On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 48, 27 February 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE BLOCKADE

THE UNION JACK.

SPITEFULLY FALSE GERMAN REPORT. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, February 26. A Berlin official message states:— “Our reports indicate that the English Flag has disappeared from the North Sea, the English sailors refusing to sail.”

MISCELLANEOUS.

United Press Association. London, February 26

It is uncertain whether the Western Coast was torpedoed or mined. Hie, bdats had previously been swung out in preparation for emergencies. A steamer following in her wake rescued the crew.

The Deptford’s crew drifted in an open boat during a snowstorm for five hours.

The torpedo struck the Harpalion amidships, and the \ boilers blew up. The chief engineer said grace, uttering the words, “For what we are about to receive, may the Lord mgke us truly thankful!” when there came an awful

crash, and everything was shattered. The Admiralty states that 708 vessels arrived and 673 sailed between the 18th and the 24th February. The German submarines had sunk seven. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, February 26. The torpedoing of the Reign has inflamed Norwegian public opinion. People assert that they will demand that their Government shall send Germany a communication the meaning of which it will lie impossible to mistake. Copenhagen, February 26. Most of the great Norwegian exporters of dried codfish have ceased shipments to Germany, owing to the attacks on Norwegian merchant ships. A flotilla of German trawlers laden with mines passed the Skaw, going to the westward. Geneva, February 20. Pola telegrams state that three new German submarines reached there, having been transported in sections overland, for use against merchantmen in the Adriatic and Mediterranean. A Munich telegram states that another twelve are being prepared. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, February 26. A Berlin wireless telegram states that the Captain of the Evelyn states that his ship met disaster owing to the advice of the British Naval Board officer, who instructed him as to his course, instead of allowing .him to take the more northerly course prescribed ,hy the German instructions. A