On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 50, 15 October 1914, Page 3

On the Sea

TWO GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROYED. [By Eleotkio Telegraph—Copyright] United Press (Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Petrograd, October 14. Official.—During the attacks on cruisers on the 10th and 11th two German submarines were destroyed. JAPANESE SUFFER FROM FLOATING MINES. (Received 10.20 a.m.) London, October 14. Floating mines originally sown in Kiao-chau Bay are appearing in the China Sea, and two Japanese coasters Mere blown up off the locality. BOMBARDMENT OF PAPEETE. FRENCH GUNBOAT SUNK. |[Pl* JP&IM AaiOOUTION ] Wellington, October 15. Passengers by the Maitai, in giving details of the bombardment of Papeete by the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on September 22nd, state that it began at 7 a.m. Thirty shells were fired at the-waterfront, after which the ships wasted half an hour, presumably to see if there were any signs of surrendering. The commander of the French gunboat Zelee, the guns of which had been landed, was prepared to sink her in the fairway, but before lie was able to do so the cruiser re-opened fire, sinking the Zelee and damaging the German steamer Walkv.re, which was lying alongside. The Wfllkure drifted to the beach in a sinking condition. Some of the shells landed in the business quarters, most of the premises being destroyed by fire. The people fled to the hills, being conveyed by motor cars and other vehicles. The only casualties were one Chinaman and one Kanaka. Messrs Donald and Edenborough's premises were among those damaged.