The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
GERMAN (j-bOATS
SINK nine SHIPS
Warnings Given and Time to
Leave in LifebOatS.
U. S. SHIPS SAVE SURVIVORS
Raid on Allied Shipping Being ReIent
lessIy Pursued Off v. S. Coast-Brit'
ish Warships on Scene.

Boston, Oct. 10.-German submarine
warfare, brought to this side of the
Atlantic, was pursued relentlessly.
The captain Of the Nantucket light
ship, off which the attacks on passen
ger and freight ships were made, re
ported that three German submarines
were operating south and southeast OF
Nantucket, and that a total OF nine
vessels had been destroyed.
Following is list of the ships sent
to the bottom of the Atlantic by Ger
man submarines in the raid south OF
Nantucket light:
Strathdene, British freight ship, 1921
tons, New York for Bordeaux.
. West Point, British freight ship
2413 tons, London for Newport News.
Stephano, British passenger ship.
2143 tons, Newfoundland for New
York.
Kingston, British freight ship, dis
tination and tonnage uncertain.
Bloomersdijk, Dutch steamship, 1904
tons, New York for Rotterdam.
Christian Knudsen, Norwegian tank
ship, 1888 tons, New York for London.
The identity of three is not yet
known, but ships from the American
destroyer f1otilla at Newport are
searching the sea for the crews, that
are supposed to have taken to theiI
small boats.
Rushing to give battle to the sub
marines, three British cruisers are
off Nantucket shoals. This was the
first appearance of warships Of the
British and French patroling fleet in
that vicinity since the submarines be
gan their attacks Sunday morning.
The passengers and crew of the Red
Gross line steamship Stephano, the
crews of the British freighter West
Point, part of the crew of the British
freighter Strathdene, and the crews
of the Dutch freight ship Boomers
dix, and the Norwegian freight steam
ship Christian Knudsen, destroyed.
were landed at Newport.
No definite word has been received
of the fate of the crew of vessel re
corded in wireless dispatches as the
British steamship Kingstonian, also a
victim of the submarine attacks. These
men were reported to have been row
ing their small boats some thirty miles
off the lightship early in the day.
The calmnesS of the sea, which
made easy the transfer of passengers
and crews throughout the period of the
submarine operations, continued. The
tel perature was moderate. Under
these conditions it was realized that
seamen adrift in open boats would
suffer little discomfort although a
prolonged stay in the boats might
cause hardship from shortage of food
and water.
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1907 tons, and is understood to have
been in the service of the British gov.
eminent Early reports gave the name
of the vessel as the Kingston.
The submarines engaged in the TO
ray have not been positively identt
fie but there is no doubt In the
minds of naval officers that one OF
the engines of destruction was the
German U-53 which delivered mail for
the German ambassador, Count Won
Bernstorff, at Newport Saturday
while another is reported to be the
U-61. The belief is growing that the
U-53 is only one of flctilla of German
submarines assembled for attacks on
vessels of the allied nations and neu
trail bottoms carrying contraband OF
war. Their operations, so far as
known, have been south and southeast
of Nantucket Island, and from there
to ten miles off shore.
Shipping at ports along the New
England coast is being held up to a
greater extend, and vessels at sea are
reported making for the nearest har
Dor. The sudden onslaught of under
sea craft thoroughly has terrified ship
ping interests engaged in carrying mu
nitions of war and other shipping not
lying the American flag.