the Letiinbro, shelling continuously. When it overtook the Letiinbro the latter loweted her boats, which the' submarine shelled, smashing' five., It Is believed the > occunants were drowned. Many were killed by shells. [The Letimbro was a steamer of 2210 tons; and was owjied by the Sicilia Society tli Navigazione.] SUBMARINE CAPTURED . BY THE AUSTRIANS". " Australian-New Zealand C-ablo Association. ' Rome, August 3. An■, Austrian officii)] messaec states:— We captured an Italian" submarine in the Adriatic.