Semi-weekly herald., 1916-03-02

/. N'iNAaAt~
Z The Peninsuar and Oriental off
. ces have announced that there were
119 passengers and 80 members of
the crew on board the ship at the
time.
Two hundred and fifty, including
30 passengers are known to have
been saved and it is hoped there
We're other survivors who have not
been reported yet.
The bodies of Is unidentified wo-
men and children are in the morgue
at Dover. Forty of the dead
have been identified.
Government officials are investi-
eating the possibility that the ship
struck mine that had been recently
sown by a vessel flying neutral
flag.
The captain and eight sailors of
the Wilson liner Dido which was sunk
Saturday, have been washed up on
the Lincolnshire coast.
Seven other vessels have met dis
aster in the last two days from sub
marines, mines and fires.
LONDON, Feb 20. - Suddenly
shifting their attack, the Germans
launched heavy drive toward Yer
dun from the southeast, aiming to
squeeze the French out by a threat
of development. This drive succeed
ed in capturing the villages of Man
he..lles, and Champion.
The advancing German lines on the
northeast CT Verdun hcyc passed D..
pha, Abaepurt and Blanzee.
The French have reported a visible
slackening of the onslaughts against
Pepper heights.
Dutch sources estimate that 160,-
600 Germans have been killed, and
wounded or are missing since the be-
ginning of the assault on Verdun.
A Berlin report says the French
captured there amount to 1900 men
6S canon and sc machine guns,
Paris has reiterated the report that
the French have recaptured the rl-
ins of Fort Douaumont.
German prisoners describe how the
kaiser stood for six hours in a raw
sleet storm on a hill four miles from
Douaumont and witnessed the terrible
battering Of the German howitzers,
The craters caused by the eXplod
ing shells were filled with dead and
wounded. Tho wounded We're crush
ed under the weight of the bodies of
their dead friends.
The German and French dead min
gled in piles that were covered from
The sight OF the survivors by man
tle OF snow.
In a village, on the plain outside of
The fort the two armies are now en-
gaged in a hand to hand fight over
piles OF dead.
a Dutch report says the hospitals
of the German cities are overflowiog
with wounded, some OF whom are ter
iibly manged and suffering intense
agony. Many have both arms or both
legs shot away and some have parts
of their face blown off, while still
others have their eyes shot out.
1t is reported that 5000 German
corpses were found in one pile, which
extended for two miles across the
plain.
PERTOGRAD, Feb. 29.-The Rus
SLAMS are approaching from two direc-
lions and the Turks are hastily evac-
uating Trebizond, according to re-
ports from the neighboring town of
Tiflis.
PARIS, Feb. 29.-The French aux
iliary cruiser Provence was sunk Sat
urday in the Mediterranean sea.
There were 1,S0O persons on boarc
the vessel at the time. OF these
$40 were saved. 1t is not announce
whether or not it was summarized.
The cruiser was used as trans
port.
Two hundred and ninety-six oil
the survivors landed at Malta, and
400 on the Greek island oil Melos,
Ten boats are now at the scene of
the disaster seaehing for additional
survivors.
1t is believed that the ship was
the former transatlantic liner Prov
ence, a ship of 10000 tons displace-
men and 500 feet long.
The Provence was probably trans
porting troops to or from Salonika.
DOVER, Feb. 29.-Chief Officer
Forbes testified at the inquest that
the Molaja was summarized and not
sunk by mine as reported at first