ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

V THE ARABIA'S FATE. i FURTHER DETAILS. • _ . t , ' Cairo, Nov 12. v ? Arabia * as torpedoed withont tyrpiag #t 12.2 ain tha morning. She fffritnKk immediately underneath the frit-class smoke-room and engincfWji. The stokehold was immediately joooei • was ho panic, and all the boat* «W:;towered withont trouble except f 0 ', Were damaged by the ex♦jp»lon. The women and children were 'XS? in the ha * U firstttmoke of the three steamere was iftgfeonthe horizon, and the,' ar-ivcd ?«» haH M honr. X hcy proved to be mwr |Mtrol boats. The City of Mafi «Ulm arrived practically at the same i"'i e ' Arabia *■« un»ble to send «»• SXXS. signal, owing to the* shock of carr y in g away the aerials. . *y Arabia- quickly listed, s-ttlerl OTWjkiited herself, and lay on an all the boat? and Mtl-te to launched without difficulty. She Bank at l.£o. The sea wag calm, 3?? ot the P atr °k P'eked up the itMMttn, the third circling to prevent » further awpriw atUck. Meanwhile Jo (tlbmarines were seen four miles ujftttt. lie Arabia slowly sank by the bow into the air, anl 'Uttpptared «t«rft ffrst. A thanksgiving service was held on *oard the City of Marseille), whose '-attain *eceived an address from the 4r*bi4's pasgeiigers, tM'Jy'.nj; to the !oliKg« of her crew in saving life in fcce jl imminent danger.

j MORE VESSELS. SUNK. •-», ' Xomob. SOT. 12. UCjds report the sinking of tie AtatiCan steamer Columbia, a vessel >f 6&80 tons, three Bi-tish (timers, ind one Danish, The British steamers Bogota, Marga, iftd EaH oft Forfar have been sunk, and fhfc American steamer Columbia is be--le»e4 to have been sunk.