On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 95, 24 April 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. % GERMAN HIGH SEA FLEET CANNOT FIND BRITISH WARSHIPS. ! ; Unhid Pesm Association. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Berlin, April 23. The Admiralty states that the High Sea fleet, which is repeatedly cruising in the North Sea, advanced in English waters without meeting British warships. THE WEEK’S SHIPFiNC. London, April 23. For the week ending April 21st arrivals and departures of shipping totalled 1519. One vessel and one Ashing boat were sunk. BRITISH TRAWLER TAKEN TO GERMAN PORT. (Received 8.35 a.m.) Amsterdam, April 23. A message from Berlin states that a submarine captured the British steam trawler Olencarg off Aberdeen, and brought it to a German port. TRAWLER TORPEDOED IN THE NORTH SEA. (Received 8.40 a.m.) London, April 23. A submarine torpedoed the trawler St. Lawrence in the North Sea. Two of the crew were drowned. GERMANS COMMIT MORE MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS, (Received 10.55 a.m.) London, April 23. The skipper of the St. Lawrence states that after the submarine fired, the crew launched a boat, and all, were in except two, when the submarine ordered the boat to cut away. This was done, and the men jumped into the water, but when the skipper attempted to pick them up, the submarine resumed firing, and the boat was compelled to leave the men, who were drowned. The submarine eventually blew up the trawler.