Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-23
ny the Associated Press.


to Sayville, long Island, Sept. "a
Reports received by the German
admiralty show that the destruction
yesterday of three British cruisers
in the North Sea was accomplished
by the German submarine U Q single
| handed.
! The German submarine u was
built in 1910 at Danzig. She is Of
800 tons and her armament consists
of three 18-inch torpedo tubes and
two 1-pounder guns. Her speed sub
merged is eight knots, while on the
surface she travels at the rate or
thirteen knots an hour.
BY the Associated Press.
YMUIDEN. Holland, via London,
Sept. 23-This little seaport town Is
all agog with excitement over the
landing here of 2S7 SURVIVORS from
the British cruisers sunk in the North
Sea by German submarines. The
men were brought here by the Dutch
steamer Flora, which happened to be
in the vicinity when disaster over
took the British warships.
The streets are crowded in the Vi
cinity of the hotels where the surviV-
ors are staying and around the hos
pital where twenty wounded are pelng
cared for by the Dutch Red Cross.
From the outside of one of the ho-
tells the crowds could see number of
the British sailors enjoying a gen.
erous meal OF a long table They
| were dressed in all manner of cloth
ing. mostly from the little store OF
that possessed by the Dutch sailors of
the rescuing boat. The Bnglishmen
are evidently in the best of spirits.
The crews of all three of the sunk
en- warships were composed largely
of naval reservists. The Aboukir was
the first ship struck. About o'clock
in the morning she received three
torpedoes and the explosion, of terrific
force, blew out big section OF the
bottom at the bow, capsizing the
ship. The crew had no time to
launch lifeboats and tried to save
themselves by jumping in the water.
The boat was out of sight beneath
the waves within three or four min
utes after the explosion.
The cruiser Hogue, which was
| nearby, heard the explosion and real
lied the danger at once, although at
| first those aboard her believed their
sister cruiser had struck a mine The
Hogue Immediately launched numer-
| ons lifeboats and began to save the
swimming survivors, but while this
| was going on the Hogue herself was
torpedoed, apparently in an exactly
similar manner as the previous ship,
three shots reaching her hull, accord
| ing to the survivors. The Hogue
sank in a few minutes, but the great
er part of the crew were saved in
their own boats.
U1loa crtttqat. Grassy at this DOiDt dis
! covered the presence of two German
| submarines on the way to attack her
and began shelling them with heavy
projectiles. The Cressy's marksman-
ship was excellent and both submar-
ines were demolished, according to
| survivors This statement, however,
| is not confirmed from official sources.
! Meanwhile from the other side the
Cressy herself was torpedoed In two
places and sank Immediately.
When the attack occurred the
cruisers were steaming in a line
| ahead three miles apart The pres
ence Of the submarines was unsus-
pected until two OF them were sight
ed by the Cressy.
No other ships were in sight at the
| opening of the attack. but the Dutch
| steamer Flora came in view on the
| horizon just after the Hogue sank.
| The captain OF the Flora saw only
| the Cressy, and was about to steam
on his way, when he saw the Cressy
suddenly keel over and go down He
Immediately steamed toward the
scene and lowered his boats. 1t was
! then, for the first time, that he un-
derstood that three cruisers In all
had been sunk. He picked up many
| sailors clinging to spars and to
pieces of wood. Among the survivors
is the captain of the Hogue. The
captain Of the Flora says that sew
| eral IGnglish sailing boats are COM
ing to Ymuiden with more survivors.
From the conflicting accounts
| given by the survivors here IL
seems that there were three Ger
man submarines in the attacking
party. All hands agree that the