On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 74, 25 October 1916, Page 6

On the Sea

NORWEGIAN SHIPPING LOST. HEAVY INSURANCE CLAIMS. Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.55 a.m.) Christiania, October 24. Norwegian steamers of a tonnage of 23,375 tons were sunk in October. The sum of 15 million kroner was paid AS war insurance premiums. THE SUBMARINE MENACE. a< BRITISH AND NORWEGIAN LOSSES. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11:55 p.m.) Madrid' October 24. ■ A Spanish steamer landed tiie. crews of the British steaHers Barbara and Midland and the Norwegian steamer 'Snestad, which were sunk by a German submarine. • ' \ IN THE SUBMARINE ZONE. THE WAIMANA EXPERIENCE. ■ u —, i gp->t Per •; JPre§s, Asßo,o%fci,tiinv> - ; ' Auckland, Octubtu 'Sif'' The steamier: '/n'-l rived this morning had;'an exciting! experience early in September; Whensixty miles off TJshant, information! was received from a neutral ship that] a German submarine was ten miles i ahead,: the neutral vessel having aboard survivors fram a British ship sunk by the submarine. The Waimana mat an English steamer oilladen, and warned the latter of the proximity of the submarine. A few minutes later, shots were heard, the shots being exchanged between the submarine and the oil ship. The Waimana received a call from the English ship, and almost immediately came a second message saying that the submarine had gone away. The rest of the Waimana's voyage was uneventful.