On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 15 June 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

SUBMARINE VICTIMS. THE U 35 OPERATING. Dnitud Pbsm Association London, June 1/1. The U 35, by shell fire, sank the barque Crown of India, and also damaged the Norwegian barque Bell Glade off St. Anne’s Hoad, on the Pembroke coast. The crews were saved. THE STEAMER BAYERN. PROTEST AGAINST CONFISCATION. ' ITALY’S RIGHT DEFENDED. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Rome ,June 1-1. Germany has protested to Italy against the confiscation of the steamer Bayern, on the ground that Germany had not declared war. Signor Sonniuo maintains Italy had a right to confiscate the vessel, and he promised a refund of the value of tlie cargo if Germany does not declare war. JRDER OF MERIT FOR MURDER. THE COMMANDER OF U2l. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Amsterdam, June 1-1.

Horsing, commander of submarine U2l, has been awarded the Order of Merit. NORWEGIAN ATTACKED. TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING (Received 8.50 a.m.) Copenhagen, June 14. Captain Amundsen, the explorer, and many women and children were aboard the Norwegian steamer Iris from Newcastle to Bergen, when a submarine fired two torpedoes without warning, hut the vessel escaped. UNEXPLAINED EXPLOSION THE PRINCESS IRENE DISASTER. (Received 11.5 a.m.) London, June 14. The verdict at the inquest on the Princess Irene victims was that death was due to an explosion, the cause thereof being unexplained, and that the explosion was believed to he accidental.