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About 100 lives were lost In the sink
ing by German submarines OF the
African liner Falaba and the British
steamer Aguila, bound from Liverpool
for Lisbon
The Falaba which was torpedoed
in ST. Georges channel Sunday az
ternoon carried a crew OF ninety and
about 100 PASSENGERS and Of this to-
tai only l40 were rescued, OF those
rescued eight died later from eX-
posure
The Agulla had a crew of forty
two and three passengers, and OF
these twenty-three of the crew and
All the passensers were lost.
In both eases on sighting the sub
marine the captain tried to escape
by putting on al speed possible, but
the underwater craft overlook the
steamers, showing that Germany now
has some OF her most modern sub
marines engaged In the blockade OPP
cratons against England.
No Chance Tor Their Lives.
The captain Of the lfalaha, who
was one OF those lost WAS given five
minutes TO get hia pasaengers and
crew into the bouts, but, according
W AlAf HhA NiNNAht HfANA' Aiil1 was Hbb~
Rible a torpedo was fired. striking
the engine room and causing terri
bic explosion Many persons were
killed and the steamer sank in ten
minutes.
Trawlers which happened to be In
the vicinity rescued most of those
who were saved others got away in
the boats which were ready for
launching and which were quickly
lowered when the order was given Co
abandon the ship
Those who were still on the steam
er when the explosion occurred We're
thrown into the sea, and il took the
fishermen an hour or more To pick
up the persons IN the water who
managed to keep themselves afloat.
Opens Fire on Agulla.
The Aguila was attacked off the
Pembrokrshire coast The subma-
rine, which In this case was the U-2S,
opened fire with her gun. shells from
which killed woman passenger, the
chief engineer and two of the crew.
Even after the crew had commenced
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.
! Ilt fUDiNlil VI Allf llNWi'i NAAtiiNf
whom the commander of the subma-
rine told of the sinking Of the Aguila,
went 10 the rescue and picked up
three boats containing - of the crew,
The fourth boat which contained the
other members Of the crew could not
be found and II Is presumed that she
foundcred On their arrival at Fish
guard several OF the crew wore
hnndngcs. having been wounded by
the fire from the submarine.
Another Dutch steamer, the AM
stel. uf 4g5 tons. has been blown up,
but her crew was rescued.
l5ombards Bosphorus Forts.
Outside Of the sinking of these
steamers the only events of import
.ance news OF which was received dur
ing the day, were the renewal of ac-
.tNlb bv tho Russian BLACK sea fleet
which bombarded the forts. on the
Bosphorus. and the announcement
from Petrograd that the Baltic fleet
had been reinforced by modern fight
ing units, presumably dreadnaughts
built IN Russian yards,
The battles for the Carpathian
passes are proceeding with ever-in-
crcasing violence. The Russians are
iu complete possession of the western
passes and are advancing into Hun
gary. but the eastern passes remain
in the hands of the Germanic allies.
who, however, are belng strongly
pressed by their reinforced adyer-
salies
The situation is unchanged in east
Galicia and Bukowlna In north Po-
land the Germans claim To have
driven the Russiaus from Tauroggen,
which thcS stormed.
IN the west, the mine warfafe
continues without any important
changes in the position of the two
armies
At the request of the ship yard
owners the British chancellor of the
cXchcqucr has promised TO submit 60
the cabinet proposal to prohihit
the sale ot intoxicating liquors in
Great Britain during the war.