The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-03-12
SUBMARINES SINK
8 BRITISH SHIPS
81 Lives Lost as Germans De-
stroy Vessels.
ENGLAND AMAZED BY RAID
Cleaners Are Torpedoed ct Widely
Separated Polnts-survlvor Tells
How Vessel Was Attacked
9" Without Warning.

London, March 10.-During the early
houIs of the morning German subiNa-
rines made their presence known at
three widely separated points ON the
British coast, and, it is stated of1cialA
~, without giving warning to their
crews, sank three British merchant
steamers "* -; y -
In one case, that of the steamer
Tangistan, which was torpedoed off
Scarborough, in the North sea, 81 men
of her crew Of 3S are missing.
Only One Man Saved.
Only one man from the vessel was
picked UP by passing ship. The at
tack which sent the Tangistan to the
bottom was made half an hour after
midnight.
At six o'clock in the morning anoth-
er submarine sank the steamer Black
wood off Hastings, in the English chan
mel, while third submarine sank the
steamer Princess Victoria off Liver
pool at 9:15 o'clock.
Exploits Are Surprise.
the German submarines came Just as
the British public was songratulating
themselves that the threatened Ger
man sea blockade had been failure.
Thrty-Seven Are Lost.
West Hartlepool. via London, March
10.-The crew Of SO men of the British
steamer Tangistan were drowned, ex-
cept one man, according to the state
ment made by the sole survivor of the
vessel who has been Landed here by
the steamer Woodville
"The Tangistan,'' said this man.
was torpedoed of Scarborough. She
was struck amidships and went down
almost Immediately. All the members
of the crew were In the lifeboats, but
they were unable to disconnect the
lowering tackle before the ship sank
and dragged down the boats with her.
/ caught hold of piece Of wreckage
and chung to it for nearly three hours
in the icy water until I was rescued.
Men Wore Life Belts.
The survivor Of the Tangistan is
James OToole, an Englishman. Six.
teen men Of the crew were English and
the remainder Arabs. The boats had
already been swung out In view OF a
possible submarine attack, and most
of the men on board wore life belts
when the vessel was torpedoed.
Bfeckwood's Crew Safe.
New Haven, England, via London.
March 10.-The captain and crew Oh
the steamer Blackwood, which was
sunk off Hastings at six o'clock in the
morning, were landed here. They say
that their vessel, laden with coal and
bound from Blyth for Havre, was tor
pedoed without warning during snow
storm early in the morning, 80 miles,
south of Dungeness.
According to the men a submarine
was discovered just. awash OF the
Blackwood, but her number could not
be seen. One of the officers says ne
saw the periscope of another subma-
rine close by the steamer.
Suffered From Exposure.
Liverpool. via London, March ~
The crew Of the steamer Princess Vic
toria In two small boats were towed
In here. The men were suffering from
exposure. Talking of the sinking or
his vessel ~ a Geema submarine,
the captain said:
"The submarine discharged a tor
pedo at us without even showing her
periscope, as the weather conditions
were excellent and number of special
lookouts who were posted to keep
watch saw no submarine.
"At 9:15 o'clock the steersman sud
denly shouted: a torpedo is coming!
He had seen the white swirl of the
missile. Even as he spoke it hit us
and a violent explosion followed.
which caused the vessel instantly to
list heavily. Il
81 ordered two boats overheard and
into them. the crew scrambled. Our
ship disappeared In about fifteen min.