On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 72, 1 March 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

LOSS OF A CRUISER. SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. I 1696 SAVED :: 1100 MISSING. NO SIGN OF A SUBMARINE. Wnttko Press Association. ! (Received 11.(1 a. in.) Baris, February 2!). Official.-—The auxiliary cruiser Provence was sunk on the 26th ult. in tlie Mediterranean. Of eighteen hundred aboard, (596 were landed and 1 1 0() arc missing. French and British trawlers and destroyers have taken 296 survivors to Malta, and four hundred were landed at Melos. Apparently, a periscope was not seen before or after the disaster, and no track of a torpedo was noticed by observers. The gun-crew remained at their posts until the last moment. Half a score of boats are still at the scene of the wreck, and the search continues. < FRENCH TRANSPORT, PROVENCE TROOPS ON BOARD FOR SALONIKA. The High Commissioner reports: — London, February 29 (5.30 p.m.) The French auxiliary ship “Provence,” transporting troops to Salonika, was sunk on Saturday in the central Mediterranean, and 1101 liver, lost. THE MALOJA TRAGEDY. 155 LIVES LOST. United Press Association. London, February 29. The Maloja’s saved include:—Passengers 72. European brew 92, Lascars 1.37. There are missing 49 passengers, 20 of the European crew, and 86 Lascars. A SURVIVOR’S STORY. SWIMMER’S STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. United Press Association London, February 28. Relatives of the Maloja victims continue to arrive at Dover, inquiring lor survivors and identifying bodies. (<. Briggs, who was ° n e of a party of twenty-one in a boat tlnftl capsized while it was being lowered v-swam in the ice-cold water and witched an Englishman swimming alongside who made a great struggle for life. He tried side-stroke and back-stroke, but the strong current overwhelmed him and lie sank. Briggs caught a rope that was thrown from a yacht. Ho was immersed for half an hour. All the survivors pay a tribute to the value of the lifebelts, otherwise the loss of life would have been appalling. The first officer rushed below to stop the engines, which were going lull speed astern, hut th e engine-room was half full of water and he was unable to shut off the power, THE STARVATION POLICY. WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THE SUPER-SUBMARINES. Copenhagen, February 29. It i s reported from Berlin that orders have been given to torpedo all steamers, including neutrals, in order to prevent imports into Britain. I lie Admiralty believe that the new supersubmarines will,enable Germany to starve Britain in two months.