SUBMARINE TOLL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9795, 19 October 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE TOLL

U-BOAT ACTIVITIES DROP IN BIG VESSEL SINKINGS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn, and Heuter. (Received October 18, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 17. Th© Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week gives the following figures:— This Last week. week. Arrivals 2124 2519 Sailings 2094 2032 Sunk (over 1600 tons) ... 12 14 Sunk (under 1600 tons) 6 2 Fishing boats sunk Unsuccessfully attacked 5 3 ITALIAN REPORT. The arrivals in Italy this week were 316 and the sailings 328. The sinkings comprised four steamers under 1500 tons; unsuccessfully attacked, two. TWO NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK •vustralian and N.Z. .Cable Association. (Received October 18, 7.46 p.m.) CHRISTIANIA, October 17. The Themis, Norway’s largest steamer, has been torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The sailing vessel Bethel has been sunk in the North Sea. The crews of both ships are missing. ATTACKED BY U-BOATS ESCAPING STEAMER’S CREW SHELLED. Eeuter’s Telegrams. LONDON, October 17. The captain and 49 of the crew of a British steamer have landed. They report that they were attacked by two submarines. The steamer was sunk without warning, and the submarines shelled th© crew after they had entered the boats, killing two men and wounding sis. AIR RAIDS ON OPEN TOWNS GERMAN PRESS DOUBTS WISDOM. dr Telegraph—Press Association —Copyngm Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. BERNE, October 17. Several of the German newspapers significantly express doubt as to the wisdom of air raids on open towns. The “Munich Post” urgently demands an agreement among all the belligerents to desist from the practice, which only hardens th© war spirit of tho victims.