BRITISH TRAWLER

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1915, Page 7

BRITISH TRAWLER

RAMS A DESTROYER. S (Received May 4, 9 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, 3rd May. Priori to Saturday's engagement, German destroyers; had stopped the Norwegian steamer Varild, examined her papers, and allowed her to proceed. Presently three British trawlers appeared, one of which rammed a destroyer, which was not, however, sunk. Five of the destroyer's crew jumped into the sea, but were picked up. The British destroyers were then sighted, and the Germans fled. LOSS OF THE RECRUIT. LONDON, 3rd May. The German submarine which sa^k the destroyer Recruit crossed her bow and manoeuvred for position. Tho missile crashed into the Recruit i amidships, and the Recruit slowly heeled over. Her signals brought the Daisy, and the latter's signals brought the destrOyers. SINKING OF THE COLUMBIA TRAWLER DEFENDS HERSELF AGAINST WARSHIP. LONDON, 3rd May. Tho trawler Barbados brought to Yarmouth the Columbia's survivor* and a German bluejacket who had fallen overboard. Seventeen of the (Columbia's men perished. The Barbados, with two guns, defended herself against the torpedo boat. The latter was hit as the (steamer escaped. The trawler's deck fittings were riddled, and the captain wounded in the foot. • Th© German destroyers, when, overhauled, made an extremely poor fighf. Their shooting was erratic. AMSTERDAM, 3rd May. I A Norwegian steamer picked up two of the officers of a German torpedo boat, which was sunk in the fight. SON OF QUEENSLAND'S PREMIER. (Received May 4, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 3rd May. Surgeon Harold Denham, son of the Queensland Premier, was aboard the .L^rk in the North , Sea .fight. TWO MORE TRAWLERS AND A STEAMER SUNK. • (Received May 4, 9 a.m.] LONDON, 3rd May. A German submarine sank two trawlers in the North Sea. It is believod^all of the crews were drowned. The" submarine chased three trawlers for forty miles in the direction of Aberdeen, but they escaped. The Swedish steamer Ellida, timberladen for Hull, was torpedoed in the North, Sea, and sank in three minutes. The crew and two women were rescued. (Received May 4, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, 3rd May. Both of the trawlers were sunk by gunfire, not torpedoed. Their crews were rescued. MURDEROUS METHODS. (Received May 4, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 3rd May. Submarine U23 continued firing while the Svorono's crew were taking to the boats. [Submarine U23 torpedoed the Russian coal steamer Svorono off the Kerry coast. She sank in twelve minutes. The crew were saved in the boats.] THE FULGENT'S CREW. LONDON, 2nd May. A trawler landed' nine of the sttrvivors of the Fulgent, torpedoed near the Skelligs, and the body of the captain, .who had been shot. The second boat, with the balance of the crew, is missing.