On the Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 308, 7 June 1915, Page 5

On the Sea.

TOLL OF THE SUBMARINE. in SEVERAL VESSELS SI-NT I* '' t " Received June (i, 2.15 p.m. London, June 5. -I Jhe Wilson liner lona and the fishi vessel Chrysoprase were sunk by su • ii'.ii ines near the Orkneys. The crews we landed, lour of the lona's crow ~\v<? wounded by shrapnel, two badly T , t erews were fired at while the boa were being launched. The Norwegian steamer Cuban w * torpedoed. _ Tho crew was landed. Tho Lewis steamer Inkum was sin ■by a submarine off the Lizard. T1 crew was landed. Received June (I, 3,20 p.m. Paris, June 5. The French steamer Penlield was sun by a submarine in the Channel. XI crew was landed at Brest. Received June C, 2 p.m. London, June G. r Tho Admiralty state that for tl t "week ending June 2 there were 13S „ arrivals and sailings, and eight vessel I totalling 23,363 tons, were sunk iby sul , marines. , Copenhagen, June 4. B Tho Danish collier Cyrus was torpi doed. Tile captain suddenly saw . of foam, and the crew put ol in the 'boats, -and were brougiit to Stav enger by a Norwegian steamer, wliid ■ hod slighted the submarine earlier. FURTHER PARTIOU'LAMS. Received June 7, 12.1.) a.m. London, June 0. A .submarine fired five sixty-five mil limetre shells, but missed tlie Penfeld Tlie crew then took to a boat. Tin sulmmpne -torpedoed and sank the Ten fold. The crew rowed for thirty hours before reaching the land. The Cubano's crew was twenty-five hours in a rough sea. A DESERTED BARQUE. PRIZE FOR A FISHERMAN. Received June 7. 12.10 a.m. London, June fl. There has been a curious sequel in regard to the Montrosa. A fisherman, Sam HoWane, in the North Sea observed a three-masted barque with full sail, and lie casually hailed her. He received no re.ply, and then scrambled on board with a comrade and found tlie vessel deserted. He realised tJie possession of an undamaged prize was worth many thousands. JToldane and his mate navigated the Montrosa to Bridlington and -claimed her as a prize. Apparently' the Montrosa struck something at niglit and the crew, in a panic, rushed to the J boat, without waiting to ascertain the extent of tlie damage. TRAWLERS BLOWN UP. Received June 7, 12.5 a.m. London, June C. The Peterhead drifter Enamay was

torpedoed off Shetland. The crew was landed. A Belgian trawler was sunk by a suSanorine in the Irish Channel, "mc crew; was landed at Milfordhaven. A submarine in the North Sea ordered t'he. crews of Lowestoft trawlers to take to the boats, and then blow up the trawlers with bombs. .The crews were landed. Received June 7, 1.5 a.m. , London, June C. Three more Aberdeen trawlers were sunk' by submarines off tlie Orkneys. The crews were landed. A TRAWLER'S FATE. SHELLED BY SUBMARINE. * London, June 4. _ The-e were ten on hoard the trawler Victoria, including a boy passenger. The first shell from the U34 smashed the boat, the second killed the passenger, and the third the. skipper and engineer. The former's head was blown off and the mate's legs were blown off. The four survivors escaped on a raft. The Germans put 'bombs on board and blew up the Victo'ria. A German submarine shelled and burnt the Danish schooner Salvador, bound for Bristol, in the North Sea,. Five minutes' notice was given and the crew took to the boats which the submarine towed a short distance. A submarine picked them up exhausted twelve hours later and landed them at Lerwick. The explosion on the Swedish steamer Lapland took place thirty-five miles off Peterhead. Jron oro was sent flying all over the ship, which began to sink. The crow took to the boats and reached Peterhead. The captiiin 'believes the vessel was torpedoed.