The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
KR0ONLAND In;
SAW SHIP SUNK
Passengers Watched U-BOat
Shell Dutch Vessel on
First Day Out.
GRADER" SIGHTED LATER
Near Collision in the Dark
Left All on Board With q,
Prayed Nerves.
SIGHTED LATER

The American liner Kroonland finished
yesterday a stirring trip from Liverpool
In which. besides tempestuous weather
she had experiences that gave her paA-
sengers n series Of wartime thrills. The
first day out Of the Mersey. February !,
voyagers were startled by viewing within
nine miles the destruction by big Ger
man submarine OF an unidentihab,e Hol-
land freighter. The only reason the
kroonland did not bring the castaways
here was because the benevolent COM
mander of The U-boat took them in tow
and left them within rowing distance OF
the Irish coast.
On Monday morning last the ships
company were again alarmed by the APP
pearance astern Of big stacklike OBJ
ject, wide as a hogshead. which was
taken by some of the officers to be the
coming tower OF a submarine, but which
some passengers said looked huge
enough to be the funnel OF one Of the new
German submerslble cruisers that they
had read things about in the newspapers
Capt. Barman admitted that 1t might
have been the coming tower OF a subma-
rine. The general opinion was against
the theory that 1t was the stack Of a
which ,hn s,;n.s oe,;o.r. ,rsr. ,,,,,ot, ~,
c,inoa 70 douh, TN o,,,.o, ,,,ha,n,.. :.
,righ, b.ye henn c.n,. u,;,h,n .a,,.rai
liz. ~ ,ha unar hatora ai.an.ss.i,.
and never showing up again.
Another l'-Boat scare.
On .he aIernoon OF the same day,
.'ouas' ste"Ihs"P "nose sPeeu anu
pecunar eohduct INSPIRED some OF the
hrooniahse on'ceIS anu passengers 10
susrec' 'nH' sne might ne termAn
iaiuer' appeared on the starooara quar-
YET Vi 'he nrooniAho' ran pata',eI 10 neI
stranger displayed no signals and flew no
Rarman and his orricers wondsrsa WHY
she was oIn,os, in mia. Atlantic taking
an inventory, annarentn,. OF Yankee
sbin .t,.r ,,,rring ahra.s, ~ ~. kronn-
land for sareraI miles tho oueerlv acting
craf, haod.d IN ,ia south n, rIght ANGLES
wifi tho ,in.r,. course and Soon sailed
below, III. hnr,,o,,
THO stranger ,ya, about A5o fae+ lony
,,l ,u.o ,,.s,. "a o,o fnn,.i ond ,,,ora
,,'a h,oo, -, 90 -, nua,,,ar, ,,,aroh.n,-
NO. rhara ~. ,,,,n ,noLor,s On her
fnr.r,,s, nns 6, ~. usual crowsnsst and
~ ,,h.r ,,,a,,ar S,a ,,,as .,',,,nnsd With
o -. - w.. - W. ~ ~ ,h, -
49,. 80. ~, ,ha n,os,s Sha a,naared IN
tne oa1e y, ."e inas % hn,s,,, 80 w
80 49,, ,,,,a,o
NJ, .e's t""n ".,,''ee" mn, A"os.
Ane "i"' e"ini VI ."e ne'.1
,I'p ca."e vi ca.uAs no ....
uashsh., wnen eveIyo ooos "a' On tT,,a,
nooks owe, rne oIeaN pe'Meen 'ne ne. Ih,,.u ,,,t',.
Ss",.s ,h 1iu IL % hns go au s.ranra% Ths
vi the hner nau oee" SCI ~, 10
arrived ABOARD ny % wIe,ss % t.o. s .ne
American shofc oh iueou"S nis"'' anu
many NoyaSets auniIt,eu '"a' '"e'
nerves were o'' rassen'
Mnn! Thr""" FRO" "erths'
The sea was very rough and many
passen.crs were awake. The liner gave
a mighty iurch that threw some folks
from their berths. NJ. c. Reichert, who
has been four years in London as the
representative Of the Yale & Towne
Misunderstanding COMPANY OF this city, said
last night at the Hotel Bossert in Brook
Ivn that the lurch. according to rumor
on the ship. was caused by the effort of
the Krooniand to avoid collision with an
other steamship. officers would give no
Information TO inuuiring messengers. but
thew got from other sources that the
Kroonland was forced to swerye suddenly
IN starhoard To escape smashing into
another vessel.
passenrers of the Kroonland had not
beard NJ Cermany's submarine note and
theret,re viewed the destruction of the
hutch freiohter with a detached. imper-
sonai interest. Later, on Tuesday night,
when thew learned Of the diplomatlc
sniIt and the beginning of relentless
Ti-hoat war, their spirjts drooped a bit
and those with children were inclined to
yiew Ccrmany's action with some heat.