Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-28
GERMANY ADDS
THREE MORE SHIPS
TO ITS WAR TOLL
British Naval Collier and
Two Merchantmen Sent
to Bottom.
MINE GETS ONE; OTHERS
VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE
New Evidences of Menace at
Gates of London Spread
CONSERVATION.
SEVERE SHOCK TO CONFIDENCE
Official Secret Inquiry TO Learn
Cause of Disaster to the
Bulwark.
SEVERE SHOCK TO CONFIDENCE
Official Secret Inquiry TO Learn
Cause OF Disaster to the
Bulwark.

Especial Cable TO The Times Dispatch.]
LONDON Novembe: 2I.-Germar
submarines have sunk two more Brit
ish steamships, and Il German mine
has sent to the bottom British naval
collier, according TO official admission
OF the British admiralty to-day.
The submarines victims were the
merchantmen Malachite and Primo
They were destroyed in the English
Channel. Their crews were saved. that
of the Malachitc being landed at
Southampton, and the officers and men
of the Primo reaching Facamp, thirty
five miles from Dleppc, In France.
The Ilhartoum struck "a mine oft
Grimsby. on the south bank OF the
Humber. fifteen miles southeast of
Hull. The golfers crew was landed
ut Grimsby.
Submarines which escaped -the Brit
ish naval bombardment. Of Zeebrugge,
the y-establish ed German subma-
rine base on the Belgian coast. early
In the week, are believed. to have sent
the two steamships to the bottom. y,
Coming on the heels of the appall-
Ing disaster which befell the British
battleship BulWark. when II was
blownIup with the. loss OF more than
57SQ oficsrs and men, these new evil
dences4of hostiie naval. menace at TIE
very. gatess Ct 4 sIstido has aarved TO
S-SONElDESNeJk1. ~ ~. --fs..fN
GIVEN SEVERE SHOCK
Despite official Assurances that the
military situation of..England is not
materially affected by the monotonous
destruction of British lighting ships
and merchant vessels blythe German
under sea terrors. public confidence
has, been given another severe shock.
and the British press is insisting upon
further measures Of protection. in
British waters. ~
according to report by Lloyd's.. the
Malachite was torpedoed while off
Hayre, while the steamer, which lis
out of Glasgow. and is of 71s tons.
was bound from liverpool to Hayre
laden with general cargo.
The Lloyd's report of the sinking Of
the Primo, n vessel of 1866 tons. says
she was. struck OFF Cape d'Antifer,
France. In the channel. ~,
Lloyd's. says a German submarine
sank each, of these vessels. 3,h
While the sinking OF the collier
khartoum represents an, insignificant
loss. as far as It's value as n naval
unit is concerned. the fact that IL
struck a milne so close to the English
coast on tho day after the sinking OF
the Bulwark mysterious disaster.
caused considerable alarm.
Eight bodies. of the Victims OF the
Bulwark have been identified among
the thirty already recovered Those
Identified include that OF Captain Guy
L. Sclater. commander of the battls-
ship. Most of the remains were SO
horribly mutilated. however. that
recognition was out of the question.
TIIRONGs WAIT ALL DAY
WHILE BODIES ARRIVE
Great throngs OF men, women and
children. relatives and friends Of the
officers and men of the Bulwarl, waited
all day on the docks OF the harbor at
Sheerness while the bodies were being
brought In. Many. pitiful scenes were
enacted. Hundreds of the bodies prob
ably never will be recovered unless
divers so beneath the water 10 Olsen.
tanglc them from rthe twisted and
warped frame OF what was once the
flagship of the Mediterranean fleet.
An official secret inquiry was started
to-day to learn the cause OF the dis
aster The task is a battling one, ia
OF those who We're aboard the ship or
near 1t at the time of the explosion
there Is not Il soul alive to tell the
story. SO far all Is theories. The Of
fetal admiralty circle still adheres. to
the explanation that the explosion was
internal and accidental Tho public
is torn with doubt. and there nrc heard
on every side stories of Spontaneous
combustion, of corditc or lyditte: of
German spies at work aboard the ship:
OF treachery among the crew; OF the
secret Visit Of stealthy submarine
all arc theories. There Is none to tell
how the Eulwark was. sunk. The
mystery Will outlivc, it is believed, the
mystery Of the sinking OF the Maine