On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 9 May 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

TWO GERMAN RAIDERS. SENSATIONAL REPORT FROM THE ATLANTIC. STEAMER FIRED ON, BUT ESCAPES. INVESTIGATION PULLS A BLANK. [United Prbsh ASSOCIATION.) 'Received 10.55 a.m.) Washington, May 8. The Naval Attache to the British Embassy at Washington is investigating the report that two German raiders are at large in the Atlantic off the Azores. The crew of the steamer Venezia (Fabre line), arriving ex Bordeaux, asy sert that the raiders fired shots at tjheir vessel, but the Yenezia escaped. The Attache has notified British cruisers at Halifax to make a search. It is believed that two submarines accompany the raiders. Later, the British Attache announced that he was unable to find trace of any commerce raiders, and that he disbelieves the report.

THE SUSSEX. AN UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Sydney, ~ay 9. Mr George Mclver, who was a paesenger on the Sussex, describing the torpedoing of the vessel; states that after an hours's delay the wireless was repaired and called for assistance, but the delay in the arrival of the rescuers was due to the,operator giving the wrong position of the ship. THE CANADIAN NAVY. FIRST ENTRY INTO THE WAR. CAPTURE OF TWO PRIZES. (Received 9.1 Q a.m.) Vancouver,' May 8, A wireless message from San Diego announces the first entry of the Canadian Navy/into the war. The cruiser Rainbow captured two prizes in the Pacific, namely, the auxiliary schooners keonare and \\ Oregon, German ownership being expected in each case.

FRENCH SAILING SHIP SUNK. ) ' ■ CREW HAD 15 MINUTES TO TAKE ■ :\, TO THE BOATS. (Received 8.50 a.m.) 1 Madrid, May 8. A submarine sank the French sailing ship Marie Molinos. The Germans gave the crew fifteen minutes to take to the boats. They were picked up eighteen hours later. SUBMARINE MINED AT VARNA. ' SOJF*VIVORS SAVED BY DES- , TROVER. ■"-.■• (Received 8.50 a.mO ' : Amsterdam, May 8. It is reported that a German submarine was mined and sunk at Varna. Many of the crew were saved by a destroyer.