Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-11

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-Four British, one Dutch and one
Norwegian steamer were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket Shoals.
Tonight the destroyer fotilla of
the United States Atlantic feet was
picking up passengers and crews OF
the destroyed vessels and bringing
them into Newport, II. |.
SO far as known there was no loss
OF life, though at a late hour the
crew Of the British steamer Kingston
had not been accounted for.
a submarine held up the American
steamer kansan, bound from New
York to Genoa with steel for the
Italian government, but later, on es-
tablishing her identity, allowed her
| to proceed. The Kansan came into
Boston harbor late tonight for her
usual call here.
The hostile submarine is believed
to be the U-53, which paid a 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, follow:
The Ships Attacked.
The Strathdene, British freighter
| torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Grew taken aboard Nantucket Shoals
lightship and later removed to New
port by torpedo boat destroyers. The
Strathdene left New York yesterday
for Bordeaux and was attacked at
| a. IN.
The West Point, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew abandoned the ship in small
! boats after a warning shot from the
submarines guns. Officers and men
were taken aboard a destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 1916 n. m.
She was bound from London for
| Newport News, Va.
The Stephano, British passenger
liner, plying regularly between New
York, Halifax and st. Johns, N. f.,
torpedoed southeast of Nantucket,
while bound for New York. Report
ed still afloat late tonight. Passen-
gers and crew, numbering about 40,
were picked up by the destroyer
Drayton and brought to Newport.
The attack was made at 4.3O p. M
The Kingston, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk southeast of
|
stroyer searching for them. This
vessel is not accounted for in mari
time registers, and may be the King
| StOnian. The attack occurred at 6
D. m
BlOomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor
pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard destroyer The
steamer was bound from New York
to Rotterdam, having sailed last
night.
. The Chr. Knudsen, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk near
where the Bloomersdijk went down.
Crew picked up by destroyers The
vessel sailed from New York Satur-
day for London.
Air Filled With Warnings.
The sensation created yesterday
when the U43 quietly slipped into
Newport harbor and as quietly Slip
ped 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 day to-day.
Within few minutes the air was
literally charged with electricity as
wireless messages Of warning were
broadcasted along the coast.
The submarine, or submarines,
had taken position directly in the
steamer lanes where they could
hardly miss anything bound in for
New York, or bound east from that
port.
Vessels Of the entente allied ma
tions and neutral bottoms carrying
contraband Of war scurried to get
within the three-mile limit OF the
American shore. Several that were
following the outside course shifted
and made for the inside lane. The
Stephano, OF the Red Cross line, how
ever. was caught outside the neutral
zone. The destruction Of this vessel
was perhaps the biggest prize of the
day. The craft had been sold to the
Russian government and would have
been used as an ice-breaker after her
present trip.
Throughout the day and up to late
tonight none Of the patrolling fleet
maintained by the British and
French to protect their own shipping
and American ships carrying NUM-
tions OF war had been sighted. Fran
tic appeals were sent to Halifax, but
for time the commander of the
| British naval station there refused
to dtyulge what steps were being
| taken to meet the submarine attack,
Crews Fate Still in Doubt.
| Boston, Oct. 9.-No definite word
had been received up to noon to-day
OF the fate Of the crew Of a vessel
, recorded In wireless dispatches as
J the British steamer Kingston, one OF