Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
..9HERMAN's CRUC|F|X
S|LENCEs SUBMARINE
'ien on Board Fishing Vessel With.
out Boat to Escape I'm When
Attacked.
|DUELs WITH PIRATES ON pRow1
Night Hawk Watcl,-Destroyc
Fight - Captains Report - Five
Murdered by Huns-Patrol Boat
Sinks Undersea Raider.
international News bureau


international News Bureau.)
LONDON. July l1.-Early one morn
ne In tho week two sixty-ton fishing
Ismacks left a home port for their fish
ing grourJ. Suddenly German sub
marine appeared, and began to she'll
Ione OF them. the Geraldine. which had
Idropped four OF It's crew in It's only
hoa' to collect bait. so that when 1t
reached the ground where IT meant TO
lay the lines. II was without boat.
Almost Immediately the Geraldine
sank. and II is believed that the four
men and a boy on board have been lost
Next the submarine turned her at
Itention to the other smack. the ST.
|Mtnchin. which was laying lines mile
away. and without any warning began
smelling her. Her fourtccn-foot boat
WAS at once launched. and all got
aboard including crew of eight AMI
three sons Of the skipper. Who had
gone with their father for Easter
holiday cruise.
tab!y have been submerged. but the
\ weather was very calm. Their smack
was sunk after four or five shots and
l>he submarine then fred on them al
plfnost at hearing distance. One or the
tcrew. having rosary beads in his
pocket, produced them. and. holding up
the crucifix. cried out; You won't be
able to sink this, anyway" Presently
he boat was sighted by a patrol and
brought to harbor.
Afterwards. at the port all the
Especial Easter services were suspended.
Iaad the parish priest announced tho
Tragic news 10 his congregation. de-
lc!aripS that the five members OF his
rock had been done 10 death by Il
GODDESS culture.
1t was only b. a piece Of luck that
ne ports whole fishing fleet Of twenty
looats was not out.
Here follow more stories. all sub
Istantiated by Admiralty records, but.
unfortunately. all too briefly told.
They give some idea Of the constant
|ish and patience Of our U-boat
hunters.
German submarine had been re-
iportei In a certain area swept by our
antisnbnarinc craft. and il was pretty
certain that she was lying perduc at
The bottom Of the sea. awaiting a
4 Ichance to escape. She would have to
lGoine TO the surface TO charge bat
IterIcs. but, as this would be dangerous
IN daytime, 1t WAS more likely she
would attempt the operation by night.
Accordingly a number OF vessels
were detailed 10 watch for her. Luck
iwas with the fotilla. The weather was
jroun6 the suspected hiding place
II Between and in tho morning one
iof the vessels got a clue and closed
UP TO tie SPOT in readiness, Presently
the submarine rose. and fire was
Iopened Tho enemy FASTENED to dive
Isted in the operation by one OF our
depth charges. after which nothing
more was hoard Of that boat,
An armed trawlcr on patrol sighted
the coming tower and upper par, Of a
IC-Soat about a mile away. Sh.
lopened fire. The frs. sho, missed; the
second fell short, but ricochetted into
tine coming tower: the third burst in
the middle Of the coming tower: the
fourth on the lower part OF the con-
IHing tower and tho 9th hit the water
over the spo, where the submarin.
disa ppcar.d. She was no, seen again.
DEPTH CHARGE ACCOUNTS
Il FOR ANOTHER SUB
Another armed ;rnwler while on pa
Il troll, heard the working OF sub
marines engines under water. and
stearned over the supposed course OF
THE enemy and dropped 4 depth charge
loud explosion was heard. and as
the column OF water dropped round the
I,rawler a piece OF brass tubing about
two feet long and three inches In
diameter was seen 10 fan close to the
snip. A large quantity OF oil came to
n The surface. No further sound was
II heard, and when the area was dragged
Y an obstruction on the bottom was
located.
| In these official reports there ia evil
4 dence OF the helpful! work being done
N in infested seas by our comrades OF
1.-THE American navy An Interesting
and successful engagement was fought
10y Two American destroyers which were
conveying merchantmen. Twice a hos
II tile periscope popped up. and twice
the Americans left their charges TO
deal with the menace
II When the periscope showed itself "a
ilfhird time our allies plunged in three
Ibho,s and dropped depth charge. The
'PJenemys bow camo up quickly and II
he vi Ia
Iof so degrees. stern down. He man
,kaged to right himself and tried TO
steam out OF range. But again the
Americans opened fire. and the Ger
s3mans then put hands up and sur
jrendered. The U-boat sank just after
II wards. tie survivors being taken on
n board destroyer.
II How United States destroyer saved
IA convoy is told in another of these
"A stories. She sighted a U-boat in the
~ moonlight. and made for her. dropping
f}Itwo pills" where the enemy had divcd.
Hon came to the surface
~ An interesting point in connection
~ with this incident is officially recorded
.Jin these terms: Another convoy COM
ling from the opposite direction was APP
Approaching the submarine The Ger
Imam was evidently lying in wait for
K these ships, and by attacking him the
4 American saved the approaching con-
lvoy."
Il here IL lhe StOIS ol destroyer s
hight against two submarines. One OF
Iour own ships on convoy duty spotted
a periscope half n mile away, but be-
i fore she could close with the enemy he
IL had dived. Down went the depth
! charge. and wreckage and portions or
VI the submarine came to the surface.
tbJust then another periscope was
I sighted. and our destroyer's guns went
for the second enemy. The submarine
| fired a torpedo at the destroyer, miss
ling her, and then disappeared.
One Of II. NJ. ships was escorting an
i oil carrier through dirty weather when
the latter was torpcdoed without tho
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