ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

FOR THE GULF OF RICA, GERMAN SQUADRONS AT LARGE, Received April 6, 8.35 p.m. , Stockholm, April 5. Two large German squadrons of cruisers and torpedoers were seen going north. It is believed that they are attempting to force an entrance to the Gulf of Riga, which is now free of ice. A violent cannonade has been heard. THE PIRACY CAMPAIGN. MORE VICTIMS. London, April 6. The remainder of the Bengairn's crew 'have landed after three days and nights in open boats in intense cold. The men were exhausted. The steamer Bendew has been sunk and the firemen lost; the rest of the crew were landed by a Spanish steamer at Vigo. A hundred men from crews lost in the Bay of Biscay have : tem picked up. The Norwegian steamer Arena has .( »en torpedoed in the North Sea. '' ' THE MATATUA. , Information has been received to th'e 1 effect that the steamer Matatua's posii tion is not so serious as was at fir3t ' anticipated, states the Shipping List. . The steamer certainly lies with her decks totally submerged, hut an examini ation has revealed that she can be re- ■ floated, but the work will take some time to accomplish. As a result of an investigation into the disaster the Canadian Prim e Minister has notified the owners that the Marine Department of Canada doe 6 not believe the trouble was occasioned by an enemy aet. The explosion was, the facts elicited seemed to disclose, due to gas formed by water cwning into contact with carbide, which cemposed part of the vessel's cargo. Captain L. B. Gillman, the master of the Matatua, who was killed as a result of ihe explosion, was in the Sliaw, Savill, and Albion Company's employ for over twenty years. He first came to Australi asia in a British-owned barque, which : later on made a rather extraordinary long trip from Lyttelton to Picton. Sub- ) scquently lie served on the old Arawa, and waa master of the Pakelia until • 1909, when he was given command of i the Matatua.

THE TOLL INCREASES.. Beceived April 6, 8.35 p.m. Ixmdon, April 5. 'A German submarine torpedoed and sank the steamer Clan Campbell in the Mediterranean, without warning. The crew were saved. An Austrian submarine sunk the John Pritchard in the Mediterranean. A submarine combed and torpedoed the Norwegian sailer Elishelene in the North Sea. The .vessel was not sunk, and the crew were saved.