ON THE HIGH SEAS

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144777, 6 September 1915, Page 3

ON THE HIGH SEAS

ALLAN LINER SUNK. THE PASSENGERS SAVED. (Received Sept. 6, 11.16 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5. The Allan liner Hesperian has been torpedoed off the Fastnet. The passengers, numbering nine hundred, and the cron' were saved. [The Hesperian was a vessel of 10,920 tons, built in 1908, and had a speed of 15 knots.] HESPERIAN OUTWARD BOUND. AN INEXCUSABLE OUTRAGE. (Received Sept. 6, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5. The Hesperian was bound from Liverpool to Montreal and was torpedoed at 8.30 on Saturday night. SEe carried 700 passengers and 250 of a crew. Several steamers assisted in the rescue. THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN GREAT BRITISH SUCCESSES. PARIS, Sept. 4._ Le Figaro states that when the British Admiralty no longer consider it inexpedient to make known the number of submarines of which Admiral von Tirpitz was so proud, and which now lie at the bottom of the sea, and especially when it reveals the ingenious methods employed to destroy them, the civilised world will heave a deep sigh, of satisfaction. The paper adds that fishing boats which the submarines chased have been sometimes able to make good catches. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 4. The Vaterland ascribes Germany’s new submarine policy solely to President Wilson’s representations, and deplores the fact that the stop was not taken earlier, as much evil could thus have been avoided. THE WRECKED SUBMARINE. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 4. The wrecked submarine El 3 has been towed to a dockyard. She is a total wreck, and her hull is perforated with shells. Her white ensign is still fluttering on the shot-scarrcd staff. She has been interned. REVIVING THE MOLTKE. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 4. A Berlin wireless quotes a Danish newspaper as declaring that the Moltke, which was reported as sunk in the Riga battle, has been seen cruising near the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. LOSSES ON THE ROYAL EDWARD. LONDON, Sept. 4. Official.—The Royal Edward’s missing, and believed to have been drowned. include: First Lancashire Fusiliers, 27; Second South Wales Borderers, 56; First Border Regiment, 59; Second Hampshire, 11; First Essex, 176; Army Service Corps, 123; Army Medical Corps, 142.