The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-03
ENTIRE CREWS
BELIEVED LOST
,w,cER DETAILS OF BIG NORTH
era RATTLE ACCOUNT FOR :.
ONLY FEW SURVIVORS.
BRITISH Loss GREAT
:, Addition to the Number of YES
sells First Reported Lost the De-
stroyer Shark Is Reported to
Have Been Sunk.

LONDON. June 3.--The British
dexroyer Shark was sunk and a
number of her crew perished I'm the
hv hattie In the North sea on We'd
nestlay. May 81. Survivors from the
shark were landed at Hull today by
Dutch ships.
II is estimated that about forty
Warships took part in the engage
ment and the Shark was used as a
dccoy for the British fleet.
The cable reporting the loss OF
the shark as passed by the British
0nsor did not make clear whether
the vessel was sunk I'm the encoun-
tv on MAY 81 or whether 1t was
sunk in another fight. The Shark
was of the same class ns the Spar
row Hawk and Ardent and others
reported lost by the admiralty. The
yessel was of 035 tons. She carried
three four-inch guns and four tor
redo tubes. Her normal complement
vas 100 men and officers.
Unofficial Holland dispatches re-
port the loss of the German cruiser
Elbinz. Forty warships participant
ed In the encounter
With the reports of these addi-
ional losses came dispatches stating
that scores of bodies of British ana
German sailors were seen floating
On the water near the scene of the
battle by neutral steamers arriving
at Holland ports.
All England today anxiousiy
awaited additional details of the
battle from the admiralty. Aside
from the statement admitting the
loss Of six destroyers no later state
ment has been issued.
Unofficial details of the defeat OF
the British fleet coming from vari-
Gus sources have thrilled al! Eng
land. One Holland dispatch indi-
Gated that the German squadron
swooped down on the smaller ves-
@is OF the British fleet and that the
British vessels were Outnumbefed
until the grand fleet approached.
Then with thousands of guns roar
ing and the British hurting shells
against the German warships the
kalser's fleet was forced to retire.
The steamer Thames, arriving at
me Nook of Holland, reported pick
ing up eleven members Of the crew
d the German craiser Frauenlob.
iney were floating on RATS. The
fnuenlob, survivors said, was sunk
" a British torpedo at one O'Clock
The morning. The torpedo struck
ae engine room and the crew leap
" overheard. According to stories
"m BY the survivors of the Frauen-
"o Sof OF the crew of 800 perish
!" Only nineteen of the men who
Aaped into the water were able "a
:" ahoard RATS cut loose from the
''sei The remainder sank from
'1naastion and were drowned. Many
'7e badly injured before they were
a''eu to leap from the decks ol
4~ vessel. or the nineteen report
!" E" have reached RATS eight are
aaecoanted for.
miy fragmentary details Of the
shter are lifting in.
Fishermen arriving 81. 'siorg re-
'"a passing through fields oi
'"e> of british and German sail.
~
with fifteen British vessels ne.
WI is>s the lo~s of life il expect
Mount into the thousands. VI
"f the casualties ha~ vet
made and IL will prohahl, II
days before any definite ant
se estimates can be made
eariy reports ia j. ohyiau~ thai
''fs hate ssesa landed at io<
n''@r~ns ports.
dispatches reported th'
az Nmaisfea 80 ~gN ofiiret'
N~ m~n of the crew "a tb'
cruiser EIbiax. TLi~ war
4 n"s reported L,~t nv sithsi