Evening star., 1915-04-02
Three Tyne TraWlers Sent to
Bottom by Germans.
Crews Are Safe.
NORWEGIAN BARK NOR
VICTIM IN THE NORTH SEA
British Steamer Seven Seas and
Eleven Lives Lost After At
tack Without Warning.

NEWCASTLE, England, April 2
Three Tyne trawIers, the Gloxiana
Jason and Nellis, have been sunk by
thc German submarine U-10. After all
fhe members of the crews were safely
I'm small boats the Germans blew up
the trawiers. They then towed the
fishermen toward the Tyne until they
encountered fishing craft. which
brought the men ashore.
The fishermen say that the COM
nnander Of the submarine was quite
genial. He supplied hot conee ana
tobacco to them, but told them:
We have orders to sink everything.
II % var. and England started It."
Norwegian Bark Sunk.
Eleven men. the crew OF the Nor
vegian bark Nor, torpedoed In the
North sea by the German submarine
rio. were landed today by the steam
e- I-nita at the Hook of Holland.
The British steamer Southpolnt, the
crew of which was landed yesterday q.
Lisbon was not lost in STORM ds a.
.:arrnan submarine C-os sixty miles on
cane Finisterre, according to Reuter-
dispatch from Lisbon.
Seven Seas Sent to Bottom.
The British steamer Seven Seas of
sac tons was torpedoed by a German
submarine off Beachy Head yesterday
afternoon. The attack was without
warning, and eleven Of her crew OF
eighteen, including all the officers. ex-
cept the second engineer. were
drowned The steamer was bound from
London for Liverpool.
Such was the force of the explosion
that the matches were blown on and a
big hole was torn in the steamer q
side. causing her to sink within three
minutes
injured, were landed at New Haven
last evening by destroyer
Unable to Avoid Torpedo.
The two survivors Of the French
steamer Emma. which was torpedoed
by the Germans In the English chan
mel who were brought here. say that
their vessel was in ballast, and was
therefore SO ligh. that che failed to
answer the helm quickly. 1t was for
This reason impossible to avoid the tor
pedo. which struck her on the starboard
side Just abaft tho engine room The
terrific explosion nearly split the
steamer in two and must have kilesd
The disaster. the men declare. was
appalling in its completeness There
was no time TO launch a boat, and
within few minutes not a vestige of
the ship was visible. There was no
wreckaze to cling to. but. being pow
rrful swimmers, the two men were able
10 keep ahoat for two hours when a
destroyer came to the rescue.
Reports Called ISLANDER"
wireless dispatch from Berlin de
seribes as ISLANDERS the English reports
t'.at the German submarine gave the
steamer Falaba's passengers no time to
s;,ye themselves. and that the German
@r'N Laughed at the struggles of the
,r"Nuing people. The dispatch adds:
'f;erman submarines have always
-hown humanity when sinking steamers,
hue IL this instance the submarine was
forced to withdraw quickly on account of
the approach Of other vessels 1t was there
fore unable to assist In the work OF res
cue. the malicious and hostile attitude
~ English merchantmen toward our u
boats Is well known. and forces us to be
prudent
Submarines Are Sighted.
N.Ew YORK. April 2-Three German
Subiaarines were sighted Off the Hook of
Holland by the Holland American liner
I'ptsdani. which arrived here today. The
I'eriscopes OF the submarines were OBJ
served by the Potsdam about two miles
of the Hook, The underwater craft fol-
lowed the ship for short distance with
cut attempting to stop her, and then
tranched OF in different directions.