U-BOAT ATTACKS IN THE ATLANTIC

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 228, 14 June 1918, Page 5

U-BOAT ATTACKS IN THE ATLANTIC

THE SINKING OF TOE AUSOMA

SEARCH FOR THE MISSING

New York, .Tu.no 12. Tho New York "Times" states that Hie ' transport Ausonia was a hundred miles out in .the Atlantic when she was torpedoed and sunk. The survivors were picked ni> I>y an east-bound steamer. The Bcorch for the missing forty is being continued. The. Ausonia left a British port on May 25. A U-boat locto.l and then souk (he Norwegian etonmer Vindcggen (317!) tons) in American w.Uers on .Monday. 'Die submarine also sank the. steamer Hendrik Lvund. A German submarine sank two Norwegian steamships off the coast The total number of vessels sunk to date is «ighteon.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. chaserTU-boat .■■ i Washington, June 22. I It is practically certain that a chaser ■ wnk a U-boat on the 81 h ofi' the Vir- .i ginia coast. The chaser.suddenly encoun- | lered a submarine with periscope showing;. The vessels circled each other for i several minutes at a hundred yards dis- : tance, when (h e chaser made' a dash i Ivor the U-boat and dropped a depth I bomb. The. periscope disappeared, and oil rose to the surface. The explosion ". lifted up Hie chaser. It is reported that, ! three caps of German sailors were found' ! m tho vicinity.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . :; MANY UNOFFICIAL REPORTS. ' ] (Rec. June 13, 7.20 p.m.) . . .' New York, June 12. j There aro many unofficial reports of :' the oxpioits of the U-boats, but theeo | ;\i'o not confirme<l by the Navy Depart- . j meat. Two steamors report that (her were attacked by U-boats oft' the Vir- j ginia coast on Sunday. The passengers ! on a Brazalian vessel report firing off- the : i coast on Tuesday morning. They suggest ! that tho mother ship may bo in tho Sar- i gasso Sea—Aus.-N.JS. Cablo Assn. . j ATTACKS ON THE IRISH FISHING j FLEET i SEVENTEEN BOATS SUNJy ON'mAT -,' 51. ' •; London, June 12. ' Seventeen fishing boats were eunfc off I the coast of Down (Ireland) on May 31. j The • submarine commander ordered the ; crows to take to the boate. Somo te- • i uiqnstrated, and J :ho commander rr'plipd: ! "No panoying. Get, or you go to hfll." The commander shot a man through the i arm—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; SUBMARINE PERIL DECLINING ■ j (Rec. June U, 1.20 p.m.) " j London, June 12. : "Tho Times" naval correspondent j states that the submarine peril is de- I dining. "We are approaching equili- j briiim between destruction and replacement. The official losses to April, 1918, ' ■'■ total 1,di7,832 tons, and the Anglo-Ameri- i can output to May was 1,112,078. The i ofl'wmvo measures which wore planned i at the beginning of 1917 aro now fully ' ; effective."—The Times." .j THE KONINGINimTES OUTRAGE I EXPERT EXAMINATION OP SUNKEN i VESSEL. ■ , Amsterdam, June 12. i If is understood that Holland is.-.inder- ' taking the exjSort- examination of tho . • ranken JConingiu Ecgontes in order to ; ascertain the causo of h?.r loss.—Aus.-N.Z. ; Cable Assn. , DUTCH TBAWLEIt. SUNK. ; Amsterdam, Juno 12. Tho Dutch trawler Helena was torpedoed off the Dogger Bunk. Three of i the crew were killed—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. '.