The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-10-11
SHIPS At SEA RACE FOR
THE THREE.N|LE LIMIT
Four British, One Dutch and
One Norwegian Ships Sent
to Bottom or Left Crippled
DereIicts off Nantucket.
AMERICAN SHIPS GO TO
RESCUE PASSENGERS

So Far as is Known There Was No
Loss Of Life.-Hold Up American
Steamer kansan, But Upon Estan-
fishing Identity She is Allowed to
Proceed.-Shock Given Shipping.
Newport, r. 1.-The executive Off
Ger Of the destroyer Ericsson, return
Ing from the scene Of the German
submarine activities of Nantucket,
reported that nina ships had been
sunk and that three submarines were
operating off the coast. This infor-
nation, he said, he had on the auth
orlty Of the captain Of the Nantucket
Shoals Lishtship.
Newport, r. l.-Four destroyers Of
the American flotiIIa came into harbor
here bringing 21s persons rescued
from, the ships sunk off Nantucket
Sunday by a German submarine. The
Ericsson, one Of the destroyers to ar
rive, brought 8, the Drayton 6s; the
Benham So and the Jenkins 81. Thirty
five women and ten children are
among those on the Ericsson. This
information came by wireless in ad-
vance of the actual docking of the de-
streyers.
/ Boston.-A submarine Of the I'm
perial German Navy, ravaged ship
ping off the eastern coast OF the
United States Sunday.
Four British, one Dutch and one
Norwegian steamer were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket Shoals. All night under
the light Of the hunters moon the
destroyer flotlla of the United States
Atlantic fleet was picking up passen-
gers and crews Of the destroyed yes.
sells and bringing them into Newport,
Rhode Island.
So far sa known there was no loss
Of life although at a late hour the
crew Of the British steamer Kingston
had not been accounted for. A sub
marine held up the American steam
er .Kansan, bound from New York
for Genoa with steel for the Italian
Government, but later on establish
ing her identity allowed the Ameri-
can to proceed. The Kansan came
into Boston harbor late at night for
her usual call here.
The submarine is believed to be the
U-53, which paid call to Newport
and disappeared at sunset. Some
naval men, however, declared that at
least two submarines are operating
close to the American shore though
outside the three-mile limit.
Record of Warfare.
The record of submarine warfare
as brought to land by wireless dis
patches follows:
The Strathdene, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantuckef.
Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoals
lightship and later removed to New
port by torpedo boat destroyers. The
Strathdene. left New York for Bor-
deau1 and was attacked at 6 q. m.
The West Point, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk of Nantucket.
Crew abandoned the ship in smal!
boats after warning shot from the
submarines guns. Officers and men
were taken aboard a destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 1o:45 a. m.
She was bound from London for New
port News.
The Stephano, British passenger
liner, plying regularly between New
York, Halifax and st. John, n. F,
torpedoed southeast OF Nantucket
while bound for New York. Report
ed still afoat late at night. Passen-
gers and crew, numbering about lao.
were picked up by the destroyer
Balch and transferred to the Destroy
er jenkins. The attack was made
at 4:3O p. m.
The Kingston, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk southeast Of Nan
tucket. Crew missing and destroyer
searching for them. This vessel Is
not accounted for in maritime regis
ters, and may be the Kingstonian.
The attack occurred at 6 p. m.
Bloomerskijk, Dutch ferighter, tor
pedoed and sunk south Of Nantucket
Crew taken aboard destroyer. The
steamer was bound from New YORK
for Rotterdam.
The Christian Kundsen, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk were
the Bloomersdijl1 went down. Ine
crew picked up by destroyers. Inc
vessel sailed from New YORK lsf
London.
While in international law an Allied
ship destroyed by a German suoma-
rine just outside the three-mlle limit
and in sight OF American shores, Is no
different than a ship destroyed IN the
Arctic Ocean, provided its destruction
is accomplished in accordance with
the laws of nations and humanity
the presence Of German submarine
dotilla near American territorial wa
eers. officials fear, may raise perple1-
tag questions Of neutrality and in fact
a. most serious issue would be raised
- oners.fons of submersibles were car
ried on so near American ports to coz