Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 190, 20 January 1915, Page 5

Maritime Activities

1.-ANT (IK Till; LKli'Zlt:. JlKit Ui'l'Kll DKCK A KHAIIBLKS. Received -20, J..10 :i.m. 1.0n.10n, January 10. All oiliccr writes: "\Ye rokinl the Leipzig i'ore : 1;;J aft. until her npper dee.k <■ WHS a shambles. The Leipzig slopped '' tiring but her Jkg was still flying. The British she was waiting to dUclmip! a, torjxtlu. isiv! die captain tlirriforc told us to (ire. Afterwards v/o learned (lie appalling ::c\vs that, two imndi'cd of tlie crew fell in ilie watt r waiting f»• us to rescue them, and a few shots kiiled aii except: a dozen.' 3 I 1 CNRMAX LOSSES JN '['UK I!AI.TI<'. - - REPORTED SIXKIXO OK A LIJfHK. Stockholm, January IS. During tho last fortnight five (ierman cargo steamers varying from 10' ii) to 2000 tons in size have been mined or sunk in the Baltic. Havana, January 18. A British cruiser is reported to have ' sunk the Jfamlmrg-AiutTikai! liner I're- ' sident off Cuba, while proceecding fr.mi ! Porto F.ico to Havana. THE CUXHAVEN" RAID. THE SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 10, 5.30 p.m. London. January 10. Copenhagen reports that a derelict, flermaii. seaplane was found in the 2STortli Sea, carrying two bombs, but there was 110 trace of the occupants. The seaplane was probably connected with the Cuxhaven raid. There are also reports that many corpses have been found on the coast of Denmark, some with English money in their pockets.