On the Sea
Li BOAT SUNK BY DISCUSSED GiRITiSHER. lUki«d FKsaa Aitaoouuow.] Amsterdam April 28. The Maasbode siates'that a disguised British patrol boat suddenly shelled .'.iri sank a (" boat in the North Sea, x, icii was holding a D.'_ch vessel. ' NORWEGIAN BARQUE SUNK BY GUNFIRE. GREW ABANDONED BY THE PIRATES. (Received 10.15 a.m.) London, April 27. The Press Bureau states that a submarine sank the Norwegian barque Carmanian by gunfire. The crew took to the boats, and the 'submarine immediately left them. One boat capsized, but the other containing the captain and nine of the crew landed on the West Coast of Ireland.
VESSEL BEACHED AT ESSEX. COAST. London, April 28. The Maashaven has been beached at Harwich. . ..... .... SENSATIONAL END OF THE MAASHAVEN. THREE VESSELS MINED. (Received 10.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, April 27. The Dutch steamer Maashaven, which was previously mined in the North Sea and was repaired in the Thames, left in tow of the tug Noordye. out both were again mined off Galloper Lightship and sank, two lives being lost. The Dutch steamer Dubse was simultaneously mined in the vicinity ot Floatem. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, April 28. A German submarine sank the British steamer Industry, which was Unarmed and hound for America. The crew were left adrift in the boats 1-20 miles from, land, hut the American liner Finland picked them up. GERMANS DESTROY LARGE BRITISH GUARD VESSEL. (Received 10.30 a.m.;' Amsterdam, April 28. A German communique states ; Our warships destroyed a large British guard vessel at Dogger Bank. SUBMARINE CREW SURRENDERS (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, April 28.. Official.—Concerning the German submarine which was sunk on the East, Coast, the crew surrendered. FLAGSHIP MINED AND SUNK. INCIDENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. i (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, April 28. I Read-Admiral Freniantle's nVgslup, i Russell, was mined and sunk in the Mediterranean. One hundred and twenty-four are missing. Captain William Bowden-Smith, 24 officers, and 67G men were saved. \ ' ' | LYING IN WAIT FOR SUBMA--1 RINES. GERMANY'S LATEST TYPE SUNK. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, April 28. Dutch newspapers state that the steamers Saerakarta and Kawi,-. left Falmouth together on the. ioth for Rotterdam. The Saerakarta wirelessed that she had been stopped by a submarine. The Kawi rejoined the Saerakarta, and saw a submarine .alongside, with four persons on deck. A British trawler suddenly appeared out of the fog alongside the Kawi, and the first shot cleared the submarine's deck, while the second hit the submarine amidships, and she sank in a few minutes. The trawler was said to have been lying in wait for the submarine for four days. It was one of Germany's latest type with a crew of sixty.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 21, 29 April 1916, Page 5
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442On the Sea Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 21, 29 April 1916, Page 5
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