NORTH SEA LOSS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 32, 24 September 1914, Page 5

NORTH SEA LOSS.

TWO GERMAN SUBMARINES PARTICULARS OF SINKING OF THE THREE CRUISERS. SURVIVORS LAND AT HARWICH. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (■Received 9.0 a.m.) London,, [September The steamer Flora landed 287 survivors, including a few • wounded and

one desld. The survivors state that the Abouwas hit in several places about six o’clock, and disappeared in five

minutes. The others,’ apparently thinking, the had struck a mine rushed to her asassistance. The Hogue, after lowering boats, was hit and soon sank. The Cressy reported the presence o? two submarines, but she was torpedoed afterwards and sank at eight o’clock. Thirty uninjured officers were landed at Harwich. It is believed that 700 were saved. Captain Nicholson, of the Hogue, served as a midshipman on H.M.S. Calliope, when she steamed out of Apia in the teeth of a hurricane.

(The three vessels were sister ships, The Cressy - was completed in 1901 and the Aboukir and Hogue in'l9o2. They had a displacement of 12.000 tons, and were designed to steam 21 knots. Their armament was as f- : - lot,s:— Two 9.2 in guns, twelve Sin qnickfirers, twelve Sin quickfirers, and five smaller quickfirers, and two machine guns.)

THE ATTACKERS DESTROYED.

London, September 22

Reuter reports that the two submat ines which attacked the cruisers were destroyed.

DEAD AND WOUNDED.

DISASTER OCCURRED AT 7.3 C ON TUESDAY MORNiNO.

(Received 10.15 a.m ) Amsterdam, September 23

A Dutch steamer landed -eighteen wounded and five dead from the sunken cruisers. The steamer had originally 114 survivors on hoard, but she transferred the others to .British torpedo boats.

The disaster is said to have occurred at 7.30 on' Tuesday morning.

RESCUING CAPTAIN'S ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR.

CRESSY FIRING AS SHE SANK

(Received 9.55 a.m.) London, September 23. The cruisers’ crews were largely reservists from Chatham 'England). The Flora’s captain saw only the Cressy. Ho at first knew nothing of % what had happened, hut saw her suddenly heel and go down. He lowered his boat, and the Flora picked up the survivors, who wore clinging to rafts and timber. Several English sailing boats are bringing more survivors to Ymurden. All the spectators agree that the Dressy, firing as she sank, sent the two submarines to the bottoih, but this has not been confirmed. It is officially stated that British

destroyers appeared as the llora was getting ready to steam a>vay.

PLIGHT OF SURVIVORS «N LANDING IN HOLLAND.

(Received 9.55 a.m.) London, .September 23. Reuter’s Ymuiden correspondent states that the British survivors were clad in all manner of clothes, some wearing the Dutch soldiers’ khaki jackets.