On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 93, 20 August 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

SUBMARINE u'CTIMS.

WHITE STAR LINER SUNK.

TORPEDOED OFF IRISH COAST. f ■ i■;j ■ • ■- ' ■ ; ■ -i PASSENGERS SAVED TOTAL 535. L :' . mi i. * -i 1 ; United Press Association. {Received 9.30 a.m.) / |r ~ London, .Augtist, 19. The White Star liner Arabic .{10,062 tons) was torpedoed oft The Kastuet. and sunk. ’ The passengers .saved, to date total 535. | (! ,. _ , Tlie High Commissioner reports that eleven .passengers.' escaped-

The White Star Line had a-fleet of 82 -vessels with a gross .tonnage. of. 487,092, the average ifl/.e being 15,222 tons.

FORTY-EIGHT UNACCOUNTED FOR.

(Received 11.30 a.m.) New York, August 19

A London message state's that according to the White Star Company 375 were saved from the Arabic, leaving 48 unaccounted for. (Received 11.35 aim.) London, August 19.

Fifteen or sixteen boats were launched and the Company are hopeful there was no loss of life. STEAMER SUNK IN 11 MINUTES. , ■' . f PASSENGERS LANDING AT QUEENSTOWN. (Received 12.45 p.m.) London, August 19. The Arabic sank in eleven minutes. The passengers will probably bo brought to Queenstown. A WILSON LINER SUNK, THE CREW RESCUED. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, August 19. The Wilson liner .-Grodno was sunk. The crew were rescued. Thomas Wilson, Soils and Co., Ltd., had a fleet 0f.96 vessels, gross tonnage 211,099, average size 2300 tons.

ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER.

ALSO WILSON LINER.

(Received 9.30 a.in.)

London, August 19. ' The British steamer Thornfield and the Wilson liner Serbino were sunk. The crews,landed.

A PROTEST TO BERLIN. MAILS SEIZED ON NORWEGIAN STEAMER, . ' (Received 9.15 a.in.) Christiania, i August 19. A submarine stopped the mail steamer, Haakon. bound lor Knglanad. and seized the mails. The Norwegian Clovprnmeut has protested to Berlin.

A HipH-HANDED PROCEEDING. :! \ i, h T ~ l ' ' ANTI-GERMAN MATTER DESTROYED. i ! -o-"- : ! . United Pekbi AssopiAiioß. il, (Received 9.20 a.m.) , , ■ Christiana, August, 19. The eoihmauder of.jthe, submarine took all letters and remittances from the Shall steamer Haakon, and ordered ali printed matter and parcels/addresspd, to anti-Gfnhan countries to he tlirpwn ..pvjerhba id. The 'mails iridhid* ed seven bags of Danish. j. ANOTHER BRITISH LOSS. , .(Received 11.35 a.m.) , London. 'August’ 19L The. British steamer Dunslee was torpedoed. , ::f ' 1 1 11

BUILDING OF SUBMARINES.

United Press Association. j ' " London, August 18

Amsterdpm reports that the Germans havA been engaged since March at Antwerp in the construction of nine submarines. Only two are now on active service. One was destroyed on April 28 by three English aeroplanes, and the others are still unfinished. Strict precautions are taken to prevent the Allied aeroplanes dropping bombs.' An iron band roof lias been erected, covered with sacks of sand and surrounded by high walls.

THE DACIA.

United Press Association.

Parrs, August 19

The steamer Dacia, has been renamed YseY. and lias left Cherbourg for Cardiff, under the French tricolor.