SUBMARINE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 37, 12 February 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE WAR.

MANY SHIPS SUNK. AN EAST-BOUND LINER. ALL PASSENGERS SAFE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, February 11. Seventeen Lascars on the British India Company's steamer Mantola, of 6,820 . tons, which was bound to Calcutta when she was torpedoed, were drowned. The passengers have been landed. The American Consul at Queenstown reports that the Mantola was torpedoed without warning 82 miles south-west of the Fastnet light. The crew numbered 165, and the passengers 109. The only American on board was the ship's surgeon. All were saved except a few Lascars.

PIRATES' CRUEL WORK.

CREW CAST ADRIFT. ONLY FIVE SURVIVE. FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD. (Eeuter's Telegrams:.) (Received 10.40 a.m.) MADRID, February 11. A trawler picked up a boat containing three Englishmen and a negro, part of the crew of the torpedoed steamer Dauntless. They had been five days withous food, and were in a terrible condition. They are now in hospital.

GUNFIRE USED.

NEUTRALS SUFFER HEAVILY. NORWEGIANS MADE PRISONER (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDO3T, February 11. Portion of the crew of the British steamer Ida has been landed. The chief mate and the steward were killed by ■ gunfire from a submarine, which commenced without warning, and continued until the vessel sank. The captain and chief engineer of the Xorwegian ship Hamnah Larsen were made prisoners. The crew have been i landed. Twenty-five of the crew of the Vedamore were lost. The Burvivors have been landed. Two engineers and three firemen of the British steamer Crown Point were killed. The Danish steamer Odin was sunk without warning. Two engineers were killed. One member of the crew of the Nor- , wegian steamer Solbakken, of 2,616 tons, was drowned, and another perished of cold. The captain and 14 of the crew are missing. ——— (i

THE EARS KRUSE.

A GERMAN DISCLAIMER. TORPEDOING IMPOSSIBLE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) COPENHAGEN, February 11. An inspired, statement in the German Press refuses to consider the possibility that the Belgian relief ship Lars Kruse was torpedoed in defiance of Germany's promises. The statement says that if the ship was properly marked she could not have been torpedoed, and therefore must nave been mined.

TWO RECENT LISTS.

EIGHT VESSELS IN ALL. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, February 11. Recent losses through submarines include the following vessels: The British steamer Bullinsgton, the Spanish steamer Neuva Montana (2,040 tons), the Norwegian steamers Odin (1,405 tons) and Solbakken (2,616 tons), and the Norwe. gian sailing ship Storskog (2.191 tons), and the Swedish steamer Vaering (4,000 tons). All the crews were saved. The latest losses through submarines include the steamer Japanese Prince (4,675 tons) and the Norwegian steamer Illavore (2,732 tons). The captain of the Illavore landed. Twelve of the crew are missing.