The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-01
German Submarines Make
Raids on Several English
Merchant Vessels
SOME ESCAPED IN
ZIG-ZAG FLIGHT
The Crews of the Wrecked Crafts
Were Rescued-AIlan Line Steamer
Carrying 500 Passengers Put in at
Queenstown to Avoid Danger.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-The French min.
istry OF marine announced at Paris YES
terday that two British ships had been
torpedoed in the English channel. off
HaVre. by 4 German submarine. They
are the steamers Tokomaru and Tcaria.
The Tollomaru was bound from Eew
Zealand to England. Her crew was res.
cned by the trawIcr Sempcr. Her ear
go consisted in part Of clothing and a
contribution Of fl.500 ($7.500), New
Zealand s gift TO Belgian refugees. No
details are available conccrninp the
torpedoing Of the Icaria.
The following statement was given
out by the ministry OF marine: "The
fokomaru was sunk by torpedo from
"a German submarine. The English ves-
sci lcaria also was torpedocd in the
same locality. In the Irish sea the Erg-
lish steamer Lynda Blanche ami Ben
trnacheu were torpedoed Hitherto
the Germans, before attacking q mer
chant vessel, always allowed the crew
shfilclent time to embark in the ship :
boats. That custom has now been aban.
doned, as was shown by the lombard
ment of the Admiral Ganteaumc. which
was filled with Belgian women and
children refugees. The German marine
has decided to violate. svstamatieaIlv
and deliberately, international law
The Tok0marn was vessel Of @ql7
tons. She sailed from Newcastle. New
South Wales, on October -. Shinninp
records make no mention Of the Icaria.
The French steamer Admiral Cant
eaume, 10 which reference /. made in
the statement Of the ministtr Of mn.
rlne, was sunk on October 26, while on
her way from Calais to Havrc with
belgian refugees. of whom 40 lost their
lives. The British admiralty later an
nounced that the ship was sunk hv .
German submarine.
The toll taken hy the German suhma.
rlne C.2l in its raid Saturday after
noon in the Irish sen in the vicinity OF
Liverpool still stands at three shins-
the steamers Ben Cruachcn. Linda
Blanche and the Kilcoan. tho latter
small vessel. The crew Of the Xii
eoan was landed yesterday on the Isle
Of Man by n coastwisc steamer.
The Irish sea raider easily made her
escape and shipping interests. confident
that she has returned 10 her base. OF
NtNi't - i1NtlftiI' I'lloil 81 normal fE9f1lg
Yesterday. This underwater EInden is
the same vessel which last September
tofnedocd in the North sea the Brit
ish cruiser Pathfinder, with loss OF
24h lives, and later DESTROYED two
British steamers off Havre. She found
numerous vessels in the waters to which
she has now transferred her activities.
In addition to the three vessels which
she Is known to have sunk ut least five
other steamers were chased by her
These include the steamer Graphic.
with 100 passengers and crew Of 40
and the smaller boats Atreus, Ava.
Kathleen and Endvmiou. All these YES
sells escaped in zigzao flight.
The Graphic s captain had his pas
sengers don life belts and sent all the
members OF the crew TO the stokehoIc
50 that the steamer could keep m n
full head of steam in flight The cap
tain also took the precaution to warn.
by wireless, vessels from coming into
the zone of the submarine < activity.
The Allan line steamer Scandinavian.
from ST. John, \. b., January % for
Liverpool, with 500 passengers on
board, learned of the raid Of the T.-2l
and put into Queenstown After re
naming in Queenstown for a short
time, the steamer proceeded for Liver
pool.