On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 64, 15 November 1915, Page 6

On the Sea

THE ANGONA'S PASSENGERS. NINE AMERICANS LOST. United Press Association. Received 1.52 p.m.) Home. November 14. The Messagero states that 299 out of o()7 on the Ancona were saved.'One out of ten Americans was saved. ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK. (Received 1.52 p.m.) Home, November 14. A submarine flying the lAustrian flag sank the Italian steamer Bosnia off Sicily, and a boat containing twelve persons is missing. 'THE AUSTRIAN STORY. 45 MINUTES TO TAKE TO BOATS (Received 1.52 p.m.) Ainsterdam, November. 14. An Austrian 'communique states':-r Italy instructed' her > merchantmen to either flee from or ; ram submarines. The Ancona disregarded the warning shot across her bows and steamed off at full speed and was only stopped after being hit several times. Fortyfive .minutes were allowed to lower the boats. Several boats were not launched owing! to the panic, for which the crew alone were blameworthy, j'j The submarine was compelled to submerge after fifty minutes owing to a rapidly approaching vessel. No shots were fired after the Ancona stopped. It is not true that the submarine fired on the lifeboats.