CONTACT MINES ON TRANSATLANTIC ROUTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 2 December 1914, Page 5

CONTACT MINES ON TRANSATLANTIC ROUTES.

THE EMDEN'S RAID ON PENANS

HOW SHE SANK THE RUSSIAN CRUISER.

FRENCH DESTROYER ALSO DEALT WITH.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1

Captain Daviea, of the steamer" Etonian, reports the discovery of contact mines off' Fire Island, directly in the track of trans-Atlantic shipping.

LONDON, Dec, 1. The Danish steamer Mary was mined in the North Sea. Seven are nassing.

SYDNEY, Dec. 1

Captain Paramor, cf the steamer Nigaristan, from Penang, states that the Emden did not fly the Japanese flag when she raided Penang harbor.

She entered before daylight, showing no flag, and was thought to be the cruiser Yarmouth until she steamed close to tke Russian cruiser Jemchtug and opened fire, sinking her ( within half an hour. The Jemchtug fired several shots while settling, but they went wide, two striking separate vessels, injuring the engineer of one.

Over two hundred of the Jemchtug's crew were saved in boats of various vessels. The Emden flew the German flag on leaving.

The French destroyer Mousquet was sunk in a gallant attempt to disable the Emden as she was departing. Twenty of the Mosquet's crew were saved, mostly by the Emden, which subsequently held up a British steamer, and placed them aboard.

At the time of the raid the Nigaristan was lying near the Jemchtug, waiting to coal her. The Jemchtug was boiler-cleaning, and was caught unawares. Most of the crew were asleep. She had an officer and 28 men killed, and three officers and 120 men wounded. .