On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 23, 3 January 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

THE PERSIA TORPEDOED, great loss of life. Per Press association. Wellington, January 2. The High Commissioner reports; London, January l._ 1916. M The P. and 0; liner Persia has been sunk, and the majority of lives lost. She whs torpedoed off Crete. (Tlje Persia, a steamer of 8000 tons, at la tost -advices, was employed m the London-Bombay passenger and mail service). , . STEAMER FOR ' BOMBAY. United Press Association-. ' Loudon,'' Jani/ary 1. The Persia has TfiFHombay, V 1 ® M-. ui bnj, ; ,n: io;! , and was .mfkg* , Most of, %, passengers . ana " were lost, /The passenger, list comprised .87 J^MfC 25 ! children, Lind • totalled 2-31, including Colonel ; Imrd • . John Montague. At present there is no reason to doubt that, tha sinking .of the Persia represents the worst tragedy by the Hun piracy since the Lusitania, and Germany is aide to add auothei to the -glorious victories.of the Kaiser s Year speech. The actual toll of life is • probably Filotfk only on ! board .the rescuing is upjiiioayitdiig j Alexandri&'. :o: <Wfitl is edrfiainafesthat, the liner 'whs'‘Sunk* about one o’cldcic in thji afternbond - Only . four boatiF’vl-ere-able to get clear, hay-; ing a capacity for sixty people eiKih. \ It seems>'tHht' the tragedy-wad swift. ' and sudden’/ Tire-computation of the loss of life is lai'gely guesswork, hut tho figures'available bear out Lloyds ■ statement that most of the passengers -' and crew Were lost/ and the P. and 0. Company’s more guarded aimounce1. • nient that it was feared the loss of life is very heavy. The latest official list ’shpws 161 passengers booked at London and Marseilles to nomfcs beyond Malta. The.company is ascertaining the latest bookings from Marseilles and Malta. At present the company estimate that there were about two hundred passengers on board when the Persia was sunk. The proportion of women and children was heavy, and there were many infants in arms with ayahs. Women would have been more numerous, hut the order forbidding women to land in Egypt caused a number to cancel at the eleventh hour. There were many army officers, trave - fling homo to Egypt and India There were two Americans on board. Hio number of the crew is uncertain. Lho steamer carried a very heavy mail, V but little cargo, and no war material. AMERICA STUMMED. London. January _l. Washington learns the I ’" ia was torpedoed when approaching Alexan- ' dria. ■ The news has stunned Am. non . the administration AROUSED OTHER HORRORS RECALLED. x Kg Washington, January 2. Kr The Administ-a ion has been arbused as it never w,< before at the toiof the T rsia at the nmumn.: it ivai sui posed there would be adjustment < r t ‘lie Ancona difficulty, g’lyj , .calls that while President Wdsmi negotiating on the Lusitania masthe Arabic was sun':. Officials feel that Austria has had since the in Ancona reply.' ample time toyiotdy Wf 'submarines £»t to torpedo before the . removal of.rite non-combatants. ARRIVAL OF 153 SURVIVORS. London; January 2. Lloyds’ report that 153 survivors arrived, consisting of fifty-nine (up singers. o: whom seventeen were women and 91 were members of the creiv, incl udk g* 59 Las cars.

SINKING of h.m.s. natal.

CRUISER SUNK BY INTERNAL EXPLOSION. i • [United Press Association.] London, December. 31. The Admiralty announces- that the cruiser, Natal was sunk yesterday m I harbour, hs the Tesult of an internal explosion. There are 400 survivors . (Tho Natal, 13,550 tons, was built in . 1907. , She,carried six 9.2 in and fpuy 7,Tin guns. She had a speed ‘of 22.) knots). London, January 1. The Admiralty has isued a list of the Sieved from the Natal, whidi includes, fourteen officers, anil does, uot include' the captain ei * j " ” " | 1 /i TrT'i. ). ; -r..>. FBBNM|syßitlAf!WE H 0??%, 4; id- rot i , , • . ~ , • _J' ■ I U a L • ' ■imm I • . , Pans, January 1. j . >: A communique .says; —On the night ( of the 28th,[ prjor. to , the . fight. off Dutazfio^, jan enemy cruiser sank the ! Fi‘eHch i submarine Monde. Most of the crew were taken prisoner. Another French submarine torpedoed and sank a transport conveying war material in the Adriatic. ‘ Oj.tr ifeavy'artillery carried on a violent 'bombardment .on the Turkish Asiatic coast, damaging several guns andj exploding an ammunition depot. : ■■■ WOTOR ;pQATS ■ i; ; . .i-1 , ,A Jafge number of special, i{( mojoyiboatf, Sound to,,the; Catteggt. ■ c, THE ANGOLA CASE. ' ■• /p ■ ' AUSTRIA’S REPLY/ Amsterdam, December 31. The Austrian reply to America controverts the American version of the Ancona affair, and disclaims responsibility’tfor the loss of lives, which, it says,■! whs due to the attempt to escape, apd to the crew’s want of discipline. ; For example, they overturned the boats. The reply admits that the submarine commander did not give sufficient time for the panic-stricken passengers to disembark before torpedoing, and he should not have refused assistance to these in distress. He had been punished. Austria, is willing to indemnify America against the losses due to the actual sinking, and trusts tho regrettable incident will be closed. AMERICA SATISFIED. Washington, December 31The ' Government is satisfied with Austria’s reply relative to the sinking of the Ancona, but will dispatch future notes, pointing out that proper notice ought to be given merchantmen. • FRENCH SUBMARINE SUNK. Berlin. December 31. An official Austrian report alleges j that tile French/submarine Monge was ir.uck pnj Wednesday by an Austrian. | flotilla. ! YOU SHOULD REMEMBER. ) That at the Supreme Court of Vic-loi-'fl at Melbourne it was proved; 1 T'-at SANDER’S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT contains all medicinal con- \ diluents of the eucalypt in a highly •ofinod and pure form I 2. That SANDER’S EXTRACT m iain-ffi more powerfully healing and antiseptic than ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 3. That SANDER’S EXTRACT does loot distress the heart like the so-call-,ecl “Extracts,”- and crude oils. I " 4. That SANDER’S EXTRACT conHairis no harmful inare'Hents. j 5. That SANDER’S EXTRACT is . j highly commended by many authorities [ for the hast 40 years as a safe, relink!'. and cfTecti’"' remedv If you insist SANDER’S EXIT ACT you oh the approved arti-