The sun., 1917-02-10
U-BOATS' TOLL
is DWINDLING
Only Six Ships Reported Sunk,
but 80 Lives Are
Lost.

LONDON, Feb. s.-A great falling off is
noticed in the reports to-day of ships
sunk and tonnage lost through the un-
restricted operations of German subma-
rines. The loss of life reported to-day
however. is far greater than on any day
since the blockade began. The Germans
are announced to have taken directly or
indirectly twenty-ninc lives Of seamen
The number of ships reported sunk
to-day is only six. the smallest number
ade. Yesterday ten were sunk. To-
days tonnage loss is less than half the
loss of yesterday, only 1924. as con-
trasted with yesterdays 24,136, or 49,
7l2 tons less.
To-day's sinlkings raise the total known
tonnage lost since February to 146.603.
The actual total is rather higher be-
cause a few ships of unknown tonnage
and some fishing boats have been among
the Germans prey.
Norway the Heaviest Loser.
Aside from the loss of life, the most
striking feature of to-day's submarine
reports is the fact that neutral Norway
has been by all odds the heaviest loser
| in ships and tonnage lost. Four of the
six steamships sunk were Norwegian
ships, of a tonnage totalling 1915,
nearly three-quarters of the total loss.
Another of the six ships was a Spanish
steamship. also neutral. Only one
British steamship is reported to have
| been sunk
OF the twenty-nine lives reported lost
to-day, four were those of seamen on
! Norwegian ships. presumably Nor
wegians The chief mate and the steward
of the Ida We're killed on deck by shells
| from a German submarine. which fired
continuously and without warning until
the Ida sank. on the Odin Of Bergen,
which was sunk February . without
| warning, two men We're killed.
The Press Association announces that
twenty-five of the crew of the British
| steamship Nedamore were killed when
the vessel was sunk by a torpedo from
German submarine. Thirty-fve sur
vivors have been landed. When the sink
| ing OF the Vedamore was announced yes
| terday it was said that "the crew" had
! been landed and no loss OF life was men
| toned.
When the Norwegian steamship Stors-
! kog was sunk the crew was taken aboard
! from Queenstown. A steamer appeared
and the submarine dived. The chief
officer and carpenter were the only ones
able to return to the ships boat, and
they We're picked up by the steamer"
/ says n Queenstown despatch which does
not explain whether the remainder of
the crew were drowned or were carried
away in the submarine
List of ships sunk.
The list OF steamships reported sunl;
to-day follows:
British steamship Hanna Larsen, 1910
tons. formerly German ship seized at be
ginning of war. Captain and chief en-
gineer taken prisoners Remainder OF
the crew landed.
Norwegian steamship Hansk kncl. 1861
tons, formerly American steamship Sa.
tilla. Left New New York for Rotter.
dam December 81, Built at Quincy, Mass
Norwegian steamship Storskog, 2191
tons.
Norwegian steamship Ida, LIE tons
Chief mate and steward killed, rest OF
crew landed
Norwegian steamship Odin, l,o45 tons
Two killed
Spanish steamship Neuva Montana
2,039 tons. Crew saved
The American Consul at LiverpooI re-
ports that George Washington, the negro
fireman who lost his life when the Brit
ish steamship Turino was sunk by a
submarine. was born In Alberta. Can,
ada, and presumably was a British sub
ject. The first report said he was ar
American. Consul Frost has reported
TO Washington that the man was "ap
parently" British subject
An inquest was held to-day on tho
body of'one Of the fourteen men who
were lost on the British steamship St
Ninian. The chief officer cast light or
the methods German submarine com.
manders are now pursuing when he re,
ported that the st. Ninian had witnessed
the torpedoing of the Corsican Prince
and that he had put off In a lifeboat tc
pick up survivors. While he was re-
turning the submarine fired torpedo
into the st. Ninian, which sank In three
minutes.