On the Sea

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 78, 21 August 1914, Page 5

On the Sea

BATTERED GERMAN CRUISERS BROUGHT T4J HONGKONG "SOME. EXKMV HATH DONE THIS!" Received 20, 10.40 p.m. London, August 20. Shanghai advices confirm the r;port that two German cruisers were brought to Hongkong in a battered condition, : their deckworks, turrets and barbettes demolished, and masts and funnels shot ' away. GERMAN CRUISER INTERNED IN BRAZIL. Received 20, 3.50 p.m. Timea and Sydney Sun Services. London, August 20. It is reported that the Slucher, one of Germany's stronger cruisers, Las been interned at Pcrnambuco (one of the most eastern ports of Brazil). GERMAN CRUISER ESCAPES. Ixmdon, August 19. The Daily Mail reported that the Harwich destroyer flotilla encountered a j German cruiser off the German coast on 1 Tuesday morning. The cruiser opened fire, but the shots went wide. The desjtroyers returned the fire, but were outranged by the cruiser. Tie commodore I of the flotilla assembled the ships for a 1 second attack, but the cruiser turned tail ' and was lost in the haze. London, August 19. A Dutch steamer which has reached Amsterdam reports that she saw, off I the coast of Norway, a German dread- i nought with her funnels smashed and her sides riddled with great holes from shell fire. A CRUISER DAMAGED. San Francisco, August 19. The cruiser Leipsig, in leaving the harbor, whence she is believed to be in route for Apia, collided with a British tramp steamer, badly damaging her. The Leipsig proceeded. 'Hie extent of the damage to the Leipsig is unknown. AUSTRIAN (JRUrSER SUNK. ) Paris, August 19. Lc Gnulois states that the Austrian cruiser sunk otl Antivari by the French was the Zenta, "2400 tons, earning sixteen guns, seventeen officers and 285 men. It was stated that 201 men were j killed. | When the Got'ben and Breslau were in ) the Dardanelles they threatened to sink the French steamer Saghalieu. The latter induced the Turkish authorities to convoy her with n destroyer to the open sea. The Deputy-governor of the Dardanelles was aboard as a guarantee of safety. loss or the amphiox. I

FURTHER DETAILS. London. August 19. The 'Press Burean states that the Amphion was warned of the presence of Ih* Konigin Luise by trawlers who had stated that they had seen the sctamer dropping tilings overboard. AVficn the Amphion was struck by the mine flames enviloped the bridge, and Captain Fox became unconscious. The engine went ahead until Captain Fox recovered and ran down and stopped them. The forepart of the vesel was aflame and it was impossible to reach tie bridge or flood the fore magazine. The ship's back was apparently broken. The wounded were first placed in safety. The crew throughout fell in steadily. The ship was abandoned twenty minutes after the explosion. A second explosion followed, apparently from a second mine and the fore magazine. The debris from a great height struck the rescue boats and detroyers. A shell -burst on the deck of a destroyer, killing two of the crew and one German from the Konigin Luise. The Amphion's crew obeyed all orders without confusion.

SUEZ CAN AT-1 DIE. PORT S\ll> CONGESTED WITH sirrmNo. Received 20. 10.10 p.m. Rome, Augurt 20. Despatches from Port Said state that traffic through the Sura Canal haa practically ceased. The port is crammed with'ships of all nations, but the captains are afrai.l to proceed. A huge fleet of .German merchantmen has been seized and deprived of their wireless installation*. Vessels flying the Italian flag are besieged by foreigners anxious to leave Egypt. Tlie publie services are under military ninistration. and tie natives are be. ing vigiUvntly watcher 1 to prevent tlie nossibiliU' of risings.