On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 95, 18 November 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

THE DEUTSCHLAND. ' COLLISION IN TKI; DARKNESS. 1 TUG CUT IN TWO. SUBMARINE RETURNS TO PORT. Press Association-— Copyright, Amaru liau ami N.Z, Cable Association (Received 8.50 sum.) New York, November 17. The Deutschland sailed, and ban ' reached the ' mouth of Long Island •Sound, when, being escorted by si. tug, she attempted to cross the bitter’s bow. A strong current wsis nm'iiing, and as the Deutschland was invisible in the darkness having carj r ied no lights, the tug was cut ui two and sank in three minutes, i The captain was crushed in the !wheel)louse, and four of the crew ueic trapped like rats below. The others I wore saved, including Herr Hindi, xepreseutative of the Deutschland’s owaers. j The Deutschland returned to New London under her own steam, and was docked for examination. The damage is unknown. , The members of the Deutschland’s crew say that they will re-sail in a few days. WNAT ARE THE WILD WAVES SAYING.

( During the raid on the Gulf oi FHiI land, on the 13tlx inst., the Germans lost from six to nine of their largest and most modem tovpedoers, The wreckage confirms the estimate. The latest Lorpodoings include the British vessel Matarazzo, 2823 tons, and the American ship A. Davidson, 1640 tons; the Norwegian steamer Lokken, 1954 tens; the Greek vessels Stylianiberis, 3603 tons, and Bferbaria, 2881 tons. Because it, is armed for defensive j purposes the State Government i s j considering whether to allow tlio do-| parbure for Dunedin of the New Zea-j land steamer Rimutaka carrying a cargo worth £200,000. Numbers of passengers by the British steamer Torvanda, ex Birkenhead, hound for New Orleans, arc also detained.