ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE MERCIAN. , CAPTAIN'S SKILL. London, Nov. 29. Describing the attack on the Mercian, a corporal of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry states that a submarine attacked her for an hour on November 3, firing a hundred shells. The second demolished the wireless apparatus. The troops sheltered wherever possible. The captain manoeuvred the ship wonderfully. Some boats were picked up after two days' privations.

"NOT MURDERERS." HUMANITY OP TURKISH CREW. New York, Nov. 29. A Turkish submarine stopped the British steamer Burulos. After twentyfive had been drowned the submarine assisted many of the 250 passengers, who jumped overboard. Mrs. Egan, who has arrived here, states that there was a panic when the submarine was sighted The passengers and crew were mostly Greeks, and made for the boats, but three capsized. The submarine launched a collapsible Iboat, and the officers shouted: "Be calm; we are not murderers." After standing by for five hours and assisting m the rescue the submarine disappeared. THREE STEAMERS SUNK. Received Nov. 30, 9.50 p.m. London, Nov. 30. The French steamer Eigerian has been sunk. Eight persons were saved and twenty-nine are missing l . The French steamer Omara and the j British steamer Tania have been sunk. The crews landed in lifeboat?.