Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-07

London, July 2.-Three British
steamers, the Inglemoor, Caucasian
and the Welbury, were torpedoed
and sunk to-day by German subma-
rinc. The crews of the Inglemoor
and Caucasian were landed at Fal-
mouth. The Welbury's crew is safe.
(The Caucasian was a tank steam
er of 1856 tons gross. She was 3S5
feet long. The Inglemoor was of A.
331 gross tons, 1868 feet long. The
Welbury left Kingston, Jamaica, May
%, by way of Mantanzas, Cuba, June
8, for a port in the United Kingdom.
She was of 1851 tons gross and $40
feet long. After the ship left Cuba
it was discovered that some one had
painted inside the vessels forehold
the words: You have cargo of
sugar for England, but you will never
get there.")
London, July 2.-The British
schooner l.. G. Tower, which left
Parrsboro, N. S., June l for Newport.
England, was sunk off Fastnet to-day
by a German submarine The under
sea boat then sank a bark six miles
away. The crew of nine Of the
schooner was landed at Queenstown.
London, July 3.-The Belgian
steamship Boduoqnat, 1,444 tons
gross, 250 feet long, was torpedoed
and sunk to-day by German subma-
rine. The cr"w was landed at Fal-
mouth.
Paris, July 5.--It was officially an
nounced to-day by the French minis
try Of marine that the French steam
er Carthage, of 5,275 tons gross. was
torpedoed by a German submarine
yesterday and sunk
London, July 5.--The Norwegian
bark Firey Cross has been sunk by a
German submarine 70 miles south
west of the Scilly Islands. Her crew
Of IS, after spending 20 hours in
open boats, landed at Swansea.
Among the crew are six Americans.
Pauillac, France, July 5.-The
Spanish steamer Juan arrived here
to-day with the captain and seven
men of the French schooner Hiron-
dele. The schooner was sunk July
by German submarine near Oues-
SAINT, the westernmost of the islands
off the coast of Brittany.
One Escapes Heavy Fire.
Queenstown, July 5.-With nine
dead sailors stretched on her deck,
eight men lying wounded below, and
her sides riddled with shot and shell,
the British steamship Anglo-Califor-
nian steamed into Queenstown har-
bor this morning after having with
stood the attack Of GerlGan subma-
rine for four hours. Ehe ships es-
cape from destruction was accom-
plished with nu other means Of de-
Tense than the indomitaDle spirit of
her captain and crew, combined with
mastery seamanship, which enabled
her to Illustrate the efforts of her as
sailant to torpedo her.
The story of how Capt. Parslow
stood on the bridge Of the ship amid
rain Of shot and calmly directed
the movements OF his ship until he
was killed by d shell, and of how his
place was taken by his son until
British destroyers appeared and the
submarine was compelled 10 fee, was
told by the survivors.
The submarine, on the surface,
proved to be far speedier craft than
the steamer and rapidly overhauled
her, meanwhile deluging her with
shell. One shot put the wireless ap-
paratus on the Anglo Californian out
OF action. Finding he could not es-
cape by running for it, Capt. Parslow
devoted all his attention to manoeu-
vering his ship SO as to prevent the
submarine from using torpedoes ef-
fectively.
He kept at his post on the bridge,
coolly giving orders as the submarine
circled around us, vainly seeking to
get a position from which it could
give us death blow with torpedoes.
All the while the underwater boat
continued to rain shot and shell upon
us, and ri times was Sc close that she
was able to employ rifle fire effective
ly. At last one shell blew the cap
tain off the bridge, killing him out
right and terribly mutilating him.
Just before that he had given orders
to launch the boats, but this was very
difficult under the shell fire. Seve-
raj men were struck down while