South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
German Decree Has Been in e.
feet Three Days = British
Steamer TOrpedOed and Nor
wegian Vessel Strikes Mine.
ALLIED FLEET REVIEWS
DARDANELLES ATTACK
Trying to Force a Passage for
Russian ShipS-SuCceSS Will
Bring Them to the Gates of
ConStantinopIe.

LONDON. Feb 2O.-Five merchant
Vessels have been wrecked thus far
since the establishment of the German
admiralty OF the maritime war zone
about the British isles The decree
! mas bzeen in effect for three days TWO
were sunk saturday. They were.
british steamer Cambank OF car
/ diff. torpedoed without warming or
AmlWch bay, Wales by German sub
marine with the loss OF the third en-
gIneer. two firemen and "A sailor who
was drowned while getting into life
boat
Norwegian steamer Bjoerke. which
struck mine in the North sea and
sank. The crew. saved bv "A trawIer.
report the collier was torn 10 pieces
/ 10y the explosion
Those previously sunk were.
Norwegian tank steamer Belridge
/ torpedoed by submarine near
/ Folkestone and beached i'm a badly
! damaged condition
NorWegian steamer Nordkyn sunk
/ by mine i'm the Baltic
French steamer Dinorah. torpedoed
I by a German submarine.
The Cambank was tOrpedOed with
out chance for her crew TO escape. "A
mile east OF Linas point I'm the Irish
sea. about II o'clock this morning.
With the exception OF the four men
lost, the crew and pilot. 20 in all. were
saved.
Largest Yet Destroyed.
The vessel was the largest vet de-
strOyed in the bread war" She was
3Z3 feet long. had a 47-foot beam and
22.6 feet depth OF hold. She was of
5,ll2 tons gross tonnage. She was
/ built in 1899.
When torpedoed she was bound
from Huelva 10 Liverpool with "A car
go of copper. The explosion came as
she was picking up her pilot
A member OF the crew Vividiy de-
scriDed the blowing up OF the vessel.
We were not far from Amlych ora
the north coast of Wales" ne said
we had just taken aboard pilot
and were gathering speed when we
saw periscope about 200 Yards away
from us. We reversed our engines.
but at the same moment the subma-
rine discharged "A torpedo and il hit
us amidship while we were turning.
we got the life boats launched
and managed 10 pull clear before the
1 Cambank sank. Naturally though we
had no time 10 save anything. We
were all scantily attired and were eX-
1 hausted when a boat took us in charge
and towed us into Amlych har3or."
The sailor added that the Cambank
before sinking was able 10 warn "a
liner coming into Liverpool OF the
which ne was unable 20 identify. nut
on fun speed, ne said, and MANAGED
TO reach port safely
Il on Main Route
The presence of German subma-
rines OFF Amych is OF deadly signin-
canoe 10 both British and neutral
shipping. il is pointed out here to-
night. because this is the route which
practically all the Atlantic liners take
ON their way 10 and from Liverpool
Many merchant vessels of an sorts
pass over the route daily.
The Newry shipping cOmpany's
steamers VIII hereafter fv the Irish
flag, according 10 an announcement
made by LlOyd's tonight The move
is admittedly made % win sympathy
IA America. IL being believed that lf "A
vessel flying the Irish fag is torpedOed
Irish Americans viii rise IN masse
against the TeuuOns
Berlin reports by wireless having
received a dispatch from Christiauia
10 the effect that the naval represent
atives OF Scandinavian states at the
four DAYS conference Just concluded
regarding the diminuti0n OF mine
danger, have decided that the mines
thus far examined by them are en-
tirely in accordance with the require
ments OF The Hague convention and
have also proposed "a joint search FOR
mine fields.