Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-10
WARSHIPS HURRY UP
IN ATTEMPT To GIVE
BATTLE To U-BOATS
Three German UnderSea Craft
Said to Have Taken Part in
Sinking of Nine Ships Off
American Coast
lsy Associated. Press.)

BOSTON. Oct e.-German submarine
warfare. brought TO this side OF the
Atlantic sunday, was pursued relentless
IL throughout the night With. the
dawn came reports OF more vessels
torpedoed and sunk
The captain OF the Nantucket light
ship reported that three German sub
marines were operating south and
southeast Of Nantucket and that nine
vessels had been destroyed.
Rushing to give battle to the sub
marines, three British cruisers were off
Nantucket shoals at 2:40 o'clock this
morning. This was the first appear
snce OF any warships OF the patrolling
fleet in that vicinity since the sub
marines began their attacks at 6 o'clock
yesterday morning
Shipping at ports along the New
England coast has been held up to
greater extent today and vessels at sea
were reported making for the nearest
harhcr. The sudden onslaught OF under
sea craft had thoroughly terrified ship
ping interests engaged in the carrying
OF munitions Of war and other shipping
not flying the American flag.
The richest prize bagged was the pas
senger liner Stephano. The vessel,
British owned. was on her regular trip
from ST. Johns. y. F.. TO New York
passengers including thirty Americans.
Twenty-six OF the latter were making
the round trip from New York The
Stephano was valued at 100000 when
launched three years ago. She carried
also a cargo OF Goldfish, Goldfish oil and
seal oil consigned to parties in the
United states and South America and
valued az $4,000. She had been sold
10 the Russian government for an Zoe
breaker.
AMERICAN SHIP HALTED.
submarine activities began at day
light Sunday. three miles east OF Nan
tucket Iightship. when the American
steamer Kansan was sighted and sig
nailed 10 stop. When the submarine
commander was satisfied she was an
American vessel he allowed her TO pro-
coed
The submarine then moved in close
TO the rghtship. where at six a. m. she
stopped the British steamer Strathdene.
bound from New York for Bordeaux.
After the crew had obeyed orders 10
sent a torpedo into the Strathdene and
sank her.
The raider. patrolling the vicinity
Of the transatlantic steamship line
moved considerably to the southwark
At 1O.45 a. m. she hailed the British
steamer West Point. London for New
port News. with a warning shot. This
was ten miles south of the lightship.
The crew took 10 the boats and the sub
marine torpedOed and sank the steamer.
At 4:3O D. m. six miles southeast
of the lightship. the German submarine
stopped the StephanO. Passengers and
crew were taken off in the ships boat
and the uudersea boat torpedoed the
liner. As this did not appear TO disable
the staunchs steel vessel. il was sup
plement by gunfire- She remained
afIoat until 1905 o'clock last night.
Near sunset the British steamer
Kingston came within view OF the sub
mersible- The same procedure was fol-
lowed and At six p m, the King ston
went down southeast OF the lightship.
The bright moonlight gave the sub
marine n good chance TO continue Op-
erations She moved a little TO the
westward and soon after dark stopped
the Dutch tramp steamer BlOomersdijk,
New York for Rotterdam. three miles
south OF the lightship- The steamer
was sunk after the crew had entered
small life boats The submarine left
her still sfIOat, but she went down At
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