The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-10
268 BRITISH DIE
WHEN WARSH|P IS
SUNK BY NINE
Cruiser Pathfinder Blown to
Atoms in North Sea.
FlFTY-0NE ON VESSEL SAVED
Capt. Francis N. leske and Fifty Of
Crew Rescued by Torpedo Boat
and Fishing Craft-Goeben
Drives Brlton Ashore.

London England, Sept S.-It is
learned on reliable authority that Capt.
Francis NJ. Leake and so Of the crew
of the British cruiser Pathfinder, sunk
in the North sea by mine, have been
saved, The others OF. the crew OF 268
have not been accounted for.
The destruction Of the Pathfinder &C.
Cured about four o'clock In the after
noon at point ten miles northeast Of
Saint Abb's Head, Scotland
While it was patroling the coast the
cruiser struck mine, which exploded
near it's magazine. Trawlers ten miles
distant felt the shock From Eye
mouth, IA miles from the scene of the
explosion, huge cloud Of smoke was
visible on the horizon. A torpedo boat
destroyer was the first to the rescue.
She was followed by the Saint Abb's
motor lifeboat
Literally Blown to Pieces.
The Pathfinder was literally blown
to pieces and the sea was strewn with
wreckage.
The devastating effect of the eXplo-
sion is emphasized in the report of
Coxswain Nesbit of the Saint Abh's
motor lifeboat. He said that for mile
and half the water was strewn with
wreckage OF every conceivable de.
scription.
A message received in London states
that in addition to the motor lifeboat
several steam drifters hurried to the
spot where the Pathfinder sank.
Find Dead and Wounded.
About ninety of the crew of the
Pathfinder dead and wounded were
picked up by torpedo boats and taken
to hospital at the naval base. Cap
tain Leake and several other officers
were saved According to official all
nouncement, the casualties among the
officers were one killed, eight missing,
one seriously wounded and one slight.
ly wounded
Graphic Story of Explosion.
The skipper of a trawier who wit
messed the blowing up OF the Pathfind-
er from a distance of less than three
miles later reached Berwick. He said.
II was on deck and the men below
getting meal when our vessel was
suddenly shaken. l turned in the d.
rection OF the report and saw the
cruiser In a perpendicular position
amidst fountain Of smoke, water and
steam. Her stern was uppermost She
poised thus only for moment ard
then came another explosion, and the
Pathfinder was practically blown to
atoms. She went down in less than
four minutes from the time she struck
the mine. The work of rescue began
Immediately, and within an hour there
were on the scene five destroyers, four
trawlers and six steam critters.
Wreckage Nearly All Atoms.
I'VE picked up all the survivors we
could find and then remained long
time searching amid the wreckage. so
terrific was the explosion that only one
piece Of wreckage was found large
enough to support the weight OF a
man"
Goeben Drives Rriton Ashore.
Washington, Sept. S.-A battle be-
tween the British criser Warrior and
the German cruiser Goeben in the
Bosporus, in which the Warrior was
chased to shore and stranded, is re-
ported In wireless dispatch to the
German embassy. The dispatch con-
tains no details.
Interest was added to the report by
the fact that the Goeben and the
cruiser Breslau were reported to have
been sold to Turkey after they took
refuge in the Dardanelles when chased
by British and French warships In the
Mediterranean at the beginning of
the war. II the cruiser is really In the
possession of Turkey the dispatch
means a conflict between British and
Turkish ships and the entrance Of
Turkey into the war.
British Cruisers Beaten.
San Francisco, Sept S-The first
naval engagement in far Eastern wa
tiers prior to August 8 resulted In the
British cruisers Lancashire and Hamp-
shire being badly battered by the Ger
man cruisers Gneisenau and Schorn-
horst, according to advices received
when the steamship China arrived.
On August the British cruisers
steamed into Hongkong with hulls rid
died, superstructures shot away. the
decks running red with blood and
many OF the crew dead.