Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 2 December 1914, Page 5

Maritime Activities

MORE ABOUT THE EMDEN. THE RAID ON I'ENANG. AN ACT OF 'PIRACV. CRUISER WIT .'TOUT A FLAG. Received 1, 7.-0 p.m. Sydney, December 1. Captain Paramor, of the steamer Xijraristan, from l'c-aan}.', slates that the Emden did not fly the .Japanese Hay when she raided Pemuig harbor. She entered before daylight, showing no Hag, and was thought to bO the cruiser Yarinoutii until she steamed close to the Jemehtug and opened fire, sinking her'within half an hour. The .Jemehtug fired several shots while settling, but tliey went wide, two striking separate vessels, injuring the engineer of ..one. Over two hundred of the Jemchtug's crew were saved in boats of various vessels. The Emden flew the German Hag on leaving. The French destroyer Monsquct was sunk in a gallant attempt to disable the Emden as she was departing. Twenty of the Mousquet's craw were saved, mostly by the J'lmden, which suhsejuently held up a .British steamer, and placed them aboard.

At the time of tiio raid the Nigaristan was lying near the Jemehtug, waiting to coal her. The .Icmchtug was boilercleaning, ami m-j caught unawares. Most of the crew were asleep. She had an officer and 28 Then killed, and three officers and 120 wounded.

CUSTODIAN OF THE ATLANTIC. BRITISH WARSHIPS GUARDING TRADE ROUTES: New York, November 30. Twelve British ships are now patrolling the Atlantic between New York and Panama. Wireless operators complain that it is impossible to dispatch coastwise messages owing to the warfcsi.pj constantly dispatching and receiving.

MINES IN THE ATLANTIC. ON THE SHIPPING ROUTES. Received 1, 7.20 p.m. New York, November 30. Captain Davics, of the steamer Etonian, reports the discovery of contact mines off Fire Island, directly in the track of trans-Atlantic shipping. MINED IN THE'NORTH SEA. Received "2, 12.5 a.m. London, December 1. The Danish steamer Mary was mined in tlio North Sea. Seven are missing.