The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-10-11
Which Operate Close To
Our Shores.
NUMBER,0F SHIPS sent DOWN
By German U.BOatS-lnterna.
tiona WAR Laws Complied
With, 1t Is Alleged.
NO LIVES REPORTED AS LOST

Boston, Mass, Oct. 9.-The sub
marine arm of the Imperial German
navy ravaged shipping about 80
miles off the eastern coast of the
United States yesterday.
Submarine activities began at day
light Sunday, three miles east of
Nantucket Lightship, when the
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sighted and signaie6 20 stop. When
the submarine commander was salts
fed that she was an American YES
sci he allowed her to proceed.
The submarine then moved in
close to the lightbhip where at 6
O'Clock a. M. she stopped the Brit
ish steamer Strathdene, bound from
New York for Bordeaux. After the
crew had obeyed orders to take to
the ships boats the submarine sent
a torpedo into the Strathdene and
sank her. The raider patrolling the
vicinity of the transatlantic steam
ship lane moved considerably to the
southwark. At 1O:45 O'Clock she
hailed the British steamer West
Point, London for Newport News,
with a warning shot. This was at
point ten miles south of the light
ship. The crew took to the boats
and the submarine torpedoed and
sank the steamer. No other vessel
was encountered until late in the
afternoon.
At 4:30 O'Clock six miles south
east of the lightship, the German
stopped the Stephano. Passengers
and crew were taken off in the ships
boats and the undersea boat shot
torpedo into the liner. AS this did
not appear to disable the staunch
steel vessel it was supplemented by
gun fire. The submarine moved off
Without waiting for the Stephano to
sink and she remained afloat until
1905 o'clock last night.
Near sunset the British steamer
Kingston came within view of the
lockout on the submersible. The
same procedure was followed as with
the other vessels and at 6 o'clock the
Kingston went down a short dis
lance southeast of the lightship.
The bright moonlight gave the
submarine a good chance to contin-
ue operations in the evening. She
moved a little to the westward and
soon after dark stopped the Dutch
tramp steamer Bloomersdijk, bound
from New York for Rotterdam. three
miles south of the lightship. Sup
posedly on the theory that she was
carrying contraband, the steamer
was sunk after the crew had entered
small boats. The submarine left hef
still afioat, but she went down at
sos o'clock.
A little later the Norwegian
steamer Christian Knudsen, New
York for London, was similarly halt |,
ed and sent to the. bottom. Three
other steamers were reported sunk
early to-day. The Kansan mean
while had sent broadcast radiograms i
telling of the submarines appear !,
ance in the vicinity of the lightship.
The West Point also was able to
flash off brief messages, giving word
of her plight before she was aban-
doned by her crew. These dispatches
were picked up at Newport and
feet of United States torpedo de-
stroyers was Immediately ordered
out to pick up the crews.
Throughout the day and night the
destroyers cruised in the waters for
several miles around the Nantucket
receiving word from time
to time of the sinking of additional
They located the survivors I
Of al the vessels known to have
been destroyed except the Kingston
and took them aboard. The crew of
the strathdene previously had been
on the lightship. The
steamer Kingston is not mentioned
IN maritime records and her destina-
lion was not known early to-day.
Within the Law.
Washington. Oct. State De- !
)artment officials have come 10 the |
conclusion that so far none OF Ger