SUBMARINES ELUDED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 September 1939, Page 6

SUBMARINES ELUDED

SHIP IN CONVOY ATTACKED MOVEMENTS OF U-BOATS , DETECTED. EFFECTIVE ACTION TAKEN (Received This Day, 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 14. A convoyed vessel bound for Scotland successfully eluded two submarines about to attack it and arrived safely in port. The movements of the submarines were detected some distance from the convoy and escort vessels took effective action. LINER TORPEDOED ALL ABOARD REPORTED SAFE. (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, September 14. The owners have advised that all those on the Ropner liner Firby are safe, after the ship had been attacked by a submarine. BRITISH INFLUENCE SURVIVORS ON IDABAAKE. (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 14. The Manhattan has radioed that the Idabaake rescued the survivors of the British Influence. The message does not reveal whether the vessel was torpedoed. FIRST WAR CAPTURE GERMAN SHIP IN LONDON DOCKS. TERRITORIAL OFFICER OUTWITS CAPTAIN. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 14. The" “Star” describes the first British capture of war made by the London Territorialßattalion stationed at a dock at which lay a loaded German ship. A territorial officer, listening to the Premier's speech in the field telephone, heard: “We are in a state of war with Germany.” He immediately gave orders to seize the ship. Territorials with fixed bayonets approached from various hidingplaces around the docks, lined up the captain and crew and placed them under guard. Four hours later it was noticed that the ship was sinking. The captain had opened the watercocks. The territorials made the captain disclose the whereabouts of the cocks, which they turned off. Later the ship was found to be on fire but the flames were quickly extinguished. The captain and crew were marched from the ship to the police cells.