With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 233, 11 March 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

THE SUBMARINE BLOCKADE. ELUDING A SUBMARINE. Heceived March 10, 9.10 p.m.' London, March 10. , The steamer Clan Macrca eluded . submarine on the Mersey bar, after beir chased for twenty-five minutes, I VESSELS WARNED. s ' ' Received March 11, 12.20 a.m. London, March 10. The Clan Macrae sighted the submarin six hundred feet away, twelve miles froi the Mersey bar, and warned vessels i the. vicinity. Some of the crew are • opinion that there were two submarines 1 TUESDAY'S HAUL. 3 . THREE DEFENCELESS STEAMERS SUNK. Received March 10, 8.20 p.m. . , London, (March 10. Official.—Three steamers were tor ' ' pedoed and sunk on Tuesday. The Tang istau, off Scarborough, only one survivo out of 38 aboard; the Blackwood, of: Hastings; and the Princess Victoria, of Liverpool. The crews of these latter ves sels'were saved. Received Marcli 10, 11.20 p.m. London, March 10. Half of'the Tanistan's crew were Las cars. Tiie steamer sank in four minutes, dragging down the lifeboats. The Prin cess Victoria sighted the torpedo, but had no time to manoeuvre, and sank ir ten minutes. The Blackwood sank in fifteen minutes. , A GERMAN REPORT OF PIRACY. x 'Received March 10, 0 p.m. Amsterdam, March 10. German newspapers claim that the submarine UIG cruised in the Orkneys, Shetlands, and the Faroe Islands, chased the Laertes, sank the Delwieh, St. Hie de Lille, and Dinsrah. On the 28th she sank five vessels. ■*"-■! *r;r, SUNK WITHOUT WARNING I Received March 10, 9.40 D.m. London, March 10. Three steamers were sunk without warning.