Show BRITISH DESTROYER BlOWN BLON UP BY MINE Crew and Rescuers Captured by Germans and Taken Prisoners to Zeebrugge London May Iy 8 The S.-The Tho following official of ot- communication was Issued this evening nJ While hile hUe operating off ot the Belgian coast the torpedo boat destroyer Maori Commander B. B W. W Barrow Royal navy struck a mine about two miles mies northwest northwest northwest north north- west of ot the tho lightship The crew took to the boats when the ship was sinking Tho The torpedo boat oat destroyer Crusader Lieutenant Commander G. G D. D L. L In command which was In company compan with wih the Maori lowered her boats to assist In picking up Ut the crew of the Maori but tho the enemy enem then opened fire from shore batteries batteries bat- bat teries erles an and the Crusader CrUsader after atter aCer being beinG under fire tro for tor an hour and arni half hal had to leave her boats and retire It I Is reported front from German sources that tho the crew of ot the Maori and tho the boats' boats crews of ot the Crusader seven Crusader seven officers and eighty eight men In all all all- 31 were taken prisoners prisoner into Zeebrugge The Maori was 30 feet long and of ot 1035 tons displacement She Sho was built buit In n 1909 and her complement was wag se sev zev- ent enty ono one men She was armed with two Inch four-Inch suns guns uns and two torpedo tu tubes b Cs Submarine Returns Softly Safely London May 8 The S.-The The British admiralty nIt alt alty this evening Issued the following official statement The Thc statement published recently by bythe bythe bytho the tho German authorities that a 3 British submarine had been sunk In an encounter encounter encounter en en- counter with wIh a a German airship Is false On the contrary the submarine has now returned uninjured and reports that hat she damaged the tho airship by gunfire gunfire gun gun- Sun Sun- fire tre and drove her off ott |