On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 30, 5 June 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

GERMANS PAY COMPENSATION. Unitsd Pbjebs Abbooiaiicn . Christiania, June 4. The German Government has agreed to fully compensate the Belridge, which was torpedoed by accident. SUBMARINE VICTIMS. TWO WELSH TRAWLERS. London, June 4. The Victoria and the Hinose, two Welsh trawlers, were Mink by submarines without warning. Six of the Victoria's crew were killed by the shellfire, and the rest were landed at Milford Haven. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION. SINKING OF SWEDISH STEAMER (Received 12.20 p.m.) London, June 4. An explosion occurred on the Swedish steamer Lapland when fifty-fiv« miles off Peterhead, and the cargo of iron ore was sent flying all over the ship, which began to sink. The crewtook to the boats and reached Peterhead. The captain believes the vessel was torpedoed. THE END OF THE VICTORIA. (Received 9.50 a.m.) London, June I. Ten were aboard the Victoria, including a boy passenger. The first shell smashed a boat and the second killed the passenger. The third hit the skipper and engineer, the former's head being blown oil'. The mate's legs were blown oil'. Four survivors escaped on rafts. The Germans put bombs aboard and blew up the Victoria. DANISH VESSEL BURNED. CREW'S EXHAUSTINC EXPERIENCE. (Received 9.50 a.m.) London, June 4. A German submarine shelled and burnt the Danish schooner Salvador, bound for Bristol in the North Sea 'after live minutes' notice. The crew 'of seven took to a boat, which the submarine towed for a short distance. i A trawler picked them up exhausted twelve hours later, and landed them at Lerwick,