On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 67, 18 November 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

STRUCK A MINE. BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP ANGLIA LOST. TOLL OF EIGHTY LIVES. United Pit eh? Association. (Received 9.55 a.in.) London, November 17. The British hospital ship Anglia struck a mine and eighty-five lives were lost. MINES AFLOAT AGAIN. High Commissioner reports : London, November 17 (7.15 p.m.) . The Hospital Ship Anglia struck a mine in the Channel to-day and sank. She had aboard 13 officers and 372 men of other ranks. About 300 were saved by a patrol vessel. | Another ship proceeding to the rescue was sunk by another mine.

SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. WARSHIPS CLEAR FOR ACTION. SWEDISH TORPEDOER BLUFFS GERMAN DESTROYER. UimisD Press Association. (Received 12.45 p.m.) London, November 17. Renter’s Copenhagen correspondent records a sensational incident. The British steamer Thelma left Twellehorg for Gothenburg, and a German destroyer which was in the vicinity of Landscrona chased her into Swedish territorial waters. The Swedish torpedoer Politic! approached as the Germans were hoarding the Thelma, forcing them to return. The destroyer Pollud ran between the two vessels, and informed the Germans that he would use any means if necessary to prevent the steamer’s capture. Both the warships cleared for action, and lay for some minutes opposite each other. There was an ominous silence, when the destroyer suddenly withdrew, leaving the Swedes in possession of the fiejd.