Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-10-12

he record Of submarine warning. as
pught 10 land by wireless despatcncs
lows:
he Strathdene, British freGhter. trr-
ioed ana sunk off Nantucket Crew
zen aboard Nantucket Shoals lghtship
d later removed to Newport by torpedo
StroYerS, The vessel left New York
s'erday for Bordeaux and was attacked
30 a. m.
he West Point, British rreightor. tor
loed and sunk Of Nantucket Cl-W
andoned the ship in small boats after \
frnnc shot from the submarines gun
i"ers and men were taken aboard a de
oyer The vessel was attacked at 0:6
m. She was bound from , London fol
hwport News.
itephano, British vessel. liner. plying
sularly between New York. Halifax
d 81. Johns y. T. Torpedoed southeaat
Nantucket, while bound for New York.
fported still afioat late tonight. Fas'
lgers and crew, numbering about lac
pre- picked MP by destroyer Drayton and
ought to Newport. Tho attack was at
20 p. m.
kingston, British frelehter. torpedoed
sunk southeast of Nantucket Crew
ssng and destroyer searching for them
is vessel is not accounted for in
aritme registers, and may be the King
)nian. The attack was at 600 p. M
3loomersdiik, Dutch freighter, tor
doed and sunk south of Nantucket
ew taken aboard n destroyer. The
banner was bound from New York foi
btterdam, having sailed last night
christian Knudsen, Norwegian freight
torpedoed and sunk near where tn,
oomersdijk went down. Crew pickle
by destroyers. The vessel sailed from
fw York Saturday for London.
rhe sensation created yesterday wher
@ T-i3 quietly slipped into Newpor
rhor and as quietly slipped away, three
|urs later, was less than the shock in
ipping circles when wireless reports
submarine attacks began to come int,
Q naval radio stations Just before nool
day. Within a few minutes the air wa
orally charged with electricity as wire
IS messages OF warning shot up an,
|wn the coast
DIRECTLY IN STEAMER LANE.
F;he submarine or submarines had takei
position directly in tho steamer lane
here they could hardly miss anythin,
Pund for New York or bound East from
at port.
Vessels of the allied nations and neu
al bottoms carrying contraband Of wa
hurried 10 get within the three-mil
nit of the American shore Several VIII,
ere following the outside course shifte,
bid made for the inside lane Tn
ephano Of the Red Cross line, however
as caught outside the neutral zone.
Yrhis vessel was perhaps the bigges
-ize of the day. The craft had beer
Did to the Russian government an,
ould have been used as an ice broake
ter her present trip.
[ p to late tonight none of the patrol
ng fleet maintained by the British an,
french. to protect their own shipping an,
merlcan ships carrying munitions o
ar, had been sighted. Frantic appeal
ere sent TO Halifax, but the commando
me BRUSH naval station there's re
bsed to divulge what steps We're bein
lies lost no time in shifting their course
nose that were following what is know
the outside course turned to the in
de course that would bring them close
American soil.
SHIPPERS IN PANIC.
Some hing like a panic possessed tn
inds Of shippers when reports Of tn
rpedong were received, The storie
kgarding the U-53 had aroused niue
REGULATION as TO her mission and tn
ews that she had attacked British YES
Ills Travelled fast.
The radio stations which at first ha
Ven to the newspapers news of the ton
edoing and were slowly gathering add
onal facts, were suddenly closed to IN
ess by an order from the navy depart
lent at Washington. 1t was explaine
lat everything learned by government
atoms must first be transmitted to tn
hwy department before being mad
lhlic. Particulars OF the attack how
yer, continued to come from merchan
fssels to commercial wireless plant
pt controlled by the government an
trough marine observer9 on shore.