The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-10-12
SHIPS At SEA RACE FOR
THE THREE.M|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

HE OOUC HOCEVUC n ,
So Far as is Known There Was No
Loss Of Life.-Hold Up American
Steamer kansan, But Upon Estab.
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 off Nantucket,
reported that nine ships had been
sunk and that three submarines were
operating off the coast. This infor-
nation, he said, he had on the auth
GRITTY Of the captain of the Nantucket
Shoals Lightship.
Newport, r. Flour destroyers of
the American f.otiIIa came into harbor
here bringing PIG persons rescued
from the ships sunk off Nantucket
Sunday by German submarine. The
Ericsson, one of the destroyers to ar.
eenham Sc 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-
stroyers.
Boston.--A submarine Of the I'M
peral 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 notla 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 or 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 70,
her usual call here.
The submarine Is believed to be the
u'b3, which paid call to Newpor
and disappeared at sunset. Some
naval men, however, declared that a
least two submarines are operatin,
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
torpedocd and sunk off Nantucket
Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoal
hgh,ship and later removed to New
por' by torpedo boat destroyers. TIL,
o'ralhdene left New York for Bor
oe"ax and was attacked at 6 a. m.
me West Point, British freightcr
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket
Crew abandoned tho shin IN anna,
ooa's "l'cf warning shot from th
submarines guns. OFFICERS and me.
were take" aboard a. destroyer. Th,
vessei was attacked at 10:45 a. m
she was bound from London, For New
port News.
The Stcphano British nassonpo
liner. plying regularly betwoon Nov
YORK Halifax and st. John N. f.
torpedoed southeast Of Nan,uckc
while bound for New York Rnnort
ed still afloat late at night. passen
gers and crew. numbering abm, ,ao
were picked up by the des,roro
Balch and transferred to tho DESTROY
er Jenkins. Tho attack was mad
at 1880 p. m.
The Kingston, British frcirhta,
torpedoed and sunk southeast OF Na,
tucket. Crew missing and destroye
searching for them. This vessel
not accounted for in maritime rcgi
ters, and may be the Kingutonta
The attack occurred at p. m.
Bloomerskijk, Dutch ferighter, to
pedoed and sunk south Of Nantucke
2 Grew taken aboard a destroyer. III
steamer was bound from New 70,
for Rotterdam.
Ef The Christian Kundsen, Norwegla
freighter, torpedoed and sunk wei
2 the kBloomersdijk went down. I'll
crew picked up by destroyers. TIL
vessel sailed from New York Il
London. "A 4.