On the Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea.

AMERICANS LOST. LINER SUNK BY SUBMARIXE. A SENSATION IX AMERICA. ' London, July 1. A ,snl>niiiriiu! torpedoed unit sunk the Leyland liner Armenian off the Scillv Isles on Monday night. H is believed tlint several of the crew were killed. A number of Americans were on -board. The incident bus caused a sensation in America. -Messrs Page and Gerard, the Ambassadors in London and Berlin, have been instructed to report. The Armenian's survivors, who have arrived at Cardiff, state that they sighted a submarine 200 miles from the Seilly Isles. She put on full speed and desperate efforts were made to escape. The captain defied the orders of U3S to stop, until a shell crashed into tile. engine-room and the ship came to a standstill. The submarine's crew boarded her and placed two large, bombs aboard the liner, which sank in thirty minutes. Five 'boats got clear and another had the ropes cut by a shell, the occupants being thrown into the sea. The submarine fired on a Belgian trawler coming to the rescue, but eventually desisted. The trawler secured the occupants of the five .boats. It is believed that thirtv were drowned. The liner Tarqua"i picked up the Armenian's messages. Washington, July 1. The American Consul at (Bristol reports that twenty, Americans were drowned in the Armenian. The fact has caused a sensation in official circles, particularly because it was expected that the German reply to the American Note would be favorable. Officials contend that the ship should have been searched and the crew transferred in safety before the vessel was torpedoed. London, July 1. Captain Trickery, captain of the Armenian, in an interview, said: "The i submarine, signalled to ns to stop by ' putting a couple of gunshots across our bows when four miles off. I put my stem to him and ran for it. He shelled J us continuously with shrapnel, killed j several of the crew, and precipitated' I some into the sea. I realised that the j enemy was gaining, hut struggled' on. A ' shell knocked the steering gear out of order, another fell in the engine-room, a third carried away the Marconi house, i a fourth cut down the funnel', disabled t the men in the stokehold and prevented me getting steam. T'le ship, was on fire in three nlaces when I decided to surrender. I had resisted an hour, and twelve or thirteen men were lying dead on deck. The submarine commander made me clear from the shin and the Armenian was sunk. Afterwards he showed every fairness, and picked up I some of the ercw who were floating with lifebelts. Host of the members of the crew who perished were Americans 1 ." ! FjNGAGED OX ADMIRALTY ! BUSINESS. , i Received July 2, 8.30 p.m. |< 'Washington, Jul'- 2. Mr. Page has cabled stating the Ad- ( ( mirnlty hns notified him that the Ar- . meniari was engaged on their business* , FURTHER' PARTICULARS. Received July 2, 10.45 p.m. < London, July 2. 1 The captain of the Armenian believes 1 the submarine rescued three of the crew. ) The mate states the first shell killed < ten men. The operator continued to I send out "S 0 S" until a shell destroyed 1 the wireless apparatus. Four men, after * terrible suffering, died of wounds on I board the boats. ( 1 THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. \ i POWERFUL GERMAN WEAPON. ,: Received July 2, 0.30 p.m. , Amsterdam, July 2. g ' The Hamburger Nachrichter is disap- f pointed with Hcrr Gerhard's views of the c American attitude, and declares there is no evidence of Americans opposing the { delivery of supplies and ammunition s to the Allies. Therefore the submarine r war, of which the Ltisitania was a vie- } tim, is a powerful and indispensable part , of the German warfare. f "" e TWO VESSELS SUNK. i i MAIZE AND WHEAT LOST. t Received July 2, 5.30 p.m. London, July 2. The steamer Lamas, bound from f Buenos Ayres to Belfast, with a cargo I of maize, was.torpedoed 45 miles west ( of the Scilly Isles on Wcdnesdav. The * second mate was killed by shell fire ' and the rest of the crew landed, at ' Milford Haven. ( A Norwegian barque with a cargo of ' wheat was torpedoed off Fastnet. Part of the crew landed in Ireland. AUSTRALIAN VESSEL SUNK, j; i TORPEDOED OFF CORK COAST. | Received July 2, 11.30 p.m. London, duly 2. The Siirdroninc, from West Australia, was torpedoed and sunk without warn- i ing oil' the coast of Cork. Two were killed, several were wounded or are missing, and seven were saved. A DESTROYER DAMAGED. FOURTEEN OF CREW MISSING. London, Julv 1. The Admiralty announces that a mine or torpedo damaged the destroyer Lightning off the east coast last night. She is now in harbor with fourteen of (he crew missing.