On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 39, 16 June 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE NAVAL CASUALTIES. TOTAL UP TO MAY 13,547. (Received 10.85 a.m.) London, June 15. Mr Asquith, in the House ol Commons. said the naval casualties to -May were 18,517. FRENCH STEAMER LOST. Unitisd P*k»» A««ooiatio , » London, June 14. A submarine sank the French schooner Dramant, off Penire Head, Cornwall. The crew were saved. The captain states a submarine appeared from behind the steamer, the crew of which watched the operation. The submarine afterwards returned to shelter. i NEWCASTLE STEAMER SUNK. London, June 14. A submarine sank the steamer Hopemunt, of Newcastle. The captain and three of the crew were wounded by shell fire, and the rest were landed at Barry. SUBMARINE VICTIMS. TRAWLER SINKS IN TWO MINUTES. (Received 10.35 a.m.) London, June 15. The trawler Argyll was torpedoed without warning on the East Coast and sank in two minutes. Four of the crew were saved. SEA VICTIMS. DANISH STEAMER BURNED. (Received 10.40 a.m.) Copenhagen, June 15. A German submarine burned the Danish schooner Salvador. The crew were picked up after being several davs in the boats.

GERMAN SUBMARINE LOST. (Received 11.45 a.rn.) Berlin, June 15. The Admiralty admit the loss oi Ull. THE LUSITANIA ENQUIRY, CAPTAIN TURNER’S EVIDENCE OPENS. (Received 11.45 a.Tn.) Loudon, June 15. Lord Mersey has opened the Lusitania enquiry. Sir E. Carson, On behalf of the Board of Trade, denied that the Lusitania was armed or acting as an auxiliary cruiser. The submarine fired two torpedoes and it is believed, a third. Sinking a passenger ship in that manner was a deliberate attempt at murder. The main question was how far the Lusitania Captain acted upon Admiralty regulations but these could not be made public. Captain Turner gave evidence that the average speed during the voyage was twenty-one knots and the ship was travelling eighteen knots at the time of the disaster. He was expecting an attack and the lookout had been doubled and everything readiness if difficulties arose. The Lusitania’s movement and the shortness of time I before sinking accounted for greater loss of life. i Asked if the passengers were helping Captain Turner replied: “You should Lay ‘interfering.’ ”