On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 56, 2 November 1914, Page 3

On the Sea

THE WRECKED HOSPITAL SHIP.

United Press Association.

London, October 30

The Rohilla, iyowul h-v.n. (Queen's Ferry to Duituix, to pick up BoJgiah wounded, struck at 4 o'clock in the morning. A terrific soa was running. Two hundred were aboard, including a medical unit. Her hows wore smashed as she lowered the lifeboats, and few were rescued. Many clung to the wreckage until they were exhausted and swept away. The ship broke in twain, and eleven were drowned. When the stern carried 'away the renainder took refuge on the bridge and in the rigging. Lifeboats made desperate efforts to bring succour. One was smashed, and two of the crew were drowned. Sixty were rescued. The remainder, about a hundred, remained on the forepart of the doomed vessel, and attempts at rescue had to be abandoned. Rocket lines proved unavailing. Many bodies were washed ashore.

. The trawler Rosilla struck a mine in the North Sea. The captain and mate were drowned.

The Rohilla's position is worse. The hull has broken into three parte, and is seeling down. The bridge is now the only refuge of those aboard. A number jumped into the sea. Some were drowned, but others were washed on the beach. Several further attempts of the lifeboats to reach the wreck were unavailing, likewise the rocket-lines. CRIME AGAINST INTERNATIONAL USAGES. Paris, October 30. Official:—The steamer Admiral Ganteaume, which was carrying Belgian refugees to England, was torpedoed without reason, contrary to all international usages of war. THE WALDECK ROUSSEAU AFFAIR.

London, October 31

Details of the attack on the cruiser Waldeck Rousseau show that the cruiser simultaneously came under the fire of machine guns from the land, torpedoers, and an aeroplane. The latter came within 800 yards and dropped a bomb which exploded the forward bridge, smashing the glass of the captain's observation post. Someone shouted "submarine," and a periscope emerged a hundred ,yards away, and when quiet was restored a sheet of oil floated where the submarine had been. Before disappearing the submarine fired a torpedo, which just missed the cruiser. Altogether three submarines attacked. It is believed that only one returned to port. . THE CEIER AT HONOLULU. Tokio, October 31. A message from Honolulu states that although repairs to the Geier are completed, she is remaining in port for the purpose of keeping the Japanese cruisers watching,' and preventing them operating against other German vessels. The British and Japanese have unavailingly protested to the local authorities, and are now making representations to Washington. ITALIAN BLUEJACKETS ON THE MOVE. (Received 9.10 a.m.) » Rome, October 31. Italian bluejackets have occupied the Island of Sasseno.