The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-14
ENGLISH and
French EACH
LOSE CRUISER
Find Lone Survivor of Crew of
375 on Raft.
Mine Sinks Pride of British
Navy Near Home.
AUSTRIAN AER0PL LANE KILLS 10
Drops Bombs on Italian Cities I;
Women Victims.
British Steamship Is TOrpedOed
without Warming.
Drops Bombs on Italian Cities
Women Victims.

Paris, Feb. 14.-Three hundred and
seventy -four lives were lost when
French cruiser Admiral Charner was
sunk off the Syrian coast. The dispatch
confirming the loss of the cruiser to-
day said that only one man out of
375 aboard was saved.
The ministry of marines gave out n
statement last night expressing fear
for the safety of the Admiral Charner,
a 1850 ton cruiser.
Reports of the loss of the French
cruiser were confirmed today by in
formation received at the French min
iStry of marine, stating a raft bearing
one live sailor and the bodies of IA of
his companions had been picked up off
the coast of Syria.
The rescued man said the Admiral
Charner was sunk on the morning of
! February s. He declared there was no
time to use the hfeboats.
Arethusa Gallant Fighter
London. Feb. 14.-The British cruis-
er Arethusa, which has figured in
some of the most thrilling English ma
val exploits of the war. has struck a
mine off the east coast The admiral
ty announced this afternoon that she
is total wreck. Ten of her crew were
lost.
The Arethusa was a light cruiser dis
placing $500 tons. She was 40 feet
long. 80 feet beam and had a mean
draft of IA feet. The vessel was built
in 1913. The cruiser was armed with
I two 6-inch gunrs fore and aft and
six finch guns on the broadside. She
torpedo tubes.
She sank the BIuecher
The Arethusa had not been out of
her builders hands As hours before
she took part in one of the most i'm
portant naval battles in the North sea.
Z -, fN,a ,ff
Heligoland, August 2S, 1914. In this
battle three German cruisers and two
German torpedo boat deStroyerS were
sunk. 1t was a torpedo from the Are
thusa which struck the battered Ger
man cruiser Bluecher and sent her to
the bottom in the great North sea bat
lie between British and German squad
rons on January "a, 1915.
Rome. Feb. 14.-It is officially an
nounced that Austrian aeroplanes on
Saturday dropped bombs on Condi-
goro. Botelighe and Ravenna. Fifteen
persons were killed and a number
wounded, including many women and
children.
| Renew Air Raid Today
! London, Feb, IA Reuter- dis
patch from Milan says six persons
were killed and several injured by
/ bombs dropped from aeroplanes which
! appeared over the city this morning.
/ The dispatch says several aeroplanes
took part in the raid, which was made
at a. m. Anti-aircraft guns opened
a heavy fusillade and the aeroplanes
disappeared after dropping bombs.
The material damage was small.
The casualties were ali among civil
ians
Milan is the second largest city of
Italy, with a population of about 500,-
! 600. 1t has some of the finest churches
! of Europe including the celebrated ca
| thedral, Mariae Nasoenti. Its galleries
contain many valuable works of art.
London. Feb. IA Reuter- dis
patch from Malta states that the Brit
ish steamship Springwell. bound for
India, has been torpedoed without
warning and sunk. The crew was land
ed safely.
The Springwell was a steel screw
steamer OF 5,593 registered tonnage
out of Newcastle