Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-17

wall on that date.
London, Jan. II. - Eight British
and two French merchant vessels are
believed to have been sunk by Ger
man raider.
The ships sunk by the German
raider are:
British: Dramatist, Radnorshire,
Minieh, Netherbyhall, Mount Temple,
King George, Georgia, Voltaire. Tie
French: Nantes and Asnieres.
The steamships st. Theodore and
Yarrowdale were captured. Their
whereabouts is unknown.
The following announcement was
given out officially to-day:
For some time past it has been
assumed that the following British
and French merchant ships which had
long been overdue, had been sunk by
a German raider: British-Dramatist,
Radnorshire, Miniel., Netherbyhall,
Mount Temple, King George, Georgia,
Voltaire. French-Nantes and As
nieres. Definite information has now
been received from Pernambuco con-
firming this assumption. On the eve
ming of Monday the Japanese steamer
Hudson Maru arrived off Pernambuco,
having on board the masters and 237
men of the crews of some of the lost
vessels which were sunk on various
dates between December - and Jan.
IL.
I'm addition, the steamer st. Theo-
dore was captured and u prize crew
put on board; and the steamer Var
rowdale was captured and sent away
with about 400 men, the crews OF
others of tie sunken vessels, who
we're to be landed. No further news
has yet been received of their where
abouts.
The Voltaire and Georgia long over
due, had been virtually given up for
lost The Voltaire left Liverpool Now
ember % for New York and was never
heard from again. She was believed
to have been sunk by a mine or a sub
marine. The Noltaire was S,61S tons
She was 4S5 feet long.
The White Star freighter Georgia
sailed from Philadelphia, December g
for Liverpool with general cargo. The
White Star agents said some time ago
that her destruction must be conceded
as she had never taken more than fif-
teen days to cross the Atlantic in win
ter. Her tonnage was 10,077 and she
was 557 feet long.
The Dramatist, 5,421 tons and 410
feet long, sailed from Seattle, Novem-
Der 8 and San Fransisco November IS,
arriving at Colon December 9 and st.
Lucia December 10, the last report of
her movements.
Inc recent movements or te RaQn or
shire have not been recorded. She was
"a Royal Mail steam packet steamship
of 1902 tons.
The Netherby Hall, 4.I61 tons was last
reported on her way from India to Cuba.
Rivals MOewe
The King George sailed from Phila-
delphia on November "a and Wilmington
November 20 for Manchester, being
booked for return trip to Philadel-
phia.
The Minieh's recent movements are
not recorded.
The Mount Temple sailed from Mon
treal previous to December for Lon
don.
The Asnieres was n French four
masted bark of 3,103 tons She sailed
from Bahia Blanca on November 20 for
Pauillac.
The three masted French bark Nantes
1878 tons, sailed on October from
Iquique, Chile for London.
The st. Theodore. which has been cap
tured is a British steamship of 1892
tons. She sailed from Norfolk Decem-
ber for Savona Italy.
The other captured steamship, the
Yarrowdale, was of 1862 tons. The last
report from her was her arrival al
Havre from New York previous to Jan
uary 8.
The achievements of the German
raider rival the exploits of the raider
Moewe. which, after cruising in the
Atlantic for several weeks, returned
safely to a German port early in March
of 1916. According to an official an
nouncement at the time she had or
board 199 prisoners and 1000 900 marks