The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-30
sink THREE Ships
SUBMARINES SUCCESSFULLY At
TACKS BRITISH FLEET.
SHOCKS ENGLISH NATION

SHOCKS ENGLISH NATION
Five German Vessels Sneak Upon
English Cruisers and Successfully
Attack Three Of Eneny-Two Sab
marines Reported to Have Gone
Under Ships Of Older Type.
A daring raid Of German subma-
rines across the North Sea, winch
resulted Tuesday in the sinking OF
the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue
and Cressy, has diverted attention
momentarily from the battlehelds OF
the continent.
The crews of all three OF the
sunken warships were composed
largely of naval reservists. The
Aboakir was the first ship struck.
About o'clock in the morning she
received three torpedoes and the ex-
plosion blew out a large section OF
the bottom at the bow, capsizing the
ship. The crew had no time to
launch hfeboats and tried to save
themselves by jumping. The boat
was out of sight beneath the waves
within three or four minutes after
Z the explosion.
The Hogue, which was nearby,
heard the explosion and Immediately
I launched hfeboats to save the swim
ming survivors but while this was
going on the Hogue herself was tor
pedoed, apparently in the same man
ner as the Aboukir, three shots
Z reaching her hull according to sur
3 yivors. The Hogue sunk in a few
8 minutes but the greater part OF her
crew were saved in their own boats.
The Cressy at this point discover
ed the presence Of two German sub
marines on the way to attack her
and began shelling them with heavy
projectiles. The Cressy's marksman-
3 ship was excellent and both subma-
rines were demolished. Meanwhile,
from the other side, the Cressy her
self was torpedoed in two places and
sank Immediately. When the attack
occurred the cruisers were steaming
in a line ahead three miles apart
The sailors, far from being dis
couraged at the mishap, express the
conviction that Admiral Jelicoe now
will teach the Germans lesson and
that the ships of the line when they
come into action will amply avenge
the destruction of the cruisers.
Special praise is given Captain
Voorharn of the Flora by survivors.
With only IS men in his crew he
q carried ont the work Of rescue with
the greatest skill. Owing to the
roughness Of the sea the task of tax
ing on board men stiff with cold was
extremely difficult and many of them
had to be handed up by means Of
ropes.
This was one Of the things the
navy had been led to expect, for the
Germans frankly had avowed that
their plan was to reduce British
naval superioritw by submarine raids
and the sowing Of mines. and they
: have been training their young OFF,
GERS for salHes of this kind.
Nevertheless, it came as a shock to
EngIishmen that big ships such as
those sunk could so easily be attack
ed and destroyed while the German
feet has remained in safety in its
mine and fortress protected harbors.
The British feet must keep the seas
to insure Great .Britain's food supply
and in doing so must run great risk.
The Cressy, Capt Robert ". john
son; the Aboukir, Capt. John E.
Drummond, and the Hogue, Capt.
Wilmot S. Nichson, were sister ships.
They were armored cruisers Of a
comparatively obsolete type and
were built II years ago.
The Aboukir, Hosue and Cressy
each had displacement Of $4,000
tons. Each was 40 feet long and
6s.5 feet wide, drew rs feet of water
and had complement Of 755 men,
including officers.
The ornaments consisted of two
9.2-inch guns, - 6-inch guns, II 12-
poundeds and FIVE 3-pounders each.
The Aboukir and the .Cressy were
!. built at Govan and the Hogue at Bar
row.
The lists of the casualties among
the crews will be published as soon
as they are known. The loss of .iife
probably will be heavy.
Neither the time nor the scene of
the disaster is given in the Official
report.
The announcement says a consid-
erable number Of the crews of the
vessels were saved by H. NJ. S. Lowe
stoft and by a division of torpedo
boat destroyers Trawlers and their
boats also aided in the work of res
cue.
A dispatch received from the Hook
Of Holland says the Dutch steamer
Titan has arrived there bringing 20
British wounded and some dead,
picked up in the North Sea after the
sinking of the British cruiser Abou-
kir. Hogue and Cressy.
The Titan reported that the dis
aster occurred at 1880 o'clock Tues
day morning. The Titan picked up
144 survivors, most OF whom were
transferred to British torpedo boats.
A dispatch from Ymuiden, Hol-
land, says that according to survivors
from the cruisers who arrived there
TueS6ay night two of the fve Cor