15 Seriously Hurt When Collier Hits Mine

Northern Advocate, 2 December 1939, Page 8

15 Seriously Hurt When Collier Hits Mine

LONDON, November SO.

The official war communique stares that one of our torpedo boats successfully attacked an enemy submarine.

According to agency reports the British collier Sheaf Crest (2730 tons) was sunk by a mine in the North Sea this morning, states a British Official Wireless message. Fifteen men were seriously injured. The survivors were picked up by a Polish destroyer, which has taken them to an east coast port. ” Fifteen others have been landed by lifeboats. Sinking of Uskmouth After missing with torpedoes, a German U-boat shelled the British steamy er Uskmouth (2483 tons) for two and a half hours until she burst into flames and sank off the Spanish coast on Saturday night. Tweny-two of the crew of 25 got away in the ship’s lifeboat. After sailing for 25 hours they were picked up by an Italian motor vessel and landed at a south-east coast port today. The Uskmouth was reported lost earlier this week. According to a Daventry broadcast, the crew of the Uskmouth were rescued fay a French destroyer. Rescuer Attacked “The Germans gave us no warning and showed no mercy,” said the first officer, wlio was wounded when trying to drag the dying third officer to safety. The destroyer was herself attacked by a U-boat while off the east coast.

The submarine fired three torpedoes, but they all went wide. 1 The destroyers then dropped depth charges where the submarine submerged. The Dutch steamer Beverwijik (29413 tons) sent out an SOS message from the Baltic, states a message from Amsterdam. It is feared that she has struck a mine.