The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-10
Submarine Sinks Ships Off Nantucket
Rescue Work Prompt

ENgScue WORK tSfO7f7pC as
Thsuks to the prompt action the American naval author
sent ihe bottom ~ the divers save possibly
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shortly YIahts stoIpad her
first ship was the kapsan
and thai che was auaI shortly after
i've oc0ck ne also reported to te 0tshp that he sbERrne
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must have sighted he $hathdele which was under Charter TO
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Brush soon dsa6led floating he rollers
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after be 6sndeFsa The asaa hsalips hsf caI er ASSIST
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This the last heard frQas the eublarIne Until atpaSt
four O'clock when e report came y that she had oyehaed
pedoed her, Hwas To- have been the lasraRsaantc trip o
the StephaRo, as bad been sold 10 the government
act as an ice breaker She had number Of passengers on
board which taken off the sps boats and later Trans
ered to the uRed States DESTROYER 81 the DESTROYER
otia sent out by Admiral Geayes and taken TO Newport where
they arrived safe styRlght s# s>t ,4s%
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With the first public word Of The work the summarize the
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coast for months No SIGN Of The fleet was reported by any Of
the vessels attacked. yy.saf fh -ysa#1s
Dispatches from Halifax Nova Scotia where the Atlantic fleet
the British navy has its headquarters announced last night
that the British admiral in command there had been notified OF
the appearance Of the German submarine and was quoted as
having said that I'VE have done everything possible to deal with
the situation as we know Il" @aE% @~
The British consul here admitted that efforts have been made
oct in touch With the paoHes and added that he himself
had idea where the ships might be- He declared that they had
been notified He also admitted the possibility o the establish
men Of German supply station on the Canadian coast
Dutch Agent Mad ,~~.
The Holland steamer BIoomersdK was carrying halt mil
lion dollars worth OF grain for the Dutch government and con-
signed to the Netherlands Trust The agent for the Holland Amer
lean line nmated last night that the Netherlands government
viii take active steps regard to the attack upon This vessel
and announced that the sinking Of this neutral ship may lead to
serious international complications $sr ~ Eft s
Several large transatlantic liners are either in the danger zone
or rapidly nearing IT, Some OF these vessels belong to the beg
erent nations while others are Of neutral fleets The big Amer
bearing the American ambassador to Germany lanes W. Gerard
and Mrs. Gerard. s-.va X s, sa,
Among the other prominent vessels in the vicinity Of the sub
marine zone the Camerona the Espagne, the Mauna Most
Of these have received warning Of the presence of the submarine
American waters and probably alter their course So as to