MORE LOSSES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23546, 5 January 1940, Page 7

MORE LOSSES

MINE AND TORPEDO SWEDEN SUFFERS t U-BOATS AGAIN ACTIVE TKAWLER BLOWN UP By Telegraph—Presj Association—Copyright (Received January 4, fi.fi p.m.) r LONDON, Jan. S A U-boat torpedoed the Swedish steamer Svarton (2475 tons) north of s the Scottish coast. Twenty members 3 of the crew are missing, but a life--5 boat picked up 11 from a raft. 3 The Swedish steamer Kiruna (5484 tons) is sending out S.O.S. - calls and says she is sinking slowly i 500 miles north of the Azores after an attack by a submarine. The Swedish Ministry of Marine 1 announces that Sweden lost 11 ships, totalling 17,254 tons, in December, either mined or torpedoed. Fifteen survivors of the Swedish steamer Lars Magnus Trozelli, of 1955 tons, arrived at Bergen, Norway. They say their ship was torpedoed without warning 20 miles from Blyth. Seven men were killed. The finding of the body of a fisherman and some wreckage suggests that the trawler Young Harry has been blown up off the south coast of Eng- ; land with the Joss df her crew of four, including a father and son. The trawler had been missing since before dawn, when explosions were heard in its vicinity. The Estonian steamer Agu (1575 tons), with a crew of 18, is believed to have struck a mine in the North Sea. She has not reported since December 3. SUBMARINE LOSSES ADMISSION BY BERLIN ARMED FISHING VESSELS (Received January 4. fi,s p.m.) BERLIN. Jan. 3 Authorised sources in Berlin state that British "submarine traps," namely, armed merchant fishing vessels, sank two German submarines. This is the first German admission of submarine losses. HELD AT GIBRALTAR AMERICAN STEAMER NICKEL TUBING SEIZED (Received Jannary 4, 5.15 p.m.) GIBRALTAR, Jan. 3 The American steamer Executive, of 4978 tons, has been detained and 13.000 feet of nickel tubing have boon seized. DANGER ON BEACHES GERMAN DEPTH-SOUNDERS ONE FINDER INJURED (Received January 4. 10.50 p.m.') SYDNEY, Jan. 4 The military authorities announce that two tins containing scientific ! depth-sounding instruments of German origin have been washed up at the Wollongong and .St an well Park beaches, on the south coast. The discoverer of one of the tins is in hospital. After finding the tin, he attempted to open it with an axe. With the first blow, the instruments exploded, showering him with fragments of metal. A warning has been issued to bathers to treat the instruments with cure should they happen t.c find others. The Customs Department explains that a large number of depth-finding bombs, which had been in bond for many years, apparently having been taken from a foreign ship, had been dumped 20 miles out. at sea, but apparently the tide had carried some of them ashore. POLAND'S DEFEAT PRESIDENT'S CRITICISM LATE GOVERNMENT BLAMED (Received Jannary 4, 6.5 p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 3 The President of Poland, General Sikorski. completely dissociated himself from the former Moscicki-Beck 1 Government. Lfe says the Polish defeat was due to irreparable negligence. <