OPERATIONS OF THE WIDEN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT. CAPTURE RUMOURED. London, September 29. The Oli : Nil Press Bureau announces that the German cruiser, I'.md'-n. during a few days, captured and tank in the Indian Ocean, the Briti-h steamers, Tumeric, King Lud, Kilicia, and Fayle, and captured the collier Ruresk. The crews were transferred to the steamer Dry-.(!;t!i.' and landed at Colombo.
Advices from Fromantic state that an overseas steamer brought news that, the German cruiser Kmden had b.'en raptured on Sunday by British and Japanese cruisers. Official confirmation is lacking. Rumours arc current in London that two Japanese cruisers sunk tho Linden in tho Indian Ocean.
The TTit,'b Commissioner reported from London on September 20 :—On September 10 tho German cruiser Emden, after having been completely "Inst" for six weeks, ap[>c*red suddenly from the Bay of Benpal. During the period from September 10 to 14 slio captured six British ships, of which fivo were sunk and the sixth was sent into Calcutta with their crews. The Etn.ien is now reported at Rangoon. 'J'ho I'tibera is a steamer of 3500 tons, which was built in 1904 by J. L. Thompson "fend Sons. Ltd., Sunderland. She is ov.'ned by tho Bolton Steam Shipping Company, Ltd., and is registered at Glasgow. Hie King Lud was built in 1906 by J. L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland, and
v.i3 owned bv the King Line, Ltd. Sho [' "was of 3650 tons and was registered at | Stockton. f Neither the Tumeric nor the Faylo is mentioned in Lloyd's Register. The vessel referred to as the Pumer'c may be , the Poleric, a steamer of 6182 tons, built j ; in Newcastle by Swan and Hunter, Ltd., in 1900 and owned by the Pank Line, Ltd. The I'oleric is registered at Glasgow. in a mew age from the High Commissioner, which repeats the Officii! Press Bureau's announcement, the "Tumeric" k is given as dm " Pumeric," and the ■ " Favle" as tho " Coylo," neither of S w 1111 a runny is to bo found in Lloyd's I Kegister.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15728, 1 October 1914, Page 8
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