On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 98, 31 March 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

THE SUSSEX MAILS. Umt-kd Patr.Bg Association. London, March 29. Thirty-three out of 120 Australian mail bags on the Sussex were saved. Much Government correspondence was lost. CAPTAIN’S ORDERS DISOBEYED. (Received 8.15 a.m.) , London, March 30. The captain of tho Sussex states that if the passengers had obeyed orders, none would have been drowned. Ho assured them that the vessel wound not sink. THE TUBANTIA AND SUSSEX. GERMANY’S DIRTY WORK DONE BY AUSTRIA. (Received 8.15 a.m.) London, March 30. The Daily News’ Paris correspondent states that it is reported in Swiss diplomatic circles that an Austrian submarine sunk the Tubantia and Sussex. As Germany did not wish to further outrage American opinion, she induced Austria to send a submarine through the Channel to the North Sea,

PUNISHMENT OF SUBMARINE COMMANDERS. London, March 30. Sir Edward Carson, in the New York- World, discusses the punishment of a captain of a German submarine, and declares that Americans will only be satisfied if it is publicly administered. Public opinion is rising. PRIZE-MONEY FOR CARMANIA. The Prize Court has awarded the captain, officers, and crew of the Caimania £2115 prize-money for sinking the Cape Trafalgar. END OF THE MINNEAPOLIS. (Received 8.15 a,m.) Malta, March 30. The Minneapolis was torpedoed without warning on the morning of the 23rd, and she floated for some time. Futile attempts were made to tow. Eighteen of the crew are missing. FOUR STEAMERS SUNK. ALL CREWS SAVED. (Received 8.15 a.m.) London, March 30. The steamers Kelbride r Lavinia, and Westall, and the Dutch steamer Buevland were sunk. The crews were saved. HIGH SEAS INCIDENT. STOWAWAY’S BOLD ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE STEAMER. (Received 11.15 a.m.) New York, March 30. Ernest Schnlter, a German stowaway, attempted single-handed to capture the British steamer Metaphe, which was outward bound with war supplies to ladivostock. Schnlter locked the captain in his cabin, damaged the wireless, and searched the ship’s papers. The crew finally overpowered him and landed him at Lewes, Delaware.