On the Sea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 18, 8 September 1914, Page 5

On the Sea.

PARTICULARS OF THE RONO DISASTER. .'0- London, September 7. The Rono was blown up after Voyaging for 12 hours from Hull. The place is not specified. The explosion occurred under the baggage-room, where several baggage-sorters were killed. The baggage was blown high in the air. Many of the passengers were panic-stricken. Numbers jumped overboard, and others rushed to the boats, impeding the crew. Three boats overturned before they reached the water. One was overcrowded, and capsized. TTie"crew behaved calmly. Practically all the women and children were saved. After the disaster the whistle was continuously blown, attracting Grimsby trawlers, which rushed to the vessel’s assistance, regardless of mine peril. The Rono’s passengers were not refugees. They came from America.

EFFECTIVE WORK OF TRAWLERS

(Received 8.30 a.m.) London, September 7

Trawlers were wonderfully effective in rescuing the survivors of the Mono. Only the captains and engineers remained aboard. The remainder manned the boats or leaped overboard, many with lifelines, and picked up the drowning ''passengers. One of the trawlers saved 128,. and became dangerously overloaded.

BRITISH TRAWLERS SUNK ON THE DOGGER BANK.

Stockholm, Sepetmber 7.

Eriksen, a Norwegian engineer aboard a British trawler, reports that when fishing with others to the north-west of the Dogger Bank on August 25, a German battleship opened fire, sinking two trawlers. The crews were rescued. Pllevon other trawlers were captured and conveyed to Hamburg. '