ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

LOSS OF THE CYMRIC.. STOIIY OP TIE DISASTER •THERE'S THE SWIN®I* Times and Sydney Sua-Services. Received May 13, 5.25 p.m. London, May 12. One hundred and seven members at the crew of the Cymric have Arrived at Liverpool. A survivor said that til* vessel was submarined at midday, when the crew were dining. .At the time they thought that a boiler had burst. They mailed on deck and heard the flfth engineer call out "There's the swine." 1 The crew saw a periscope, with wireless attached. The Cymric wa» struck in the engine-room and quiokly began to sink. The captain ordered six boats to be lowered and the crew to gtf lifebelta. A half gale was blowing and it was difficult lowering the boats. One waa washed against the ship and smashed, the inmates being flung out, but thej] were rescued. The other boats wen lowered successfully. The chief steward miscalculated the jump, and fell between the liner and a boat, and was not seen again. T?h« boats stood by and one returned with the captain and the Marconi' operator, who sent the S.O.S. .tignal. A reply wu received that assistance was forthcoraing Meantime a Dutch steamer cams to the rescue, but was unable to piofe up the boats owing to the heavy tea/ but eventually another ship arrived picked up the men. THE SUSSEX. AMERICA WANTS INFORMATION Received May 14, 6.5 p.m.' Washington, May 13. Mr. Lansing has asked Mr. Gerafd to ascertain informally the nature of the punishment that was imposed' upon the commander of the submarine that wu responsible for the torpedoing <4 p" Sussex. „ ! THE AP.PAM. - Received May 13, 5.5 p.m. • Washington, May 12.' The State Department has ruled thai the Appam was not covered by tha Prusso-American treaty, and legal proceedings have begun in the Federal courts to determine the vessels owner* snip. GERMAN MERCHANTMEN. TO BE COMMANDEERED IN JUNS Copenhagen, May 12. The National Tidende states that ft shipbroker at Malmoe (Sweden), who has business relations with the German . Baltic ports, has received a sensational report that Germany is commandeering all German merchantmen on June 1.

GERMAN MUNITIONS FOR LIBAU, Copenhagen, May 12. Many German merchantmen are carry-, ing guns and ammunition towards Li» bau. They are escorted 'by destroyer* and torpedo boats, as British submarines ihave appeared in certain parts of th« Baltic. SWEDISH VESSEL SUNK. CREW BRUTALLY TREATED, Received May 14, 11.30 p.m. London, May 14. The Swedish schooner Harald has. been torpedoed since the new instructions.' Tlie submarine vainly tried to destroy the vessel by gunfire and then set it afire. The submarine took the crew aboard, where they were brutally treated, being left on the partially submerged deck for hours without food. They were then transferred to a Norwegian steamgr. The steamer Eretria has been sank off Guernsey. . BRITISH PRIZE CREW CAPTURED. ' SUBMARINE BASE DISCOVERED. Received May 14, 11.30 p.m. Copenhagen, May 14. The Norwegian Mercantile Shipping Gazette says that a German submarine, on March 22nd, captured a British priM crew that was aboard the Norwegian barque Pestalozzi, bound from ■ Malmoe to Santa Fe. The Pestalozzi was allowed to proceed. Rome, May 14. The Italians have discovered an Austrian submarine base between Cyrenaica and Egypt. There were huge supplies of benzine and tons of food in cavern# on the -seashore. 1