ON THE SEAS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15917, 2 June 1917, Page 9

ON THE SEAS.

U-BOAT'S VICTIMS

TERRIBLE STORY OF SUFFERING

NINE DAYS IN OPEN BOATS

(By Cabl«—Press Association —Copyright.) (Australian und N.Z. Cifcblo Association.) LONDON, May 31. Bofore the steamer Alnwick Castlo was torpedoed on March 19th she picked up the crow of the torpedoed steamer Treves, whose sufferings in the boats for a period of nine days in tho_ bitter cold wcro narrated in an engineer's diary. On the third day, tho engineer wrote, the chief cook died of exposuro, and tho storekeeper went mad. On the fourth day the boatswain and a passenger died. On the fifth .day more men died. On the sixth a cattleman jumped overboard and was drowned. On the seventh day two men died of thirst and exposure, and on tho ninth another died. Tho survivors, -when landed, Tvero suffering terribly from frostbite on tho feet, their toes dropping off. One of them died. A baby was saved by the sacrifices of others, but subsequently died of meningitis. FRENCH SHIPPING LOSSES. THE OFFICIAL FIGURES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Router's Telcgnwna.) (Received June 2nd, 12.45 a.m.) PARIS, Juno 1. A French official message gives tho following return in connexion with tho submarine blockado for tho week ending May 27th:— Arrivals ... ... 1046 Sailings ... ... 1042 Sinkings— Over 1600 tons ... ... 2 Under 1600 tons ... 1 Unsitccesfully attacked ... 5 Fishing boats sunk ... 0