Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-06
+.ndard Oil Boat Latest ';iI;ct Victim of Subs Off Ca-
 nadian Coast.
|wo OF CREW ARE KILLED BY BLAST
..hor German Submersible Operat- ;'"sl ioo off the Virginia Coast Sinks
 "' Another Tank Steam CT,

Halifax, N. S., Aug. o'-lhe o'a"u- ! Oil company's tank steamer Louis |anehet, was torpedoed and sunk miles from this port today after a rlling three-hour battle with a krman submarine.
 |Vbe crew tcok to their small boats ere they were shelled by the sub- ,rjne but escaped without being hit. |The chief cook and the chief sttw- of the tanker, however, were kill when the explosion of the German |uedo smashed the steamers stern. second oil tanker which was ten les astern of the Louis Blanchaet en the battle opened escaped by thing full speed to Atlantic port. rhe Louis H. Blanchet left port at o'clock this morning in ballast. rec hours later she was attacked the submarine and for three hours engaged the German in a running ht, exchanging shot for shot. The marine socn learned that he out ged the tanker and kept just out of eh of the ships guns
 Washington, Aug. 5.-German sub- fineS now are operating at two arated points along the Atlantic board-one in the important sea off the Virginia coast, where American tank steamer O. B. nlngs, was sunk Sunday, and the er in Canadian waters, where fish smacks and other unimportant t have been destroyed.
 |resence of another raider in the Fers off the Middle Atlantic coast, Pre in May and June upwards of 20 sels were sunk, became known to- when the navy department an- need the sinking of the Jennings the landing from 13 to 32 mem- Of the crew at Norfolk by an erlean patrol boat.
 second small boat from the tank Tlth the captain and 13 men is Emg but as the weather has been officials confidently hope it be picked up.
 a Details Lacking.
 al details of the sinking of the alngs were lacking tonight but tne fact that the steamer sent lfeless message saying she was sael!ed a.! and asked for assist officials assumed that the sub- as s;, opened fire without giving the tune to take to the boats, though W was the possibility that the I,s. tsa n naa undertaken to make a is ;s. submarine st which had been op- D,g TOT several days in the Cana sssefs sa'vs < IS believed by officials to .s s0wed w, the tn mines of foreign make ss .fta, sp oll T. the coast of Long Is- aef .' the armored cruiser San 'uly l9. '"' Ire 1slano' N' ,,e Mine Caused San Diego Loss
 sasi of officials that one of sr,ias u;ines caused the destruction of .. ..a'ser was confirmed todav hy report sst. of naval court of inquiry y If fsSIpfessed .Ia sS the opinion that the ssnas WI Iae ship "was due to an exter. Is smoslon, "s of mine."
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