On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 27, 1 June 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

CHASED BY SUBMARINES.

SOME EXCITING EXPERIENCES.

Unhid Prim AsaoauTioN. London, May 30

The White Star liner Megantlc, bound for Montreal and crowded with passengers, met a submarine sixty miles .south of Queenstown. She sent a wireless message for help and zigzagged at lull speed, the submarine pursuing. Subsequently the Megantic sent a wireless message that the submarine had disappeared and orders for assistance were cancelled.

The Ping Suey, early on Saturday, sighted a submarine two miles off. The submarine fired across her bows. The I'ing Sucy speeded up, and the submarine chased her and tired shells, several of which burst over the bridge and one aft and considerably damaged the poop. A Chinese member of the crew asleep below was wounded. The steamer reached Plymouth much battered. A Blue Funnel steamer, via Suez, from Batavia, with a valuable cargo, splendidly escaped submarines in the Channel. She was twice shelled, but reached Plymouth. One of the crew was wounded. THE SUBMARINE MENACE. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, May 31. The Times' naval correspondent says it is confidentially anticipated that adequate Admiralty dispositions will meet the danger of submarines in the Dardanelles. It is improbable there is the slightest truth in the Am'eriean reports of the suspension of attacks on merchantmen, because Germany is increasing the output of submarines. SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AT SEA United Peek Association. (Received 0 a.m.) Washington, May 31.

Germany's reply to the United States further contends that it is impossible to settle the question whether proper opportunity should be given to place the passengers and crew in safety, until it is determined whether the regulations adopted after the sinking of the- Titanic for a proper supply of boats anl watertight bulkheads were incorporatel in the American law and observed in the Lusitania's case. PRINCESS IRENE MYSTERY. (Reeeivel 9.40 a.m.) London. May .'sl. The verlict at the inquest on the victims of the Princess Irene disaster was that the explosion arose from an unknown cause.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT

The High Commissioner reports, under date Loudon, May 31, (7 p.m.):— .hi week ending -May L'litli of 1323

vessels arrived and sailing in and from British ports and of all nationalities, one British merchant vessel of 1968 tons was sunk hy a submarine.