Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 1, 30 November 1914, Page 5

Maritime Activities

( GERMAN REVERSE IN THE BALTIC. I <!*s:■■ A CRUISER SUNK. SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN Rt|E. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, November 28. The Morning Post's Petrofffittl'correspondent explains tlie disaster to tlie German destroyers off Kiel, iifews of which was cabled on the. 4tli November. The Germans had been cruiftitig in tile Baltic, near Swedish watfjp. Admiral Von Essen painted several Russian cruisers and destroyers in G'crman colors, and contrived in foggy weather for them to join tlie German ships; Tliey were undetected till they opened fire. They sank a German cruiser, and badly dam) aged another while the Russian <U>, stroyers attacked the smaller craft. The Russian vessels were not touched.

■PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. GERMAN CRUISERS' HIGH-HANDED TACTICS.

'Received 29, 5.10 p.m. London,/ November' 28.

The captain of the Norwegian ship Helicon, which has arrived at Caltetacolosa, reports that the veßsel was seized by German cruisers on 23rd October, towed to Juan Fernandez, her cargo taken, and the hull and rigging damaged.

GERMAN PACIFIC SQUADRON. STILL OFF CHILIAN COAST. Received "20, 3.35?' p.m. 'London, November 28. The German evuiaers in ttie Pacific do not appear to have left Chilian waters. AN TWCONFTOMED REPORT. Received 29, 5.10 p.m.' Ottawa,. November 28.

Arriving steamers "indicate that German cruisers are off the Aleutian Islands.

The Navy Yard discredits the report, as the danger of capture of the Germans would be great, owing to Japan's naval activity. (The Aleutians are a chain of islands extending from 'Alaska westwards towards the ICamschatka Penirisula.)

THE BULWARK EXPLOSION. DURING LOADING 01?: AMMUNITION. TIIE ACCIDENT THEORY DEVELOPING. Received 29, 3.5 p.m. London, November 28. The Bulwark was loading ammunition from barges at the time of the explosion.

BODIES RECOVERED. Received 30, 12.3 a.m. London, November 29. Thirty bodies from the Bulwark have been recovered, but most are not identifiable.

OFFICIAL ENQUIRY. T»ondon, November 2S. The Bulwark enquiry lias opened. Officials state that the public ,inay confidently accept the theory that it was an accidental explosion.

GERMAN LOSSES IN THE .13ALTTC. TWO CRUISERS SUNK. •Received 21), S.S-p.m. Paris, November 28. Lc Matin publishes an unconfirmed report that the German cruiser ITettha was sunk at Lilian, and the Raiser Wilhelm der Grosse mined and sunk in the Baltie.

AMERICAN STEAMER FIRED ON. Received 20, 3.45 p.m. New York, November 28. It is reported at ■Panama that tlnj British cruiser Berwick fired on the American steamer St. Helens. The Washington Department says it has not been informed of the occurrence, but points out that neutrals must heave to when required on the high seas.

■MINE EXPLODE? ASHORE. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. Rome, November 23. ,A mine washed up at Bari exploded, and killed four workmen.

OUR NAVAL SUPERIORITY. FIFTEEN NEW SHIPS .TO GERMANY'S THREE. Received 28, 2.15 p.m. London, November 27. • Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons, stated that the economic pressure on Germany continued to develop in a healthy and satisfactory manner. The maximum reinforcements that Germany could receive to the end of 1915 were three ships, against a British increase of fifteen. We could afford to lose a super-Dreadnought every month for a year, without the enemy losing one ship, and yet be in as superior position as at the outbreak of the war in .Tuly.

'GERMAN DESTROYERS IN THE CHANNEL. TWO STEAMERS SUNK. Received 20, 3..55 p.m. London, November 28,

Three German destroyers appeared off Havre on Tuesday. They held up the ,Malachite, gave the crew ten minutes to take to the boats, and sank licr. The Primin was similarly sunk.

COLLTER MIXED OFF GRIMSBY. London, November 28. The collier Khartoum was mined, off Grimsby. The crew was saved.

MINE-LAYER CAPTURED. Received 29, 11.5 p.m. London, November 29. A Norwegian trawler brought the Fleetwood, also the crew of a Danish trawler, captured, it is alleged, while minc-lavmg.

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marines brought to Zeebrugge is 1 greater than was supposed. ~ ' The 'cfeelares Zeebrugge is becoming a serii'fls,.naval base.

THE ISMDEN'S' CAPTURE. CAPTAIN'S-OFFICIAL REPORT. GERMAN"' SUBMARINES SUCCESS. Amsterdam, November 27. Captain von Muller, of the Emden, has cabled to Berlin:—''Our markmanship at first was good, but soon the Sydney's heavy guns gained the upper hand, inflicting heavy losses. We ran short of ammunition and were obliged to cease firing. . _ Though the steeringgear was damaged we tried to get within torpedo range, but failed. Our funnels were destroyed, greatly influencing our speed, therefore we made full speed on to the reef. Six officers, four warrant officers and ninety-three men were killed and one non-commissioned officer and seven men seriously wounded." London, November 27.

A German submarine sunk the British steamer Malachite near Havre. The crew was landed at Southampton. It also sank the steamer Prime, off Cape Antifer. The crew was landed at Fecamp.