ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE WOLF'S VICTIMS. > capture; of the jiatunga. A STEWARDESS'S STORY. TLecc-ived March 13, 3.30 p.m. J.ondon, March 12. Mrs. Mackenzie, stewardess of the Ma* tunga, has supplied the Graphic with a story of her experience .. She states thai, the „V(.;iiu.s'a w;;:i abo;.', cijoiteefi hours olf Haiiaul on August (; iviicn tee. Wolf c-.ima in sif/i/t. j?eo ha;! picked ltp the

;;a'.. vireiesß mess<i,p; on the previous n%iit una.wncing hor arrival, Evidently she. wua informed that we were tskii:;;' 500 of coal. The Wo IT v/as desperate'y mat. ntul awaited us for dve d tyv. Immediately the Wolf up-T.ei-re.!, s;ie sent up .f.-aphnie, which

c,ivied ove.' tba _vl;i f,> investigate whether she vas araioil. {fto tin.':: tamp halted t!:, (-U-rnifii! ensign, and signalled tlio M'atv.r.gu to slop. The chief oflicer jq,;>iiiv!i(:y luisUta!: the nigiisl, and vrt'iit en, oh..' \\ ii'.i lired acro.-u t'n a Matungn 'h bow ,).v ."-CO yard-: range. A prize -row lYo:* tiro 'Wuh', villi a boH'rV.ny- oilier. bnn.ediat jly followed, all bein.y fully areied. They carried n hrge liuuiMr of bomb;, from the Wolf took Ojf I'!.' .Matiin.g;).'? c.aptolii, offiwr.!, i','i ».avy sc.l,V..and three mab .i\iiian We ;hea s:<iltd f; r Dutch New I'liiiuM, ore v/s? diccdiS rged the coal, the Wol- ruU'ped the e;.v.l ai:d 5.(1 the provisions. and triuwfevred the ; .totvavds, sailor:; itr.d ulbm v.-ho had been left on the aboard the Wolf, which proceeded seaward for ten miles on August 'JV. v/lni! the Mar.uiga war, sunk by means of time bomb-;. JJvpry precaution v.-n , iakesi to provoni asy fl-ntir,g wreck. The ataamov disappeared in liaif'-.n. hoicr. 'l'lir- course of the Wolf \va3 only ■;>!rmi".c. It .a pr.:h;» went to iha iKiiian Ooeai- at encc. Off Colombo. anu Ir-tov near Sinfjapurc and Borneo, via.' v.'01," Rjwed aiiiif,; nightly. Wo Heard I.'attic of ;!uiir!diiijr lino.:, aild then 'he mires w«re carefully lowered. DeItub follow o£ the capture. of tho HitacJii .Vl'.-r ■ : .-:n oriiC-r voSvCoj already cable:!. 'i'he Wolf, wliica '.'.-a'; now vnnkhif; for c!:c Ti-inidad Jslarni.;. picked up a wircles'; italing that, a, Chilian warship had arrive,, Tlicroui'-on she r.ito::od he: eoime to tta -ipuosiie direction. Alter coaling ii'o::! Ti.'j fgu,/; \T;':i<l i k'k; headed for fi.jiiiii'.ny. r.: nitl-At3 intio two aruial sums, njjpai-tfiiily .\nierlcan transport,), s'lilde.iiy hove oui avid »»tusi liavo pa::sn>d to Hie WoK i 1 .-fc tms . kg i;ivat coiv.icrii.".,rd. but v!:cy pro/ ,>cdtd \V)U;o:it si K ,v.'jni!y wcu'.liev incraiifd ilnrir.y tlio h'.licr pari o r :' m -. coyaife, an.i, fjj-. Aiaobsing ill for Uireo weeks. «!:« does what ha;ipencd till the %ctz ./ieii.ii was otrandr-d. bat :;ho iiivieivtood tbr. vss'icl uliiipcd do.vn the Norweijiaa i c«ast without' meeting any British warships.