ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

t WHITE STAR LINER SUNK. NISAftLY ALL LIVKS HAYED. Loudon, August l'J. The White Star liner Arabic (10,002. tons) was torpedoed oil' tlic Fastnot and sunk. The passengers were saved. The Arabic had iifteen or sixteen boats launched. The company is hopeful (hat there hns flioen no Joss of life. The Arabic sank in eleven minutes. Tire passengers will probably be brought to Queenstown. New York, August li). A London message states that, according to the White Star Company, 375 were saved from the Arabic, leaving 48 unaccounted for. Wellington, August 20. The High Commissioner reports, under date London, August 19 (6.40 p.m.) : The White Star liner Arabic ha 9 been sunk by a submarine. Eleven boat loads of passengers escaped. SIX PASSENGERS DROWNED. Received August 20, 5.5 p.m. London, August 10. All except six of the Arabic's passengers were saved. The rescuing steamer, with four hundred of the passengers, and crew, is expected to reach'port in three hours. The Arabic carried only two classes, and she had 132 pasengers in the secondclass and 48 in the third-class, with a crew of 243 . The vessel was not warned.

HIT WITHOUT WARNING. 992 PEOPLE SAVED. Received August 20, 11.45 p.m. London, August 20. The White Star Company- announce that the Arabic was torpedoed, unwarned, in latitude 50deg. 4!)min., and --longitude Sdeg. 29min. She was struck on the starboard side, one hundred feet from the stern. The captain and other survivors have landed. The approximate numbers saved are 175 passengers and 2117 of the crew.

SENSATION IN THE STATES, DRASTIC ACTION LOOKED ,K>R. Received August 20, 18.45 p.m. London, August 20. , The Daily Telegraph's Washington cor. respondent says that tile' Arabic affair has caused a sensation, and drastic Government action is regarded as inevitable. Consuls in England have been ordered to report. THE VESSEL'S PROTECTION. WHAT WILL AMERICA iDO? Received August 20, 8.20 p.m. New York, August 20. When the Arabic departed on her last voyage from here sandbags were piled round the steering-gear as a protection against shells, and it is believed she was similarly protected on the outward voyage. President Wilson refused to comment till he has learned whether any Americans were aboard. If so, it is understood that the United States will regard the situation as the gravest yet reached.

SURVIVORS' STORIES. TWENTY AMERICANS. ABOARD. Received August 20, 11.10 p.m. London, August 20. Thirty of the Arabic's survivors were' injured, some severely. They narrate that they were greatly alarmed and rushed for the life preservers, which were only just adjusted when the Arabic was struck. There was a scramble, and a number of rafts were thrown over the side, and many people fell into the water. Twenty Americans were aboard. The captain of the Arabic (Captain Fineh) was rescued by the crew of the St. Cuthbert, an oil-boat.

A VALUABLE CARGO. Received August 20, 8.20 p.m. London, August 20. The Arabic was torpedoed off Fastnet. The passengers included Miss Stella, Carol, the famous soprano. The cargo was a valuable one. THE CAPTAIN'S STORY. ARABIC GOES DOWN IN EIGHT MINUTES. Received August 21, 12.10 a.m. London, August 20. Captain Finch, who is suffering fnoim an injured leg, when interviewed, said lie, did not see the submarine, but saw fine torpedo. It was impossible to escap«> and they only had eight minutes to save all aboard. He saw the Durisleyi sink after her crew liad got away. Mt. Nebeker, an American passenger, said the crew worked splendidly, .and but for discipline there would have been hundreds of fatalities. The latest figures show twenJtj'-seweif. of the crew and six passengers-Timsaiftg, including one American. There'were .2o Americans alboard. Aubrey| G suiter, n New Zealander, was saved. It is beilieved that the torpedo killed several of those aboard. ;

THE ROYAL EDWARD.- :& .1 SCENES AT BRISTOL. * Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, August lfl. The Royal Edward, which was BUrifci at the Dardanelles, was formerly used', for the internment of German and stationed at Southend. An officer of the American Embassy' who visited it and reported on the treatment of prisoners to 'Germany described it as a show ship, and added: 'The prisoners are all locked 'below deoks at night, which has caused nervous apprehension, fearing Zeppelin raids." Before tliat she assisted to bring Canadian troops to England. The majorrit.y of the officers and crew belonged vo" Bristol, and there were iistßessing scenes ther%

ANOTHER BAG. THlßli'E EN G USH STEAMERS. London, August If). • lhe British steamer Dunslce hay been torpedoed. 'J he British steamer Thorulield and Wilson liner iSerbina have been sunk au«l the crews lauded NORWAY PROTESTS. AGAINST HOLD-UP OP MAILS. Chriatiauia, August 19. A submarine stopped the mail eteamer Baaikoii, bauiul for England, aiul seized the mails. The Norwegian Government lias made a protest to Berlin. Tiie commander of (.lie submarine took all the letters and remittances' and ordered all printed matter and parcols addressed to anti-German countries to 'be thrown overboard. The mails included seven b>aga of Danish mail.