Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1916 — BRITISH DIVER SUNK [ARTICLE]

BRITISH DIVER SUNK

SUBMARINE WAS DESTROYED IN NAVAL FIGHT. ' ’ t.V " ■■■ 7 ' ' Two Members of Crew of E-22 Rescued by Teutons, Says Statement Issued at Berlin. Berlin, April 28.—The admiralty announced that in a.naval engagement between German and British forces on Tuesday a British submarine the E-22, was sunk and a British cruiser was hit by a torpedo. The admiralty’s statement follows: “German naval forces on April 25 sank the British submarine E-22. The Germans rescued and made prisoner two men. . ... - “A German submarine on the same day hit with a torpedo a British cruiser of the Arethusa class." British submarines of the type of the E-22 displace about 2,100 tons and usually carry 27 men. Probably 25 men perished when the vessel was stink."

Cruisers of the Arethusa class displace 3,600 tons. There are eight vessels of that class, the Arethusa, Aurora, Galatea, Inconstant, Royalist, Penelope, Phaeton and Undaunted. London, April 28—It was announced here that the British submarine which was sunk was the E-22, as reported in a wireless dispatch from Berlin. Three neutral vessels have been sunk and two badly damaged in the war zone. The Norwegian ships Carmanian arid Strortisnaes and a Dutch tug were destroyed The (t'armanian was sunk by gunfire from a German submarine 55 miles off the west coast of Ireland. One boat containing ten members of the crew was landed. Another boat filled with sailors capsized. The Stromsnaes was blown up off Gjedser. Denmark. The crew was landed. , ' \ ; Two members of the crew of the Dutch tug Noordzee. which also was destroyed, were drowned. The Dutch steamships l Dubhe and Maashavcn were damaged. The Maashaven struck a mine and was beached near Harwich. The Dubhe. at last reports. still was afloat. So. far as known crews of both vessels were landed.