Second Edition On the Sea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 57, 10 June 1916, Page 6

Second Edition On the Sea.

THE HAMPSHIRE. !.• 1 ± V .. ■ '' '■ '*» • '■ 1 ■ *' ' ■■■■ SURVIVORS’ EXPERIENCES. RECOVERY OF THE BODIES. (Received 1.20 p.m.) London, June 9. The survivors of the Hampshire had / terrible experiences. When the rafts were launched, the seas were so heavy that the occupants were completely enveloped; • The rafts, came ashore five miles from the wreck. The first intimation the islanders had was when the exhausted seamen tottered into a farmhouse. The farmer believed a patrol-boat had sunk, but later learned the full extent of the disaster. Ten of the twelve, rescued are now recovering. Several rafts were flung into crevasses on the rocky coast. The task of recovering the dead is a hazardous one, the bodies, having to be hoisted over the lace of cliffs with ropes. : H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. hot time on the old ship. BATTERED ARMOR AS RELIC. DESTINED FOR DOMINION MUSEUM. MIRACULOUS E&2APE FROM DAMAGE. , —' (Received 1.20 p.m.) London, June 9. Complete accounts of the New Zealand’s action show that he battered and helped to sink a big German ship, though she was herself only once hit. The shell struck the turret displacing a piece of armour plate a yard square and seven inches thick. 'lbis fell on the deck. The ship’s company intend to present it to a New Zealand museum. , , She had the good fortune to escape f|he first terrific onslaught in which the British suffered the heaviest damage. The having closed up like the. clasp of a knife. , The Invincible?;. ■ anti >. Indefatigable, next succumbed. The New Zealand was now in the hottest corner, converged Gorman salvos intensifying the danger. The New Zealand, firing as fast as.: the men could serve the guns, with the Lion, Tiger, and Princess Royal, and the assistance of destroyers, engaged the entire German fleet, and at this stage there was a spirited encounter witli a German battle-cruiser, whose loss is now admitted. , r ;; The New Zealand entered the action five minutes after r and remained in action as a; formidable unit throughout.' ss4’* an( lled superbly at top speed, and had an almost nuvh,C-dous escape, which was duo to being kept in constant movement ;mdinritroftearing a standing mark to the Gernffn gun s .