Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-24
BIG TRANSPORT
SUNK I4O DEAD
Successful Raid by Austrian
Fleet and German Sub Is
Announced-14 Small
Craft Destroyed.

London, May 21.-The British admir-,
atty issues the following statement fol
newspapers of Saturday:
Inc British transport Cameronia
WIN troops was torpedoed by an enemv
uomarine in the eastern Mediterranean
on April Is. One hundred and forty men
1te missing and are presumed to have
been drowned"
Inc survivors of the Cameronia saw
the vessel was torpedoed in fine, calm
Weather in h afternoon. The sub
marine was not seen.
A large number of the casualties wers
u to the explosion of the torpedo
,whlch struck where there happened I'd
pc many soldiers. There was SOMA ex.
and confusion at the outset
ai!er the torpedo had struck. but disci-
pine soon prevailed. The boats werS
smartly launched, but one OF them was
smashed and many lives were lost.
Inc Cameronia was afloat for 40
minutes after she was torpedoed, which
enaoled torpedo boat d%estroyers to run
the doomed vessel. Soldiers
from the Cameronia jumped on thei,
poats In disciplined succession.
Inc British steamer Cameronia, OF
1865 gross tons, was one Of the larg.
est ships belonging to the Anchor Line
OF Glasgow. She was requisitioned by
The British government May l. 1918
and her passengers were transferred to
the Lusitania, which was sunk off
klnsale, May 7, 1915, while carrying tho
Cameronia's passengers. For the las,
two years the Cameronia a been used
In the transport service.
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London. May 19.-Fourteen drifters
have been sunk in a aid by Austrian
light cruisers in the Adriatic sea. and
that the British cruiser Dartmouth was
torpedoed in a subsequent engagement
with the Austrian warships. but
reached port safely, a been an
nounced.
The admiralty stated that the British
Warships Dartmouth and Bristol pur-
sued the Austrian vessels to a point
near Camaro, when, battleships coming
to their assistance, the British vessele
were compelled to withdraw!
A drifter is a steam fishing vessel
many of which have been used during
the war in mine sweeping.
Rome, May 19.-(via Paris)-The fol-
lowing official communication was is
sued today:
AN enemy squadron, composed OF
cruisers and destroyers. favored by
darkness, attacked shortly before dawn
on the 10Th a small convoy crossing the
AuIlatlc ufluef eSCOTl. III lHe DTleL, uIl-
equal fight. one of our escorting torpedo
boats, one steamer and a motor fishing
boat used as a patrol were sunk.
1.-THE pilots OF two of our %seaplanes
were able to observe one of the cruisers
enveloped in smoke. It's stern had been
demolished and it was in a sinking con
dition when it reached Cattaro.
"All of our warships and seaplanes
returned to their base"
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GERMAN SUB AIDS.
Vienna, May olivia London)-A
British cruiser was sunk during an en-
gagement with English, Frenc and It.
allan vessels after an Austrian naval
detachment had made a successful raid
on the strait of Otranto, on the south
ern coast of Italy. according to an Of
fetal announcement by the admiralty.
italian d~estroyers, three merchantmen
and 20 armed guard vessels. the state
ment adds, became victims of the
Austrian raid.
A German submarine c~ooperated with
the Austrian forces, which are said to
have returned to port with small loss
of life and little damage.