Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-09
small boats after summonlnp assist
Rnce from shore.
WEST POINT DISTRESS
~ SIGNALS ~

ss> .-Ss Tho distress signals of the Wet
-5sf,oin, were picked mp bv the .ovcgu-
Ssinont radio station a, Newport. E H.
3 aud Immediately Rear Admiral ,:lca,.s.
commander OF the destroyer i.ottlla a.,
the American Atlantic t'icc, ordered
virtually all of hi. ships to ,hc ,.
cue. The West poin; CAV. hor pos. ION
as fifty miles, Suuthcas; OF EarU:si,.s.
but the navy orlciaIs pucs'iou"G axe
accuracy of this ana said ,r,t 'u-tr
reports Indicated that the vessel vu.s
not moro than ten miles on sii,rc.
Tho weather was thick This afternoon.
and /, was cNpcvtcd ;har the CROW
would not he brouch, into Newport
before midnight. The West Point Was
bound from london - N.wpor, News.
The hooming OF tho submarines
guns. apparently fired ia waruiu=. was
distinctly heard at Nantucket. /, WAS
plain that the Submarine had placed
herself In the lane of rasscngcr and
froish; traffic and tcrrorHcd shipplnE
along the coast
In II flash after the first :istrcsS sir
uals OF tho West Point wcr" sent. Wire
less messages of warming were Scnt
broadcast. Every vessel was warned
to make for the throc-milc zone and
tho commanders Of merchant vessels
of tho entente allies lost 40 time in
shifiin. their course.
Those that we're following What is
known as IN. outsid. course turned
10 The in lde course that would hrius
them closer to Arericau land.
The r.Sscn.er stcalucr Stcphauo
which Ih,c" regularly between Sew
York .aud - Johns. ~ r. was bound
west and VAS due OF Nantucket to-
morrow morning When her, British
commander received his wartime. he
Was said to have shifted his course to
bring his vessel Within The inside lane
>lnM,U,Nr HIGGINS nam
British consular officers al"nS the
Now Encland coast. who had been adj
riscd by the British embassy TO warn
Eri,ish shipping aGaius; the U-5a upon
her appearance at Newport Yesterday,
renewed their caution ON learning. That
the submarine had eon. into action.
Something like . panic potsos.;rd the
minGs OF shippers ia this city ana at
other points alon. the coast when the
first reports OF the torpedoin- was re.
ccivcd from the radio station Tie
stories regarding the t-a3. which ap.
pcared in the sunday papers, had
- . accused much speculation AS to her
). - +ioh anu me news that she had
wN,.ckcd british vessels Travelled fast.
, @XiOus Inquiries we're made "a ;nc
- newspaper offices. Tor seemingly AL
iYmoxt every ono had n friend on tn.
v,o 49, ,
% ""'''' ct S""'' WI S'"cN !" 1"
h'orchai' notion,
INC Frcderik VIII" of tic Scandi-
naNian- american Line. which is bring.
inG home the American administration 10
s<>Gctard was 500 miles cast of N.y.
York at noon to-day Assurauc. ma,
---lho ambassador and ms wif, vcr. ON
a neutral vessel was ..iyc,, ,,.,;,;,
friends nv mo ,r..s
49,
ne r"",o stations which q, frs,
Of Of" the sSG" u" In "e@n%"psrs the
gathering additional f,cte - ,,,
denly closed ia ,bc n,nss
from, mo H,, n' -" ~
in,.ton !, ''''o ~ u, WASH
r'HStoh u WAS explained that SVcrN :
'hins learned by government stations
must nrst be transmitted To the NAVY
department before helm. madc nuhii..
Particulars OF the attack bo,v,y,
continued 10 come from, ,,o,o,,,
sells to commercial, viro,as.
controlled ny ITO .. ~ az,
,Lvo,, S"Ntrhfi'cht and
>'''ous7" marine Observers on shore.
Tho t-53. which anchored fo,. ,L,,,
hours in Newport harbor ycs,,r,,.y :,
-ternoon while Commander Hans zoe
sent ashore spoudcncc from ,;a,
many for The German an,b,es.,Io,.
Count Won HcguStorn. and cy,b.,n,aI
othcial calls with Pear Ain;r,I
GleaNcs and I;rar-Admirol Eni,,h,
Coinmandant of the Narr,r,nsn,, e.,
Station, slipped out OF the harbor and
submerged just inside tho rbrc.-,,;i'
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