New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-05
GERMAN U-BOATS
SINK { VESSELS;
CREWS SHELLED
Four Men Wounded on
British Steamer Iona
While Escaping,
PORTUGAL IN RAGE
AGAINST GERMANY
Press Demands That Government
Sever Relations Submarine
Believe Destroyed.

London. June 1 Four British and
two neutral vessels Danish and a
Swedish steamer made up the total Of
the victims Of German submarines re
ported IN to-day's dispatches The
crews o. the Wilson liner Iona and the
fishing steamer Chrysophrasus were
shelled as they were launching their
boats Two Of the Iona's crew were
seriously and two slightly wounded
From Lisbon to-day came the report
that the press OF Portugal is urgently
demanding that the government imme-
diately sever diplomatic relations on
account Of the recent torpedoing of
TWO Portuguese vessels by the Ger
mans.
Dispatches from Lisbon also state
tha; the steamship Demarara, from Lis
bon for Liverpool. fred on the peri
scope Of a submarine which was fol
lowing her. Il Is said the submarine
disappeared, and that soon thereafter
large quantities Of oil were seen float
ing on the surface Of the sea.
The Thompson liner Iona. bound
for Montreal with freight from Mid
dlesborouch and carrying no passen-
gers. was torpedoed and sunk of the
north coast Of England Al noon y"ster-
day, according to.a report received by
agents Of the line here tonight. The
captain and crew. ffty-three men, were
landed at Kirkwall, Scotland. The four
wounded men Of the lona's crew were
taken to hospitals.
The Iona sailed from Middlesborough
on Wednesday, She was steamer Of
2.Os5 tons and was built in Dundee in
1892.
The British steamer Inkum, from
New York for London, was torpedoed
at 4:3O O'Clock this morning forty-three
miles southwest Of Lizard Head. The
crew was landed at Falmouth by the
Norwegian steamer Wendla.
No submarine had been observed,
when a terrific explosion shook the yes
sci. which began 20 settle. The crew
took TO the boats, but the steamer set
tied so slowly that some Of them re-
turned 20 the ship, hoping that they
might save her They noticed, how
ever. the periscope Of submarine,
which discharged q second torpedo,
completing the work of destruction.
The Swedish steamer Lappland was
sunk last night at point ffty-fve
miles off Peterhead, seaport Of East
ern Scotland. No submarine was sight
cd. but Captain Petersen stated he be
.ieved the vessel was torpedoed. The
crew Of nineteen men, together with
four women, were landed at Peterhead
to-day.
The Lapland was 288 feet long and
1.A17 tons net. She was built in 1906
at Gothenburg, Sweden, and was owned
in Stockholm.
The Danish steamer Cyrus, with a
cargo Of coal, from Burntisland,
Scotland, for Copenhagen, was torpe-
doed yesterday afternoon. The crew,
none Of whose members was injured
were landed to-day by a Norwegian
steamer at Stavanger, Norway. The
men state that the Cyrus was torpe-
doed without warning.
The Cyrus was built in 1910 and was
owned in Copenhagen. She was 249
feet long and her net tonnage was
1892
The crew Of a Lowestoft trswler was
landed there to-day. The men say that
their vessel was stopped in the North
Sea on Thursday evening by German
/ submarine The crew was ordered into
the boats. after which the trawler was
F sunk by bombs.
The crew Of the Danish timber
schooner Salvador, which was sunk by
submarine Wednesday night, landec
Yesterday at Lerwick. Scotland. After
ordering the schooner's crew into boats
the submarine set fire 10 the vesse
and also shot away the stern with tive
shells. The crew had been adrif
twelve hours when picked up by {
trawler.