The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-13
6 STEAMERS SUNK
OFF u. S. COAST
GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROY
BRITISH, DUTCH AND mon.
WEGIAN VESSELS.
ALL GIVEN WARNING
Crews Are Rescued BY Americas
Destroyers When News Is
Flashed.

Boston, Oct. S.-The submarine
arm of the Imperial navy ravaged
shipping off the eastern coast of the
United States to-day.
Four British, one Dutch and orc
Norwegian steamer were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts of
Nantucket Shoals.
Tonight under the light of the
hunters moon the destroyer fotilla
of the United States Atlantic feet
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 late hour the
crew of the British steamer Kings
ton had not been accounted for.
A submarine held up the Ameri-
can steamer Kansan, bound from
New York for Genoa, with steel for
the Italian Government, but later, on
establishing her identity, allowed the
American to proceed. The Kansan
came into Boston harbor late to-
night for her usual call here.
Believed To he U-53.
The hostile submarine is believed
to the the U-53, which paid call to
Newport yesterday and disappeared
at sunset. Some naval men, how
ever, declared that at least two sub
marines are operating close to the
American shore, though outside the
three-mile limit.
The record of submarine warfare,
as brought to land by wireless dis
patches follows:
The Strathdene, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoals
lightship and later reported to New
port by torpedoboat destroyers. The
Strathdene left New York yesterday
for Bordeaux, and was attacked at 8
a. NJ.
The West Point, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket,
crew abandoned the ship in small
boats after a warning shot from
submarines gun. officers and men
were taken aboard a destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 10:45 a. m.
She was bound from London for
Newport News.
Passenger Liner Sunk.
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. Passengers and crew. number
ing about 140, were picked up by
the destroyer Drayton and transferr-
ed to the destroyer Jenkins. The at
tack was made at 4:30 p. IN.
The Kingston, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk southeast of Nam
tucket. Crew missing and destroy
er searching for them. This vessel
is not accounted for in maritime reg
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The attack occurred at 6 p. m.
Bloomersdijk, Dutch freighter,tor-
pedoed and sunk south of Nantuck-
ct. Crew taken aboard a destroyer.
The steamer was bound from New
York for Rotterdam, having sailed
last night.
The Christian Knudsen, Norwe-
gian freighter, torpedoed and sunk
near where the Bloomersdijk went
down Crew picked up by destroy
ers. The vessel sailed from New
York Saturday for London.
The sensation created yesterday
when the U-53 quietly slipped into
Newport harbor and as quietly slipp-
ed away three hours later was less
than the shock in shipping circles
when wireless reports of submarine
attacks began to come into the naval
radio stations just before noon to-
day. Within few minutes the air
was literally charged with electrici-
ty as wireless messages of warning
were broadcasted along the coast.