OTHER VESSELS ATTACKED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13699, 1 June 1915, Page 3

OTHER VESSELS ATTACKED.

LONDON, May 3L The White Star liner Megantie, bound for Montreal and crowded 'with passengers, met, a', submarine 60 miles 4outh of Queenstown. She sent--'awire-less message for help ,and zig-zagged at full speed, the submarine pursuing her. Subsequently she wirelessed that; the submarine had disappeared, and; orders tor assistance were cancelled. •

It is stated that sixteen, of the Elder Dempster steamer Ethiope's crew are j Still missing. The captain believes they have been picked up. The Ethiopo was proceeding down the i>nannel and was surprised by a shot across the bows. A submarine three hundred feet lony appeared. The* Ethiope attempted to escape. Two shells were fired. The crew.were given live minutes to get to the boats. The Ethiope was then torpedoed, and sank m. five minuteß. The Blue Funnel liner Ping Suey, .early on Saturday, sighted a submarine two miles off. ihe submarine fired across her bows and the Ping ijney speeded up. The submarine chased her arid shelled her. Several shells burst over the bridge and one aft considerably damaged the poop. A Chinese member of the crew, who was asleep below, was wounded. The steamer outdistanced her pursuer and reached Plymouth much battered. A submarine burnt the Russian schooner Mars at Pair Island, and towed the crew of seven for 10£ hours. The crew reached Aberdeen. The Ethiope's boat full of people were saved. The steamer Glen Lee, bound from Cardiff to Aden, _was torpedoed. The crew landed at Ushant. A survivor of the Spennympye states that the submarine's crew stood on deck and laughed mockingly when the crew were thrown into the water. ■ ■ f