ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 June 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

NEUTRAL VESSELS CAPTURED. Copenhagen, June 23. » Gorman warship, at the entrance < '-'ound, captured the Danish .«• •... • flebeandenxos., timber-laden, al- fhe Swedish steamer Artimes. Koth were conveyed to Swinemund. RUSSIAN STEAMER MINED. Petrograd, June 23. The steamer Mercery, with eight hundred passengers, was mined near Odessa and sank in a few minutes. The majority were saved. BRITISH MAILBOAT CAPTURED. Received June 25, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, June 24. Fishiu? boats report that German defrayers captured and brought to Zeebrngge the Great Eastern Railway's mail •teamer Brussels. NORWEGIAN VESSEL SUNK. Received June 25, 5.5 p.m. London, June 24. Copenhagen reports that an Austrian tabmarirte ineffectually chased the Norwegian, steamer Rauma, in the Mediterranean. A German submarine then suddenly appeared and torpedoed the Rauma without warning. The crew bave arrived at Bergen. WQ&WEGIAN STEAMER CARRIES .■-. : .-..• COVT!!.>..;.\.\T>. Vaar.l .1- ■ ■ i p.m. ■ •>».•' .lime 22. The V.iiinu i -'-lA.M. Sh-e was '' "' i -<-fi-ation was '"" '" ""' '""'- >■■ . ~; .several tons n» ■'•.|» •■■!•• i-.wvi'iiT. u i>. llit cargo. It • ■■•-•>■ Norway, but there i- "•• V „i ii> ever reaching Germany. la "t...e, liorn Stockholm, last week, »h». that a submarine, believed to be lirititil, northwards of Falkenberg, torthe steamer Emms, bound from Christiana to Lubeck. The crew landed.]