The Red Cloud chief., 1914-12-03
BRITAIN LOSES
SECOND WARSH|P
Explosion Entirely Destroys Bull.
wark, With Crew Of Nearly
Eight Hundred Men.
REAL CAUSE Is UNKNOWN
Only IL Of the Men on Board Saved
P~etrosrad Claims Victory In Pc.
land. but Gives No Details
French Claim to Have Re-
captured Dixmude.

Sheerness, England, Nov. est Is
believed that the explosion on the Bull
wark was caused by the fall and
bursting Of a 12.inch lyddite shell In
The vessels magazine.
%Sheerness, Nov. 2S.-The British
battleship Bulwark was blown up
Thursday while lying at It's moorings
In Sheerness harbor.
About eight hundred lives were lost,
as the vessel sank before the dense
cloud OF smoke and flame cleared
away. Fourteen members Of the crew
escaped death and we're picked up by
vessels which quickly came to the
scene.
Next to the ~dreadnaught Audacio -.
sunk by a mine of the north coat of
ireland on October q, the Bulwsrk Is
the most serious single loss that the
British navy has so far suffered In the
war.
Plan to slit Disaster.
II Is believed that the Bulwark's ex-
plosion occurred in the ships forward
magazine. Whether 1t was caused by
accident or design is a question to be
determined by the commission which
has been appointed to investigate.
There Is little evidence that the
ship was torpedoed or struck by a
mine.
The force Of the explosion was so
Ornaf thot nm emma ~ thu nthnr vnc-
sells lying In the harbor there was not
a piece Of glass or crockery left whole.
even half-inch plate glass In the port
holes being shattered.
Houses seven and eight miles dis
tant we're shaken and windows broken.
Pieces Of the ship even were thrown
six or seven miles OF the Essex shore.
The Bulwark, which was one Of the
older battleships. cost G1,OOO, 900
($5. 1000. 000). 1t displaced $4,000 tons
and had been In service about fifteen
years.
Churchill Announces Loss.
London, Nov. 27.-It was officially
announced by Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord Of the admiralty,
that the British battleship Bulwark
had been blown up of Sheerness. on
the Thames, IS miles down the river
from London.
A ~vice-admiral and a rear. .miraI
who were at Sheerness reported that
they were convinced that the disaster
was caused by a magazine explosion
Mr.. Churchill. speaking in the house
OF commons concerning the disaster
said: 'The loss of the ship does no,
sensibly affect u military position
but ! regret the loss Of life. which wal
very heavy. Only IA men were saved
All the officers and the rest Of the
crew, which ordinarily numbered be
tween 700 and 500, perished."
German Naval Victories.
German submarines have sunk tw,
more British steamships and a Ger
man mine has sent to the bottom
British naval collier, according to ad
mission of the British admiralty.
The submarine victims were tn,
merchantmen Malachite and Primo
They were destroyed in the Englisl
channel.
Coming on the heels OF the appall
ing disaster which befell the British
battleship Bulwark, when 1t was blown
up with the loss of more than $50 Off
GERS and men, these new evidences o
hostile naval menace at the very gate
OF London has served to spread con
sternation over England.
Churchill Seeks to AiIays Fear.
A supreme effort to allay the grow
ing terror Of the British people wa
made in an extraordinary speech Il
the house Of commons by Winsto
Churchill, first lord Of the ,.dmiralt,
He reviewed the operations OF the Bri
ish fleet In the war and contrasted tn
present and prospective strength c
the British feet with that of the Ge,
man feet. declaring new warship
were being finished so rapidly H. En-,
land now that Great Britain could los
one d~readnadght every month for
rear and still retain her present 8,
periority v the Germans.
AT the beginning Of the war "
had 81 dreadnaughts and Germany ha
a." Mr., Churchill said. '"We have 10.
six Of our older armed cruisers: Ge
many has lost two. Great Britain ha
36 modern light cruisers: Germany ha
%. We have lost two; Germany ha
lost or interned six; we have adde
six"
Replies to Criticism.
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