The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
German Auxiliary WarShip A.
tackled and Sunk Off Coast
Of South America

London, Sept. 2l.-The British admi-
rally reports that the German protect
ed cruiser Kocngsberg caught the
British light cruiser Pegasus over
hauling her machinery in ZanzIbar
harbor this morning, and attacked
and completely disabled her. The Brit
ish lost heavily.
The German cruiser, while of the
same class as the British. had more
modern guns, which outranged those
of her antagonist. The British loss il
given as twenty-five men killed and
eighty wounded. The admiralty report
says that the Pegasus was attacked by
the Koenigsberg while anchored In
Zanzibar harbor, cleaning boilers and
repairing machinery. The damage done
to the Koenigsberg is not known. She
was last seen steaming To the south
ward.
German Auxiliary Cruiser Sunk.
London, Sept. 21.-The official press
bureau made the following announce
ment tonight:
"The Cunarder Carmania, armed as
an auxiliary cruiser attacked and
sank German armed merchant cruis-
er, either the Cape Trafalgar or the
Berlin, off the east coast of South Am
erica. The survivors of the German
ship were rescued by collier. The
Carmania had nine men killed and
twenty-siX wounded"
The admiralty report says: IA
British auxiliary cruiser Carmania
went into action Sept. IA off the east
coast of South America with Ger.
man armed merchant cruiser supposed
to be the Cape Trafalgar or the Ber-
lin. mounting eight fourinch guns on
POM pons The action lasted one hour
and forty-five minutes, when the Ger
man ship capsizcd and sank, her sur
vivors being rescued by an empty col
lier. OF the Carmania's crew, nine
were killed and five were seriously
wounded.
German Cruiser Holly Engaged.
Berlin. Sept. II, via Amsterdam to
London-That the German cruiser
Stettin had been hotly engaged by
British warships was allowed to be-
come known here today, although no
details we're given out.
Austrian Dreadnought Damaged.
London, Sept. 2l.--A dispatch to the
Evening News from Venice says that
one side of the Austrian dreadnought
Viribus Units was badly damaged in
a fight in the Adriatic. but she es-
capped her pursuers."
The Viribus Units is one of the -four
large ships of the same type in the
Austrian navy. She has a displace-
ment of 10000 tons and carries a crew
OF 1000 men. Her armament consists
of II 12-inch and II 6-inch guns, Ia
12-pounders and four torpedo tubes.
Austrian Torpedo Boat Lost.
Vienna, via Paris, Sept 21.-Aus-
trian torpedo boat No. y was sunk In
the harbor of Pola on Monday last
vi
gardlng the occurrence, which is be-
lieyed to have been due To n boiler
explosion. The crew was rescued.
Fortifying the great naval station o
Pola continues INCREASINGLY, especially
on the land side, where barbed wire
entanglements have been placed.
Austrian Submarine Disappears.
Melbourne, Australia, via London
Sept. 2f.-Rear Admiral Sir George
Patey, commander of the Australian
navy, i'm wireless dispatch To the
government states that submarine
AE-1 disappeared, with all hands on
board. The loss is attributed to acci-
dent. as there was no enemy within
one hundred miles. The submarine hat
crew of thirty-five officers and men