The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12
I STEAMERS HIT BY SUBS
JUST OUTSIDE OF Z. S. 3-MILE
LIMIT.
Heavy Toll Taken by German Sub
marine Sunday.-Probably the
the U-53.

the U-53.
Boston, Oct. 8.-The submarine
arm\ of the Imperial German navy
ravaged shipping off the eastern
coast of the United States today.
Four British, one Dutch and one
Norwegian steamer were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket shoals.
Tonight, under the light of the
hunters moon, the destroyer fotilla
of the United States Atlantic fleet
was picking up passengers and crews
of the destroyed vessels and bringing
them into Newport, R. I.
So far as known there was no loss
of life, though at "a late hour the
crew of the British steamer Kingston
had not been accounted for.
A submarine held up the Ameri-
can steamer Kansan, bound from New
York for Genoa with steel for the
Italian government, but later, on es-
tablishing her identity, allowed her
to proceed. The Kansan came into
Boston harbor late tonight for her
usual call here.
The hostile submarine is believed
to be the U-53, which paid call to
Newport yesterday and disappeared
at sunset. Some naval men, how
ever, declared that at least two sub
marines are operating close to the
American shore, though outside the
three mile limit.
The record of submarine warfare,
as brought to land by wireless dis
patches, follows:
The Ships Attacked.
The Strathdene, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard Nantucket shoals
lightship and later removed to New
port by torpedo boat destroyers. The
Strathdene left New York yesterday
for Bordeaux and was attacked at
a. m.
The West Point, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew abandoned the ship in small
boats after a warning shot from the
submarines guns. Officers and men
were taken aboard destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 10.45 a. m.
She was bound from London for New
port News, Va.
The Stephano, British passenger
liner, plying regularly between New
York, Halifax and St. Johns, N. S.,
torpedoed southeast of Nantucket,
while bound for New York. Report
ed still afloat late tonight. Passen-
gers and crew, numbering about 140,
were picked up by the destroyer
Drayton and brought to Newport.
The attack was made at 4:30 p. m.
Searching for Crew.
The Kingston, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk southeast of
Nantucket. Grew missing and de-
stroyer searching for them. This
vessel is not accounted for in mari
time registers, and may be the Kings
tonian. The attack occurred at 6
p. m.
Bllomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor
pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard destroyer. The
steamer was bound from New York
to Rotterdam, having sailed last
night.
The Chr Knusden, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk near
where the Bllomersdijk went down.
Crew picked up by destroyers. The
vessel sailed from New York Satur-
day for London.
The sensation created yesterday
when the U-53 quietly slipped into
Newport harbor and as quietly slip
ped away three hours later, was less
than the shock in shipping circles
when wireless reports Of submarine
attacks began to come into the naval
radio stations just before day today.
Air Filled With Warnings.
Within a few minutes the air was
literally charged with electricity as
wireless messages of warning were
broadcasted along the coast.
The submarine, or submarines, had
taken a position directly in the steam
er lanes where they could hardly miss
anything bound in for New York, or
bound east from that port.
Vessels of the entente allied ma
tions and neutral bottoms carrying
contraband Of war scurried to get
within the three-mile limit of the
American shore. Several that were
following the outside course shifted