MARINE DISASTER

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10715, 7 October 1912, Page 5

MARINE DISASTER

CABLE NEWS

United Prm Aiiociatio* — By EU&f?j".; Telegraph— Cow>-iKhi.)

A SUBMARINE SANK. FIFTEEN Li\ ES LOST. (Received Lust Night, ;.5 o'clock.) . LOXCO.N, October h. Tho Hamburg. American liner Amrrika (22.022 ton ••) ran into the subnminx B2 (-'513) tons) off Dover, and sank her. Liutemnt Puileyue, of tho 82. was the only one saved. A flotilla was manoeuvring off South Foreland, accompanied by the parent ship Forth. The AmerTka passed during the evolutions at dawn r:f day. Tho flotilla's first hint of the disaster was received when the look-out on submarine 816 reported that ho saw a body floating in the water. Lieutenant Pullcyno, who was second in command of the 82, was subsequently hauled aboard the 816. The Amerika, whhh was then seen to bo throwing rockets, was merely scratched. She launched two "life-boats, hut they were unable to do anything. Lieutenant Pullcyno was picked up n mile from the ?;>ot where the disaster occurred. He was conveyer! to the Forth, where he recovered sufficiently to give a brief rarrativo of the disaster. He stated that the submarine sank immediately she w;.,-; struck, and carried ihe whole of her crew down with lier. (He was unable to continue his story.) Tho flotilla is now grappling for the 82, which is in deep water. Fifteen lives were lost. The Amerikv's officers state that the weather was clear Vnen the collision occurred. The submarine crossed the lino;'s brnvs at a. speed of about ten miles an hour. The liner was travelling sixteen knots an hour. Only the .;e::;nng tower of the submarine was visible, and the collision was unavoidable. The submarine sank like a stone. FURTHER DETAILS. LIEUT. PULLEYXE'S LONG SWIM. THE SUBMARINE BREAKS IX TWO. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, October 5. The submarine B2 was steaming on ithe surface of the water, with )uv Sights burning, when the collision <,eCUrred. Lieut. Pulleyne ami the coxswain were on the deck at the time. Lieut Pulleyne swam for throe-qme-ters of an hour after the collision, but did not see the coxswu'n. Divers have attached chains to the submarine, with a view to hoisting her. The purser of the Amerika states that the Submarine cros.-ed sixty feet ahead of the liner, which went full <pced astern. The si:bmn"i:e broke in two like a catch.