SUBMARINE PIRACY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3037, 26 March 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE PIRACY

SINKINGiOF THE HEALDTGN Washington, MarcTj 23. ' -Tie United.States Coneul »t Amsterdam, reports that the American steamer Healdton (4489 tons) .was torpedoed without ■warning off Tersbhelling. Twenty were drowned, and one fatally injured—Auß.-N;Z. Cable Absu. ~v SUNK 1 ;© THE r SAFETY ZONE / . (Rec. March 25, 11.35 p.m.) Amsterdam! March 24. The captain of the Healdton states that two torpedoes were' fired ; at his ship while she was within the so-called safety i zone. A. :boat containing: 20 persons, including seven \ Americans, was capsized, and' all were drowned.: The rest of the crew was saved.—Aus.-, N.Z. Cable .-Assn. . ■ . . ■■", FRENCH SHIPPING LOSSES London, Maroh.23. . IA! French offioial report states :~-For fhe week ended March. 18 the arrivals of-merchantmen over one hundred tons, excluding fishing craft, totalled' 920, and the departures 914. Six 'French -vessels over 1600 tons and six under 1600; tons were sunk.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. . ' .DREADNOUGHT SUNK ;" . '■' Paris, March 23. XFrench.Dreadnought has been sunk in the Mediterranean.—Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn.-..' ' ' ■."-' ;.. ■ ; .'■.: ■ ITKe French navy a. considerable number of battleships :of the Dreadnought-type. The vessel now reported sunk is the < first large modem ship which France has lost in the war.] , (Sec. March 25, 5.5: p.m.) .;'.. , . ;''■■■ Paria.'MaTcli 23. Official :-f-The battleship Danton was struck by two torpedoes in. the Mediterranean on the 19th, and sank in half an hour; 805 were saved and 296 drown-ed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.: ,

[ , [The Danton was of 18,028 tons, and was completed in 1911. Her armament comprised four 12in., twelve 9.4 in., and twenty-six smaller guns.] ,"

; COMPENSATION/REFUSED , ;(Rcc. March 25, 5.5 p.m.) \ Rotterdam, March 23. The .Government has refused Germany's offer for compensation for seven torpedoed Dutch ships.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ;; ':■■ ENTENTE'S"WMSBIP LOSSES- ; . ] ■". (Rcc. /March 24, 6.5 p.m.) ■ . ■'•';. New York, klaroh 23. "A Berlin/message states that the Ententes losses, in including auxiliaries, since the beginning of the war. totals 850,000 tons.—Reutor. REDUCED SHIPfiIENTS "; (llec.March 24, 6.5. p.m.) . ■.'•■."'.• ■:'.'',■ New York, March.23. ; Owing to submarines, 'the'.-food- exports! from the ; United States in February were rednced by a third. The total ■shipments.- dropped from £126,750,000 to £93,300,000.—Reuter. ■■