The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
SINKING OF THE YORCk d
due TO GERMAN Mine
Destruction OF Cruiser Is Heaviest
Loss Yet Sustained by
llaiser's Navy.
sC.yNT DETAILS AVAILABLE,
Wilhelmshnven Report shows 2GO
Men Missing, While 3s4, Including
Commander and First Officer, Were
Taken Off by Another Vessel.

tDllRLIN., November G {(Nia Rome) 49,
Only tlie1 sc5nticst uthentIcq details loc
the sinKinGi OF he tieifpaa cruiser
sYcIeS slasn ayailabls hare.,@1. 10. :, al !.
miro q hns received from \ ayilheins-
haven .litrlo9 beyond tho,
OF the Time nnu place or tile, accident
and the. number oe. men saved.
/! "A, fullor report, 1t; is expected, Will,
probably. abe available soon. 1t is
definitely announced, however, that the
sinking was, due to German mine, ana
not TO hostile attack. The ship, which,
was under way. presumably swung out
side OF the channel through; Il mine
field and touched one OF the. powerful
German mines, whion made short work
of the big. cruiser. The conduct of the
crew. in thc.,'moment OF disaster Ia
described as exemplary, and there is
much regret over. the destruction OF the
icrulser--Tthc heaviest Individual loss as
yet sustained by tho German navy.
The loss OF tho YorcK Is counter
balanced. in the German opinion, by-the
news Of the daring. raid OF. n German
squadron intp' British home waters to
indul ge In what is described here Sas'
n bit OF rat huntiJig on its own ac-,
count = ,1a
The report from the commander of
the squadron stntes that the Germans
suffered no loss or damage to- men, or,
material, and returned safely TO it's
bpse. 'zf
TO DRAW PURsUERS>
INTO DIFFICULTIES
The. retircment OF tito German,
squadron, IL is stated here, may not i'm.
properly be described in, tho much
abused term as strategic rctire-
ment," designed To draw It's pursuers
Into difficulties. The names of the
German ships engaged Will not be pub
lished, and there Is tho same reticences
regarding tho identity OF the Submarine
which sank tho cruiser Hermes.
In well Informed quarters the Brlt-
ish report OF the sinking OF u German
submarine by the destroyer Badger liz
strongly questioned. So far as known,
no German submarines have been do
stroycd, beyond those whose loss was
reported earlier. Il
Thn; admiralty autllorized positive
denial OF the assumption that the mines
Off tile northwestern coast of Ireland
were laid by commercial steamers under
neutral flag. The mines, It Is stated,
were laid in a manner fully conform
able to tho usaGss of war. The eX-
ploits OF the German submarines and
the appearance OF u German squadron
at Yarmouth, 1t is pointed out, arc
the clearest indications that Germany
\
methods to conduct activities In Brit
ish waters.
Tho British announcement wnrnins
neutral ships against using the north
crp entrances to the North Sea Is re-
sardel hero as merely step In tho
campaign to control neutral shipping
which might possibly benefit German
industry, and is not based on actual
danger. The potcntialitics OF mine
laying in those regions, it Is said arc
null because Of tho depth
OF tho water. Ittis also stated that
the route recommended by tho British
via the channel. OH the contrary liz
infested with mines, while the southern
half of tho North Sea bristies with
floating mines torn loose from their
anchorage. ~
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REPORTS 'N5
30, - 2BG OF CREW MISSING
BERLIN, November (via The Hague
and London "a Wilheimshaven re-
port shows that 26GS men arc missing
from tho, crew OF tho German eruiser
Yorck, which was sunk recently off
the North Soa coast of Germany aa
q result of accidental contact withfa
German mine. Throo hundred and
eighty-four members OF the crew, In
Guiding tho commander and rthe frat
0hlcer, were taken OFF by.unother vessel.
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