On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 18 April 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

SUBMARINE ViCTIMS. I i iSIH i - n THE DAILY TOLL. } I — I United Press Association. I London, April 16. I The British steamer Fairport, which I was unarmed, has been sunk. . I BOMBING A SHIP AT SEA. ■'M [ ; ■-■■‘sm (Received 9.20 a.m.) I Paris, April 17. ’ 1 A communique states: On the night I of the loth, one of our aeroplanes at I a height of one hundred metres fired I sixteen shells at an enemy ship in I the North Sea, and the majority of 1 them hit their mark. j • I I ON THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. I i - I SHIPPING HELD UP OWIN£ TO I SEAMEN’S CLAIMS. - I i I (Received 8.20 ;Cnj.) ■* I ;j* Netf York''ApriJ 17. I The sailings of vessels oh thejAtlan- I tic seaboard had been delayed owning to I the demands formulated hy the*lnt©r- I national Spanfcn's Fiiion.'They|claim, j besides a spocial-25, per cent, iilcrcaso on the war risk runs, to be applicable' to all classes of sailormen in the’,'European war zone, that (here be other in- . creases on the monthly rates, ■ - - .. v , - - j ..V GUNFIRE FROM SUBMARINE. /; STEAMER’S FORTUNATE ESCAPE. The High Commissioner reports;— London, April 17 \5.-40 p.m.) The British merchant vessel S:S. “Dueudes,” was attacked on March , 25th by gunfire without warning by a German submarine. The master, Cap--tain Alban Chittenden': hy judgment, pluck, and skill, .succeeded in saving the ship from destruction, although ’ hit nine times. , i