On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 62, 12 November 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE ANCONA CRIME. LANDING OF THE SURVIVORS. United Pbfhs Association. Rome, November 10. Details from Ferryville state that the Ancona was sunk at one o’clock on Sunday. She was torpedoed after being tired on. 8 One hundred and forty of the passengers and crew have arrived at Ferryville, some of whom are wounded and were taken to hospital. Their arrival occasioned tremendous excitement. It is hoped that two other boats are heading for the same port. The Ancona carried 60 of a crew and 422 passengers, including Prince Cassano and a famous painter. | The Italian submarine and torpedo flotilla is chasing the Anstro-Cermart submarines. SUBMARINE’S NATIONALITY PROVED. (Received 1 a.m.) Amsterdam,. November 11. Semi-official reliable information states that the Ancona attempted to escape and the submarine was obliged to use its guns. This announcement removes all doubt as to the submarine’s nationality, since it was made in Berlin, not Vienna. FURTHER RESCUES. (Received 1 a.m.) Rome, November 11. The Ancona’s lifeboat accommodation was sufficient for 2,500 and it is hoped that all, the passengers were saved. Fifty landed at Malta and 110 were rescued by a French steam-

ECONOMISING IN TORPEDOES. (Received 8.5 a.m.) Rome, November 11. It is surmised that the same submarine sank the Ancona as the France. Tlie latter lately disenfbaiiCed 1000 French soldiers c at_, Andros, were' aboard, * including fifty invalids] lAs, commaiidJr lit tU submarine evidently wished to economise bis tbrpedoes. ’ r ' *'■ ... SURVIVORS STORIES. GERMAN PIRATES’ WORK. (Received 8.5 a.m.) Paris, November 11. Details from Cape Bon state that the Ancona at mid-day perceived' two submarines. Several or those rescued state that she first was flying the German flag, and that the Austrian ensign was immediately substituted. Owing to the noise of the Ancona’s hooter in the thick fog, and the reduced speed of the vessel the submarines had approached uiiohserved. One was over thrCe hundred feet long,' and Carried two l seveuty-five miliinetre guns, one in the fore part and the other aft. The other' plac'od herself athwart the bows of the Ancona which was attempting to escape. Immediately the Ancona was hit, the captain ordered the boats to he lowered, and the eighth had jhst touched the water when the liner sank bows first. The passengers and crew still aboard, crowded to the after deck, and were engulfed with the ship. Eight boats, rowing together southwards, sighted in the evening a vessel with lights out. She was signalled with flares, and approached, but noticed the submarines on the horizon, and altering her course, disappeared in the darkness. The boats then separated. One was commanded by Lieutenant Salvemini, with twentysix souls on hoard. It arrived at nine o’clock next morning on the beach of Sidi Dacubi, Cape Bon Peninsula. The European inhabitants took care of the survivors, and later, another boat with twenty-eight on hoard, was picked up in the vicinity of the Cape.

FRENCH LINER SUNK. Rome, November 10. A German submarine sunk the French liner La France. The crew were saved. SUPPOSED NAVAL BATTLE. VIOLENT CANNONADE HEARD. (Received 1 p.m.) Copenhagen, November 11. A most violent cannonade was heard at noon on the southern coast of Laaland Island. It is believed British submarines were attacking a German squadron in a thick mist. GERMAN CRUISER SUNK. NEWS FROM A DANISH SOURCE. | (Received 1.0 p.m.) 1 Copenhagen, November 11. I The “Politiken” believes that the German cruiser “Fraueulob” was torpedoed south of Sweden.