The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-22
THREE BRITISH SHIPS
SENT TO BOTTOM
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and the same time, and the
Hogue at Barrow. They were
44O feet long, 69.5 beam; q
draught of % feet and a dis
placement Of 1900 tons. They
were I'll knot cruisers, armored
with Harvey nickel steel, SIX
inches thick. Their armament
was two SO guns in turrets,
fore and aft; twelve 8 inch
guns in casemates twelve in
three inch and two submerged
torpedo tubes. They carried a
complement of seven hundred
men each.
n UNEXPECTED BLOW.
LONDON, Sept. 22.-out Of a clear
skv came the Iaconie announcement
late this afternoon that the Germans
had struck another blow at the Brit
ish sea supremacy. Three cruisers,
their value totaIIIng $12,ooo,ooo and
carrying complement Of more than
2,1oo men, were torpedoed and sunk
In the North sea off the German coast
bv German submarines essayIng
raid similar to that In which they
sent the scout patrol cruiser Pathhno-
~ r., the bottom.
These cruisers, the Adoukir, Hosue
and Grassy have been reported az
very active In scouting close to the
HeiigoIand blight, In an effort to locate
the main German war fleet Although
the exact location Of the disaster
the greatest Of the war to date from
the British * standpoint-ls withheld,
there are evidences that Il was not
far from, whore the British cruiser
squadron struck Its first real blow
aoainst the Germans in sinking three
light cruisers and two destroyers. For
tunateIy the Ioss Of life 10 not abso-
lutte. The report says considerable
number Of the crews were picked up
by destroyers and trawers that hur-
,rfed to The rescue. But the exact num-
Der Of casualties will not be obtain
able until the list Of survivors can DO
completed. II 10 OFFICIALLY admitted.
however. that It will be large and
among the number II u reported are
most Of the officers Of the three Dig
warships.
The announcement Of the loss came
lust at a time when the British pub
the lack. Of activity against the kals-
the lack Of activity against the ks.
er's naval strength. This impotence
II was stated, had been shared by
certain Of the high officials Of the
admiralty who have believed that NJ
the Germans had refused to come out
and fight, England should go In ana
draw their war craft into the open.
The disaster has simply augmented
that feeling. Demands for speedy
vengeance are heard on all sides and
il Is likely that before many hours
have passed, news will come Of Inn
portant action by tho British fleet.
Whether the submarines that
caused the disaster escaped Or wheth-
err like the one which sunk the Path
finder, they, have also been sent to the
bottom In their turn, 10 not known.
An excited throne beset the admiralty,
asking for additional news. Nothing
to add at present, was the laconic an
nouneement Of the war bureau. Later
Il was simply stated that the Abouk'r
while engaged In patrol duty was tor
pedoed by submarine; that The
Hogue and Greasy closed In to rescue
the survivors then struggling in the
water; that they in turn fell Victims
TO the German submarines and that
q part Of the crews had been rescued
by the destroyers and trawlers who
witnessing the tragedy from afar had
burrIed To the scene.