BIG LINER'S NARROW ESCAPE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3086, 17 May 1917, Page 5

BIG LINER'S NARROW ESCAPE

PIRATE TORPEDO MISSES ITS MARK New York, May 15. A torpedo from a submarine narrowly missed the. White, Star liner Baltic (23,876 tons) on April 19, whilst she was en route'here/ ' " V ■ An American liner arrived to-day painted with white waves on a leaded background so as to resemble water. A passenger saw a cruiser off the English coast firing at a TJ-boat, but did not see the results—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asan. ■ FRENCH STEAMER SUNK. (Rec. May 16, 6.50 p.m.) ' Madrid, May 15, The French steamer Medjerda (1918 tons) has been sunk.—Aus.-N,.Z. Cable Assn. ■ . ■* WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING U-BOATS DISGUISED AS FISHING BOATS. Copenhagen, May i 5. . The "Tidenstegn." reports that in numerous cases German submarines are disguised as fishing boats. The captain of a Norwegian. steamer 'states that his vessel was runk off Brest by a disguised submarine. Other seamen report that submarines' send bogus distress signals, and ruthlessly sink \tssels approaching with the intention of rescuing those in distress.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE ENEMY'S SUBMARINE FLEET 325 U-BOATS OF VARIOUS CLASSES (Reo. May 16, 6.50. p.m.) ' Amsterdam, May 15. The Dutch newspaper "Telegraaf," / in an interview with one of the crew : of a German submarine, claimed that Germany has at present 325 U-boats cf various classes. The latest class carry. from fifty to sixty naval inen. Naval circles estimate that between eighty and one hundred have been lost in the -English' nets. Two-thirds of the crews are experienced, and one-third are'novices. .The vessels carry a fortnight's provisions. The 'officers are young and impecunious, hoping to be- ; come solvent by tho premiums offered for sinking ships. Hence they lose all sense of responsibility.—Aus.-N.Z. ' Cable 'Assn. .. . . - ' \