New Britain herald., 1917-02-19
Norwegian and Spanish Vessels
Engaged in Trade for New
York Concern
FIVE MERCHANTMEN DOCK
AFTER RUNNING BLOCKADE
Five Carrying Merchandise to Ports
of Entente Allies, Under American
Flag, Now Out on Ocean-Phila
delphia Spoken BY Wireless and
Will Dock Thursday-Large Con-
signments of Food Condemned.
signments of Food Condemned.

signments of Food Condemned.
New York, Feb. 19.-Two steam
ships out of New York, under char
ter to the Kerr Steamship company,
one Norwegian and the other Spanish,
have been sunk in the submarine
zone, according to advices received
by the company today. They were
the Dalmata, Norwegian, Jan. "a, for
Havre, and the Mar Adriatico, Span
ish, for Bordeaux.
The Dalmata was sunk Feb. 9, and
the Mar Adriatico Feb. /. The latter
arrived at Lisbon on Feb. 2 and prob
ably was proceeding to Bordeaux
when sunk. Officials of the Kerr
steamship company said they did not
believe either vessel had Americans
aboard
Five Steamers Arrive Safely.
Five steamships from war zone
ports arrived here today. The Brit
ish steamers Folia from Bristol and
the Sebastion from Rouen both left
after Germany's new submarine cam
paign began. The Folia, a Cunard
freighter, came by way Of Halifax.
The other arrivals were the Belgian
steamer Escaut from Cardiff; the
French steamer Cuyane. from Bor-
deaux and the Dutch steamer Moor
dayk from Rotterdam.
Five American ships from this port
are now one the high seas headed for
the zone Of German submarine war
ssse a1iffut .ksV ~ Ere resdy for
immediate departure. Three Of these
vessels, the Orleans and Rochester,
for Bordeaux and the Owego, for
Genoa, now are approaching the
blockade line in the Bay Of Biscay
and the Mediterranean.
The City Of Puebla, a freighter of
1924 tons owned by the Harvey
Steamship company, got away yester-
day for Havre. Her captain and thir-
teen other officers are Americans.
Inc crew are to receive a war bonus
of SO per cent. of their pay at the end
of the voyage.
Among American ships ready to
sail today are the Agequin, a freight
er, and Monaghan, which is equipped
to carry passengers.
In addition to the City of Puebla,
twelve steamships sailed from New
York yesterday, presumably by
routes that will carry them through
the zone of blockade. Three vessels,
one of them an American, arrived af-
ter passage through the restricted
area.
= Food Shipments Condemned.
Health department reports show
that seven million pounds of food
brought to this port by ships during
the past twenty weeks have been con-
demned and destroyed as unfit for
consumption. The value is estimated
at 100000. Lucius P. Brown, head
of the food and drugs divisions of
the health department, says, that part
of the condemnation was due to war
conditions, including delays in arrival
and the loading of perishable cargoes
in ships not designed for such pur-
poses.
The food condemned, however. is
only a very small part of the total
received here. Health Commissioner
Emerson estimates the seizure at
about one-fifth of one per cent of
the arrivals.
Borincucn Heard From.
The American freight steamship
Borinquen, reported two weeks over
due at Boston on ner voyage from
Fowey, England, has been sighted of
bermuda in tow of a Dutch steam
ship, according to cable advices re-
ceived here today by the owner, the
Garland steamship company.
The Borinquen was last reported
leaving Fayat the Azores, on Jan %
Just prior to that she had been stop
u ped by a U-boat and ordered to res
Sscue the survivors of a destroyed shiI
and carried these men into Fayal.
The Standard Oil tank steamer Wi.
co, sailed fl : here tod2- for an un
ramed European port, the first yes.
sci of the Standard Oil fleet to leave
an American port since the U-boa
campaign was inaugurated. The Wice
was not armed.
Philadelphia Heard From.
The American liner Philadelphia
which left Liverpool February IA fo1
New York with passengers reported
her position by wireless today as 1928;
miles east of New York at 10 a. m
Gsba ic n dock Thursday