On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 3, 6 April 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

SUBMARINE VICTIMS. THE DAILY TOLL. FOUR STEAMERS SUNK. Phkm Ashochtioh. (Received 9.40 a.m.) London, April 5. The remainder of the Bcngairn’s crew have landed. They were for three days and nights in open boats in intense cold and wore exhausted. The steamer Bendcw was sunk. The firemen were lost, but the rest landed. The Spanish steamer Vigo was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. Ihe crew were picked up. The Norwegian steamer Arena was torpedoed in the North Sea. THE MATATUA’S CARGO. St. John, April 4. The Matatua’s carbide has been discharged, and the general cargo is being discharged. THE RANCITIRA’S POSITION. Capetown, April 4. The prospects of saving the Rangitira are very doubtful, hut much of the cargo is likely to be saved, weather permitting.

thf mercantile marine. London, April 4. Speaking at the National Liberal Club Mr Howard Houlder said that the mercantile marine was the pivot upon which the industry and commerce of the Empire turned. Many would be powerless without its support, and the owning of ships was only possible on the principle of independent ownership and the centralising of the shipping industry. A Government department would be fatal to the industry., He said, apropos of the re-opening of the Panama Canal, that several shipowners are arranging foV their vessels to adopt that route.

NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE CATTEGAT.

Copenhagen, April 5. Newspapers report a naval engagement in the Cattegat. The cannonade was plainly heard. A German torpedoer was badly damaged j. and^was towed later past Helsingfors.