On the Sea

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 127, 22 October 1914, Page 5

On the Sea

FIXE BRITISH GUNNERY. SUGGESTED CLOSING OF THE NORTH SEA. GERMAN HOSPITAL SHIP WITH WIRELESS. London, October 20. The markmansliip of the Undaunted was excellent. Pieces of the enemy's ships were blown high in the air. A survivor says that the crew were informed tliey were going to attack Portsmouth. Several Dutch steamers witnessed the fight. A shell carried away part of the rigging of a Dutch trawler. The Times' naval correspondent suggests the closing of the North Sea against neutrals to lighten the work of the North Sea fleets.

The German hospital ship Ophelia was brought to Yarmouth for examination by the authorities, and dismantled of its wireless apparatus. THE SINKING OF THE TAKACIIIKO. I Tokio, Otober 20. The Takachiko was on patrol duty. [Destroyers hurried to her assistance, but the cruiser disappeared quickly, and rescue was difficult in the darknes3. Twenty-eight officers, 54 petty officers and 189 seamen were drowned. It is officially stated that the Japanese have occupied the Marshall Islands and the East Caroline Archipelago for military purposes. iiiuiip mi ' :HBSi'"! SHORT-LIVED FREEDOM. GERMAN TORPEDOER DESTROYED. Received 22, 12.25 a.m. Tokio, October 21. The German torpedoer, A9O, which escaped from Tsing-tao in the darkness, was found aground and destroyed, sixty miles south of Kiao-chao.

A BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED. Received 22, 12.5 sa.m. Paris, Otober 21. The battleship Flandre, of 25,000 tons, has been launched at Brest. MINE IN THE NORTH SEA. Received 22, 12.25 a.m. London, October 20. The Holland-America liner Potsdam struck a mine in the North Sea on Monday night, and arrived in a crippled condition.