Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-05
BRITAIN LOSES
SECOND WARSHIP
Explosion Entirely Destroys Bull
Wark, With Crew Of Nearly
Eight Hundred Men.
REAL CAUSE IS UNKNOWN
Only IA of the Men on Board Saved
Petrograd Claims Victory In Po-
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 28.-The British
battleship Bulwark was blown up
Thursday while lying at its mornings
in Sheerness harbor.
About eight hundred lives were lost,
gs the vessel sank before the dense
sioud Of smoke and fame cleared
away. Fourteen members of the crew
escaped death and were picked up by
vessels which quickly came to the
scene.
Next to the dreadnaught Audacious.
sunk by a mine off the north coast of
Ireland on October q. the Bulwark is
the most serious single loss that the
British navy has SO far suffered in the
war.
Plan to SLIT Disaster.
1t is believed that the Bulwark's ex-
plosion occurred in the ships forward
magazine. Whether 1t was caused by
accident or design Is 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
great that on some Of the other yes
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 were shaken and windows broken.
Pieces Of the ship even were thrown
six or seven miles on the Essex shore.
The Bulwark. which was one Of the
older battleships. cost G1.OOO,O0O
tS5,O0OOO0). 1t displaced $1,000 tons
and had been in service about fifteen
years
Churchill Announces Loss.
London. Nov 27--lt was officially
announced by Winston Spencer
Churchill. first lord of the admiralty
that the British battleship Bulwarh
had been blown up of Sheerness. on
the Thames, IS miles down the river
from London.
A vice-admiral and a rear-admira
who we're at Sheerness reported that
they were convinced that the disaster
was caused by magazine explosion
Mr.. Churchill, speaking in the house
of commons concerning the disaster
said: The loss OF the ship does no
sensibly affect our military position
but l regret the loss of life, which wat
very heavy. Only IA men we're saved
All the officers and the rest of tn,
crew. which ordinarily numbered be
tween TOO and 500. persisted"
German Naval Victories.
German submarines have sunk tw,
more British steamships and a GEL
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 appal
fng disaster which befell the Britis
battleship Bulwark. when It was blow
up with the loss of more than $50 of
GERS and men, these new evidences c
hostile naval menace at the very gate
of London has served to spread COZ
sternation over England
Churchill Seeks to Alays Fear.
A supreme effort to allay the grow
ing terror of the British people wa
made In an extraordinary speech
the house of commons by Winsto
Churchill. first lord Of the admiralt,
He reviewed the operations of the Bri
fish feet in the war and contrasted Ia
present and prospective strength {
the British fleet with that of the GeI
man feet declaring new warship
were being finished so rapidly Il. Ems
land now that Great Britain could los
one dreadnaught every month for
year and still retain her present $,
periority over the Germans.
AT the beginning of the war w
had 81 dreadnaughts and Germany Ia
81, Mr. Churchill said. I'VE have los
six of our older armed cruisers: Ger
many has lost two Great Britain ha
&c modern light cruisers; Germany ha
%. We have lost two; Germany ha
lost or informed six; we have adde
six"
Replies to Criticism.
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