FURTHER BRUTALITIES BY THE HUN PIRATES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3113, 18 June 1917, Page 5

FURTHER BRUTALITIES BY THE HUN PIRATES

TWO VESSELS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING

CREWS LEFT TO PERISH OF HUNGER AND EXPOSURE

London, June 15. The two latest authenticated cases again illustrate the utter brutality of the frorman submarine methods. The steamship Kariba. was stink without warning 230 miles from land-on April 13. Ten of the crew were eventually picked up, ami sent to hospital jn a precarious condition, after twelve days in n boat. 1?or a whole week they had no food. Two of the survivow havo since died. Another boat, containing twenty-one of the crew, has not yet been accounted for, and is feared to be lost. The steamer Caithness was torpedoed without warning 240 miles from land on April 17. The ship sank in a few minutes, and all on board were flung into thp water. The master and twenty-nine of the crew were drowned, and the remainder clambered into a boat, and drifted without food for sixteen days, when only two out of twenty survived. They were eventunlly picked up in a terrible condition. One survivor has lost a foot, besides suffering other serious injuries—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH MERCHANT CRUISER SUNK ALL THE GREW SAVED EXCEPT ONE. The High Commissioner reports:— . London, June 15, 12.10 p.m. The Admiralty's armed merchant cruiser Avenger was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea on Wednesday night. All worn saved except one. London, Juno 15. The Admiralty reports that the a.rmod merchant cruiser Avenger has been torpedoed in the North Sea. She subsequently sank. One man wee killed by the explosion; the others were saved.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Itenter. THE LATEST AND LARGEST VESSEL OF THE UNION CO 'S FLEET. ' ' ' , , London, June fit. I ho Avenger was the latest Union liner. She wa« of 15,000 Inns, and fitted with turbines. She was originally named To Aotea-roa. and wn* intended to carry passengers ami mails between Vancouver and New Zealand. The Admirultv requisitioned her before stie ivns completed.—The "Times." FRENCH SHIPPING LOSSES FOR THE WEEK Paris, Juno 15. During the week ending June 10, arrivals of shipping totalled 1031, and departures 1015. Four steimors over 1600 tons and one under 1600 tons, and three fishing boats, were sunk Six steamers were nnsuccessfully attacked.—ltcutcr.

TWO FRENCH STEAMERS TORPEDOED ~" ~ NEARLY TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE: MISSLNG, (Roc. June 17, 5.5 p.m.) •' Paris, June 16. The Drench steamer Scquana lias been torpedoed iu the, Atlantic. There were 650 aboard, of whom 190 are missing. The transport steamer Annam, of 60011 tons, was torpedoed and sunk in the lonian Sea on. June 11, while in charge of an escort. There were no casualties — Renter. FOUR NORWEGIAN VESSELS SUNK; ONE DRIVEN ASHORE NUMBER OF THE SEAMEN LOST. r m -x- . •~. Copenhagen, June 15. I he Norwegian sailing vessels Candacc and Svlvia, and the steamers Sirrun ami Vinaes, have been sunk by submarines. Somo of the VinaeV crew were lost lue sailing vessel Cavmet" was driven ashore, damaged by gun fire. One body was loiiud m a cabin; the rest of the crew are missing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assii. JAPANESE DESTROYERS ENGAGE SUBMARINES IN MEDITERRANEAN SAKAKI WINS ADMIRATION FOR GALLANTRY IN RESCUE AVOKK. (Rec. June 17, 11.5 p.m.) ~,i T London, June 17. .me Japanese Naval Attache communicates that one of the Japanese destroyer flotillas on June 11 engaged enemy submarines hi tie Mediterranean llie result is lwiknowji. TJio Sakaki was damaged by an cneuw torpedo and towed in safety to port. liHfty-five men were lost. The British Admiralty state that the Sakaki jjallantly aided in t'.ie rescues from the torpedoed Tra<isylvania, winning everybody's ' ad mi ration — Vus-N 7, Cable Assn.-Jteutcr. • " . ■ - • . . GERMAN NEWSPAPER ADMITS THE LOSS OF THE BREMEN „, . ~ The Hague, June 1">. The 'Aeueste Naohrichten," published at Kiel, at last admits that the commercial submarine Bremen was lost. It points out that a large paired of American securities was on board, and that the owners are demandin" the duplicates.<-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SUBMARINES DISGUISES AS FISHING BOATS. ~',,.■ Copenhagen, June 15. A steamer reports observing a large number of German, submarines disguised as fishing boats, guarding the danger zone in the North Sea.—Aus.-N Z Cable Assn.