The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-10
SUBMARINES SINK FIVE
SHOCK LIVERPOOL COMMERCE.
BY NEW DEPREDATIONS.
London Tells of Raid on Western
Coast of England-Submarine
Chases Big Ships.

London reports: "The toll taken
by the German submarine U-21 in it's
raid late Saturday in the Irish sea,
in the vicinity of Liverpool, still
stands at three ships-the steamers
Ben Cruachen, Linda Blanche and the
Kilcoan, the last a small vessel. The
Kilcoan's crew was landed Sunday on
the Isle of Man by coastwise
steamer
"In addition a German submarine
also has torpedoed two British steam
ers in the English channel near Havre
the Tokomaru and the Icaria. The
Irish sea raider escaped and shipping
interests, believing she had returned
to her base, ordered resumption Of
normal traffic.
"This underwater .Emden is the
vessel which last September torpe-
doed in the North sea the British
cruiser Pathfinder with a loss of 246
lives and later destroyed two British
steamers off Havre She found num-
erous vessels in the waters to which
she has now transferred her activi-
ties
'In addition to the three vessels
she is known to have sunk, she chas-
ed at least five other steamers. These
include the steamer Graphic, with
100 passengers and crew of 40 and
the smaller boats Atreus, Ava, Kath-
leen and Edymion. All these vessels
escaped in zig-zag flight.
"The Graphic's captain and his
passengers donned life belt and sent
all the members of the crew to the
stoke hole so that the steamer could
keep up a full head Of steam. The
captain also took the precaution to
warn by wireless vessels from COM
ing into the zone of the submarines
activities.
"The Allan line steamer Scandina-
Wan from st. John, n. B., January %
for Liverpool with 500 passengers on
board, learned of the raid Of the U-2i
and put into Queenstown. After re-
naming in Queenstown for short
time the steamer proceeded for Liv-
erpool."
Paris reports: "The British steam
er Tokomaru has been sunk by tor
pedo from a German submarine. The
English vessel Icaria also was torpe-
doed in the same locality. In the
Irish sea the English steamers linda
Blanche and Ben Cruachen were tor
pedoed
"The Tokomaru was bound from
New Zealand to England. Her crew
was rescued by the trawier Semper.
No details are available concerning
the Icaria.
"The Tokomaru was vessel of
1912 tons. She sailed from New
Castle, New South Wales, on Octo-
| Der 20. Shipping records make no
mention Of the Icaria.
"The French steamer, Admiral
Gantheume, was sunk October 26,
! while on her way from Calais to
Havre with Belgian refugees, of
whom 40 lost their lives"
Fleetwood reports the captain OF
the steamer Ben Cruachen, 1878
tons, says he was overtaken by the
submarine this morning and order
ed to leave his ship within ten min
utes. Hardly had the crew got into
the boats when torpedo was fired
and the steamer went down.
London reports: ''The Linda
| Blanche was on its way from Man
chester, to telfast when the subma-
rine suddenly appeared alongside.
| Officers came aboard and ordered the
crew to leave. AS soon as the 1nen
of the Linda Blanche were in their
boats the Germans attached nine
to the bridge and another to the fore
castle. The mines were then eXplod-
ed, destroying the vessel.
"The Germans directed the British
sailors where they should find a
trawler, and the crew was picked up
when the fishing boat was reached"