FREIGHTER SUNK

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20919, 26 September 1939, Page 7

FREIGHTER SUNK

ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING 12 OF CREW MISSING SINKING OF SUBMARINE (United Press .Yssn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 24 The Newcastle freighter Hazelside, of 4646 tons, was sunk by a German submarine yesterday and 12 of the crew, including the captain and the chief officer, are believed to have been lost, according to a 8.8. C. broadcast. The ship was attacked without warning and fired upon. Two men were killed outright and two lifeboats were destroyed. Fifteen men put off in the remaining boat and seven jumped on to an improvised raft. They were picked up six hours later. People on the English coast say/ the attack. Arrival of Survivors The steamer American Farmer has reached New York with 29 survivors of the British steamer Kafiristan, which was torpedoed a week ago. The master of the American Farmer, Captain John Busby, reported that the submarine which sank the Kafiristan was itself sunk by bombs from an aeroplane, which was believed to be from the aircraftcarrier Courageous. It arrived unseen and machine-gunned and bombed the submarine achieving a direct hit. Neutral Powers’ Concern Swedish and Finnish shipping and industrial circles view with consternation the sinking of two Finnish ships, the Martti-Ragnar and the Walma, bound for England, says a Daventry broadcast. One was carrying cellulose and the other woodpulp, neither of which is included in the German contraband list. It is stated that Finnish and Swedish ships have carried cellulose to England before and have even been guided by Germans through the minefields. Large quantities of woodpulp are awaiting shipment to Britain and America pending an indication whether Germany considers them contraband. Success of Convoy System The French Navy is using the convoy system so successfully, says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, that several big French liners with thousands of passengers, including many Americans, have crossed the Atlantic withou. the slightest danger. The North African and other trade routes are also functioning without interruption.