The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
GERMAN sUsMA RiNE DESTROYS
FOUR BRITISH, ONE DUTCH
AND ONE NORWEGIAN SHIP
OFF NANTUCKET sHoAls.
U. S. DESTR0YERS SAVE
PASSENGERS AND CREWS
Sailors OF British Steamer Kingston
Still Missins-Ralder Holds Up
American Vessel by Mistake
Hostile Diver 10 Believed
to Be the U-53.


ported without confirmation here today
that three submarines were operating
off the coast and that a total of nins
vessels had been sunk by them.
Boston, Oct. 10-The submarine arm
of the Imperial German navy ravaged
shipping off the Eastern coast of the
United States Sunday.
Four British, one Dutch, and N
Norwegian steamer were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket shoals.
At night under the light Of the Hun
ter's moon, the destroyer flotilla Of
the United States Atlantic fleet was
picking up passengers and crews OF
the destroyed vessels and bringing
them into Newport, r. l.
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.
American Ship Held Up.
A submarine held up the American
steamer Kansan bound from New
York for Genoa with steel for the tia.
liam government but later on estab-
fishing her identity, allowed the Am
erican to proceed. The Kansan came
into Boston harbor at night for her
usual call here.
The hostile submarine is believed
to be the U-53 which paid a call to
Newport Saturday and disappeared at
sunset. Some naval men, however,
declared that at least two submarines
shore though outside the three-mile
limit.
Wireless Tells Of Ships Sunk.
The record Of submarine warfare as
brought to land wireless dispatches
follows:
"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 Saturday
for Bordeaux and was attacked at 6
a. M.
Crew Abandons FreIghter.
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 a destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 10: i5 a. m. She
was bound for London FROM Newport
News.
THE Stephano, British passenger
liner, plying regularly between New
York, Halifax and st. Johns. New
Foundland torpedoed southeast of
Nantucket while bound for New York.
Reported still afloat. Passengers and
crew numbering about l40 we're pick.
ed up by the destroyer Drayton and
brought to Newport. The attack was
made at 4:30 p. m.
Search for Missing Crew.
"The Kingston. British freighter.
t~orpedoed and sun southeast of Nan.
taeget. Crew missing and destroyer
searching for them. The vessel is not
accounted for In maritime registers
and may be the Kingstonian. The at
tack occurred at 6 p. m.
"Bloomersdijk. Dutch freighter tor
pedoed and sunk south OF Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The
steamer was bound from New York
for Rotterdam, having sailed Saturday
night.
U-Boat Creates Sensation.
"The Christian Knudsen, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk near
where the Bloomersdijk went down.
Crew picked up by destroyers
The sensation created Saturday
when the U-53 quietly slipped into
Newport harbor and as quietly slipped
away three hours later was less than
the shock i'm shipping circles when
wireless reports of submarine attacks
began to come into the naval radio
stations Just before Don. Within a
few minutes the air was literally
charged with electricity as wireless
messages of warning were broadcasted
along the coast.