ON THE HIGH SEAS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 79, 7 April 1916, Page 6

ON THE HIGH SEAS.

DELIBERATE MURDER. PLTROGif.VI), April L'. After tlio capture of Krzeroum tlic French liner Portii <^;iI went, down flic Black Sea to ltriiijj, back the wounded soldiers, rowing the barges conveying I hi' wounded from tlie shores. A periscope appeared, circled round tlie Portugal, and came to a standstill at a dktance ol JO yards. The submarine then fired two torpedoes without warning;. Tlie first missed, but JJie second struck the hospital ship amicfjiips. The boilers exploded, and the sliip was broken in two. The 'bow and stern both rose in the air, and it was all over in a few seconds. A Russian destroyer pursued the sub marine, firing until the periscope was submerged. There is the most intense indignation in Russia, owing to the impossibility of a mistake in the case. The Portugal was painted white, with large red ci osses on the sides, from si em to stem with green stripes around tlie hull, and lied Cross flags living from the stern and the masts. ACHILLES LOSS. HOLT LIXFR SI : NK. I-OX DON, April The Holt liner Achilles lias been sunk. A pilot cutter landed (ill out of her crew of (iS. She was sunk on Friday. A passing Swedish sreamer picked up the crew after six hours. Mr 8011, fifth engineer, ami four Chinamen are missing. ANOTHER NORWEGIAN SUNK. LONDON, April A German submarine torpedoed the Norwegian vessel Nome in the Bay of Biscay, the crew being picked up. ANOTHER GERMAN FICTION. LONDON, April A German wireless message says: The Cologne Gazette states that an Luglish warship, apparently the Donegal, was mined and sunk about, the middle of February. The Admiralty announces the statement as without foundation. ENGAGEMENT IN THE CATTEGAT. G IvKWLAN TORPKDOKR DAM AG Fl). COPHX UAG FX, April 5. Newspapers report the noise of an engagement. in the Ca'ttegat, a cannonade being heard. A German torpedoer, badly damaged, was later towed past Helsingborg.