On The Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 284, 10 May 1915, Page 4

On The Sea.

BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK. CREW TAKKN PRISONERS. Received May 0, 503 p.m. i London, '.May 8. Jim 'destroyer Maori, operating in the Belgian const, was mieed and sunk two miles north of- West \\'i]ieng,»i Jiyj.tsl"]>. "Tin; erew took to tin; boats. The (.rusader went to her assist, hum, but- the enemy's shore batteries opened fire. J he Crusader was under lire for one . lour and a half. ,S|,e had to leave the boats ami retire. German sources report that the .Maori's erew, the boats' crows of the Ciusader, seven officers and eighty men were. made, prisoners and taktn to Zeebrugge. The steamer Don was torpedoed and sunk oil the Northumberland coast. The crew was rescued.

j NO SUBMARINE SUNK. GERMAN AIRSni'P DAMAGED. Received May 9, <5.25 p.m. . London,-"May 8. Hie Admiralty announces that the statement that a German airship sank a British submarine is false. Oil the contrary, the submarine returned uninjured. The submarine reported that it damaged the airship by gun lire, and drove it oir.

A TRAWLER SUXK. Received Jlay 0, n.-'ll). p.m. London, liay 8. A submarine sunk the trawler vfiicli escaped on Sunday seven miles off Cru•dm Hay. The crew wore .saved. TWO STEAMERS SUNK. London, Slav 7. A submarine sank the steamer Candidate in the Irish Sea without warning. One. boat was swamped. The Germans did not offer help, but all were saved. The steamer Centurian, bound for Durban, was torpedoed thirty miles off the J iislcar liiilit, fit the south-east corner of Ireland. The crew of forty-five landed at Wexford.

axotuei: steamer simc. Received May,' 10, 1.30 a.m. London, Mav 8. The 1739 sunk the steamer Truro, off the isle, of Man. The crew was saved. The Admiralty'reports that 1004 vessels over :iOO tons sailed from British ports during the week ended May 5. Five were sunk by submarines, of a "ross tonnage of 11,488. One felling vessel ":is mined and sixteen wen; sunk or captured, of a gross tonnage .of 3011. Paris reports a strong German work at Lens. We carried the progress lnudo on fche right tank pf the Fecit. k J" ~ " ~