Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-03
Frauenlob, Rammend by Ger,
man Ship, Goes Down with
354 Of Her Crew
CRUISER ELBING ALSO
REPORTED DESTROYED
Great Super-dreadnaught Hin
denburg Is Also Reported
As Sunk

london, June 3.--The British de-
strOyer Shark has been sunk ana a
number of her crew lost in big bat
tie in the North sea. Survivors landed
at -ull by Dutch ship declared forty
warships were engaged Il the fight
and that the Shark was used as a de-
coy for the British fleet.
Unofficial Holland dispatches report
the loss of tne German cruiser Sbling.
Forty warships took part in the en-
gagement.
ith reports of these aau- onal
losses also came dispatches tenng how
DOuies of hundreds of British and Ger
man sailors were seen floating in the
water near the scene of the engage
ment bv neutral ships which arrived
during Wednesday and Thursday.
All England was to-day anxously
awaiting further details from the nd.
miralty, but aside from a late state.
ment admitting the loss of six destroy.
ers, first reported as missing, no later
statement had been issued early today
than the initial announcement Of loss.
.es made yesterday.
Unofficial details of the right drift
ing in from various points thrilled all
England. One Holland dispaten indi.
Gated that the German fleet swooped
down on the smaller vessels OF the
British fleet at the opening of the
engagement. The British were hope
lessly Outnumbered until the grand
fleet appeared, and with thousands of
guns roaring and hurting tons of shells
against the German armada, the kais-
er S vessels were forced to retreat.
Frauenlob Sunk s. Drown
The steamer Thames, arriving at the
Hook of Holland, reported picking up
eleven survivors Of tae crew OF the
German cruiser Frauenlob. They were
floating on rafts. The Frauenlob. the
survivors said, was sunk by -,ritish
torpedo at a. III. The torpedo struck
squarely in the engine room and the
crew Immediately jumped overheard.
oCOries Of the Frauenlob S survivors
indicaGe that 354 of her crew perished.
Of the 1865 men who leaped into the
water when he vessal sank, only 10
were able to get aboard of rafts which
were cut adrift The remainder sank
from exhaustion and were drowned.
Many were badly wounded before be-
! ing forced to leap from ,.-e ship s
deck. Of the ls reported to have
reached RATS, eight are unaecounted
for.
From Copenhagen and Dutch ports
came dispatches today bringing trag-
mentary details of the term fight.
Fishermen arriving off Os- report
passing through Helds of bodies Of
both British and German sailors. WITH
| fifteen British ships now reported de-
stroyed. the total losses are expected 10
amount into the thousands. No esti.
mates Of casualties lias yet been made
by the admiralty however, and-it prob
ably will days before any de,,nitely
accurate estimates can be made.
The l4Jling, German, Sunk
From early reports it is obvious that
survivors have been landed at a dozen
different ports. Dutch dispatches re-
ported the landing at Ymuiden of six
officers and twelve members OF tAe
crew Of tho German cruiser Ebling
This ship was not reported destroyed
in either the German or British admir-.
atty Statements. The survivors de-
elared, however, that the Ebling was
rammed by another German ship which
! rescued the remainder of her crew
british survivors are also said to be
enroute nere aboard trawler.
In the face of the heavy losses ad.
mittedly suffered by British, Engllnd
stands grimly determined, and conf
dence in the fleet remains mistaken.
In selubs, government offices aud
from men in every walk Of life, comes
the expression that while the British
suffered the greater losses. the en-
counter need not be regarded as a de.
feat az the Germans were forced to flee
as soon as the full force Of England s
Grand fleet could be ,rought into ac-
ton
trermans Had As Ships
Facing superior force, the light
cruisers, battle cruisers and destroy
ers fought gallantly, disposing Of ships
Of their own class, despite the low Wis
ibiity favoring the Germans. The in.
ference is drawn that the greltest exc
Icution was done by the German battle
ships which were in action from the
start, but that once their equals in ar
lmament drew near tney retired
Copenhagen dispatches declare thai
the steamer NaesDorg arriving there
reported that the German fleet consist