The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-30
ONE HUNDRED ANDFIFTY LOST
Vessels Were Fired on Before Pas seneers and Crew Had Time to Get Off in Boats-Many Were Picked Up in Sea by Fishing Trawler

London March 29-l0:15 D. m.-I Upward of l50 lives were lost in the
 sinking by German submarines of the
 African liner Faaba and the British steamer Aguia bound from Liverpool
 for Lisbon. The Falaba, which was torpedoed in St. Georges channel Sunday afternoon, carried crew of
 90 and about l6o passengers. and of
 this total only 140 were rescued. Of.
 those rescued eight died later from exposure
 The Aguila had a crew of 42 and
 three passengers, and Of these 23 of
 the crew and all the passengers were
 lost
 In both cases on sighting the sub
 marine the captain tried to escape by putting on all speed possible, but the underwater craft overlook the steam.
 CTS, showing that Germany now has some of her most modern submarines
 engaged in the blockade operations against England.
 The captain of the Falaba who was one of those lost, was given five minutes to get his passengers and crew into the boats. but according to | the survivors before this was possible a torpedo was fired, striking the en- zine room and causing a terrible ex-
 plosion. Many persons were killed and the steamer sank in ten minutes
 Trawlers which happened to be in 1 the vicinity rescued most of those
 who were saved; others got away in
 the boats, which were ready for
 launching and which were quickly 1 lowered when the order was given to l abandon the ship.
 Those who were still on the steamer
 when the explosion occurred were thrown into the sea and it took the fishermen an hour or more to pick up | the persons in the whater who man. aged to keep themselves afloat The Aguila was attacked off the Pembrokeslire coast The submarine. which in this case was the UPS, opened fire with her guns. shells from which killed a woman passenger, the chief engineer and two Of the crew Even after the crew had commenced i to lower the boats, according to the story of the survivors, the Germans
 kept up their fire and some of the boats were riddled with bullets. The captain of the trawler Ottilie whom the commander of the subma rine told of the sinking of the | Aguila, went to the rescue and picked uD three boats containing l9 of the crew. The fourth boat, which con-
 tained the other members of the
 crew, could not be found, and it is presumed that she foundered. On their arrival at Fishbuard several of
 the crew wore bandages. having been
 wounded by the fire from the sub marine.
 Another Dutch steamer the Amstel, of 495 tons. has been blown up by a
 mine off Flamborough Head, but her crew was rescued.
 Outside of the sinking of these steamers the only events of impor
 tance news of which was received during the day were the renewal of activities by the Russian Black sea fleet, which bombarded the forts on the Bosphorus, and the announcement from Petrograd that the Baltis fleet
 had been reinforced by modern fight ing units presumably dreadnoughts
 waich were built in Russian yards The battles for the Carpathians passes are proceeding with ever in-
 creasing violence. The Russians are
 in complete possession Of the western
 passes and are advancing into Hun
 gary, but the eastern passes remained
 in the hands of the Germanic allies, who, however, are being strongly
 pressed by their reinforced adver- saries
 The situation is unchanged in East
 Galicia and Bukowina.
 In North Poland the Germans claim
 to have driven the Russians from Taurogeen, which they stormed.
 In the west the mine warfare con
 tinues without any important changes
 in the position of the two armies. At
 the request Of the ship yard owners
 the British chancellor of the eX
 ehequer has promised to submit 10
 the cabinet proposal to prohibit the '