New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
FIVE NEUTRAL
VESSELS SUNK
BY SUBMARINES
Norwegian Flag Over
Three Ships Sent to the
Bottom by Germans.
TWO FISHING BOATS
LOSS OF BRITISH
Crews of All Escape-One OF
Graft Destroyed OF More
than 1000 Tons.

London, May The sinking Of seven
more unarmed vessels by German sub
marines in the North Sea was an
nounced in to-day's dispatches. FIVE
of them we're flying the flag of neutral
nations. three the Norwegian and two
the Swedish. The two British craft
surt wore traylers from a feet out
of Aberdeen. The crews of all the
boats escaped.
The captain and five men OF the
Swedish schooner Elsa. who landed at
Leith tonight, brought the first report
of the sinking Of their vessel. IL was
Gsstrcvcd they said. by the German
submarine U-29 on SUNDAY morning.
THE crew of the schooner Elsa
muft have read wrongly the num-
her of the German submarine
which they report sank thelr YES
sol III, the U-29 was sent TO the
5otton, some time ago. Her loss
was admitted by the German Ad-
miralty.)
The Elsa, with a cargo OF wood, was
hound from Holstadt to Granton anu no
was overtaken by the So bmarine lOO
miles west of May Island. The ere"
saw they were given ilye minutes "
ouit the vessel, which the Germahss
then set or fire. The crew was plcAeu
nm bv the steamer Serneoo.
The Norwegian steamship America
which was sent 10 the bottom on sat
urday, vas larger than most oil inc
vcssels which have been sunk by Ger
mon submarines. Her tonnage was
, 9O5 She was engaged in the trans
atlantic trade. and left Philadelrhia
March % on her last trip from the
The America sank within two hours
Her crew. consisting OF thirty llne
men. was picked up thirteen hours
later by the Norwegian mail boat
Sterling, ard was landed at NeWca tie
today. The America left Sunderi nd
Saturday morning for Bergen.
The steamer Baldwin, Norwes an
was sunk on Sunday. The sevente
members Of the crew were allowed 20
take TO th"ir boats. To-day they la deu
AT Lc,th. Nine shots were ired 'n'o
.be Baldwin before she went down.
The Baldwin was of G9S tons net reg-
Ister, and 23l feet long. Buiit IN IyV5i
She was owned by Det Selmerke Ke-
deri. OF Trondhjem, Norway.
The steamer Laila, also Norwegian
was torpedoed on Friday. Her crew
was landed at Copenhagen to-day py
the steamer Anna, which witnessed the
sinking and at the request OF the com
mander OF the German submarine tooh
the crew CT the Laila aboard. The ooa'
was small freighter of lij tons:
The Swedish steamer Ellida, TIMBER
laden. bound from Helsingborg foi
Hull, was sent to the bottom IN less
than three minutes. The Copennagen
dispatch telling Of the loss OF the VeS'
sci does not mention the date.
The sixteen men and two women OF
board the Ellida barely had time tC
make their escape IN one Of the small
boats. After cruising about for Two
hours they were picked Up by a Danish
schooner aud landed at Lemyig, Den
mark.
The crews of the two British traw.
lers sunk by a submarine reached
Aberdeen to-day in their small boats
Their vessels were sunk within htty
miles Of the port on Sunday. II would
appear as though the submarine ran
amuck among the Aberdeen nshing
feet. In addition 20 sending the two
TO the bottom it chased three other
trawlers for twenty miles. A patrol
boat was then seen approaching
whereupon the submarine submerged
The British Admiralty, III state
rent issued this evening. says that al
ter the naval action in the North Sea
on Saturday afternoon, when the Brit
ish destroyer Recruit and two German
torpedo boats were sunk, strenuous ef'
forts were made TO rescue the German
sailor. Two officers and fOrty-foui
picked up. Lieutenant Henry j. Hart.
noll leaped into the water to save 9
German.