On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 74, 30 March 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE BLOCKADE.

FATE OF THE FALABA.

TORPEDOED IN BRISTOL CHANNEL.

GERMANS STAND BY AND LAUGH

Unhid Pimm Association.

(Received 8.55 a.m.) London, March 29

The Falaba, which left Liverpool on Saturday,, was torpedoed at Milford Haven, 140 passengers and 112 of the, crew being saved. The Germans! laughed, and did not attempt to rescue them. The captain, two stewardesses, and five others were drowned.

HO TIME TO LAUNCH THE BOATS

(Received 10,45 a.m.) London, March 29. A submarine signalled the Falaba, whic hwas bound for West Africa, to get out the boats, but the engineroom was torpfedoed before this could be done. Three boats were swamped, and the passengers, and crew were thrown into the water. The submarine circled round, jeering at the struggles of those in the water.

The Eileen Emma, a steam drifter,

rescued the majority. .There were ten soldiers and several medical men aboard. One lieutenant and one corporal are among the dead.

ONE MORE “BLIGHTER ”

SETTLED.

STEAMER CHARGES SUBMARINE.

(Received 9.5 a.m.) London, March 29.

Captain Wyatt, of the great eastern Steamer, City of Brussels, states that when off the Maas lightship a large German submarine signalled to him to stop, but Captain Wyatt ignored the order, and went full speed ahead. The - submarine attempted to cross the vessel’s bows, and Captain Wyatt, seeing . his chance, shouted: “Starboard your helm! I’ll get the blighter!” The vessel passed over the spot where the submarine was attempting to submerge. Some of the crew felt a slight shock, and the submarine was not seen after. Captain Wyatt previously commanded the Wrexham, which escaped from the U2B.

ANOTHER VICTIM ON THE WEST,

COAST.

(Received 10.45 a.m.) London, March 29.

The steamer Aquila was sunk by a submarine off Pembrokeshire. The crew landed.

THE SINKING OF THE U 36.

Paris, March 29

The Lizzie’s engineer states that when the submarine sighted the Lizzie she cut the Deliniras adrift, and made straight for the Lizzie. The captain ordered full speed ahead, and rushed the submarine, and undoubtedly rammed the German submarine, of which there was no further trace except oil.

SUBMARINE AND THE VOSGES.

m London, March 29. ( The Vosges evaded the submarine \ for two hours, preventing the dis- ' charge tf the luipele; Ibj ai'juler

then used a gun, and the Vosges suffered terribly. The ship was riddled with bul'ets «iid the deck filings swept away. The captain, mate, second. mate, ship’s boy, and a lady passenger were wounded. Finally the submarine abandoned the chase. The final shot ipade a hole in the Vosges at the water-line, two feet square. The captain went over the side to ascertain if it could be repaired, and narrowly escaped being drawn into the hole by the rush of water, which led to the Vosges sinking. The submarine subsequently chased the Aquaila.

DIVED AND ESCAPED.

BRITISH DESTROYERS HUNT THEIR. PREY.

(Received 9.40 a.m.) Amsterdam, March 29

British destroyers chased a big German submarine between the Maas lightship and Schouwen, but the fubmarine dived and escaped.

BOSPHOROUS BOMBARDMENT.

RUSSIAN FLEET AT WORK ON

THE BATTERIES.

ENEMY DESTROYERS DRIVEN BACK.

United Fbebs Association. (Received 8,55 a.m.) Petrograd, March 29. 'A communique states:— The Russian Fleet bombarded batteries in the Bosphorus, and our aviators successfully also bombed (;he batteries. We drove back the destroyers which were endeavouring tq emerge from the Straits.

TURKISH PROCLAMATION,

London, March 29

The Daily Chronicle’s Constantinople correspondent reports that on Wednesday the Government posted proclamations in Pera and in the mosques at Stamboul announcing that war. ships of France and England would shortly arrive in the Bosphorus, as the Sultan was opening the Dardanelles to the free passage of foreign warships. The riffraff of the capital has been sent to a concentratioin camp in Anatolia. The Greek, population is terrified, fearing a general massacre The Government is doing its best to prevent an anti-Christian rising. The Turkish fleet is not mobilised, owing to lack of coal. Desperate efforts are being made to patch the Goeben by means of a cofferdam. Duplicate parts from Germany, however are held up on the frontier. The Germans are putting together two submarines bought overland in sections but there is a lack of torpedoes.

IN THE NARROWS.

BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES.

London, March 29

Tenedos reports that the weather is excellent, arid mine sweeping continues under cover of the battleships. The Turks at Kilid Bahr fired, but the warships promptly silenced them. It is estimated that the Allies were fire-

ing three shells a minute from the Gulf of Satos, directed by the warships at the entrance.

The tire was apparently effective, for volumes of smoke rose from the Gallipoli heights, and also from the Dardanelles shore. Much tire was directed at the new works at Kura Kale, whence deuce smoke rose for an hour.

AN IMPREGNABLE CITY.

London, Mavch 29

Von der Goltz, before leaving Constantinople, declared that the city

was absolutely impregnable