The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-22
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Information could be obtained from
officia' sources on the cape. Botovich
and another man from one of the
barges, boz whose arms had been in
| ju ed, were removed to the private
| hospital of DR.. James McHugh- Later
Boto ioh was taken to a hospital in
Boston. The survivors lost all their
priva-e effects d some of them, who
were ha ing their turn in their hunks
when the U-boat appeared, came
ashore i their night clothing.
Was a Submarine
The tug Perth Amboy with her four
barges in line was putting along leis-
urely Just off the shoals two miles
from shore at II o'clock Sunday morn
ing VIII the r. at of an estimated
length of 400 feet rose suddenly one
mile seaward-and trained her guns
on the tow. A moment later and with
out war % the CT ew a shot struck
the seco1 large amidship. The
empty craft doubled up and sunk SO
quickly that l-er crew barely had time
to lower heir small boats. Capt ].
H La?ley, of the tug, had Sounded
his whistle as soon as the U-boat was
sighted and r6ered the barges aban-
dohed. The first shot was followed
by a rain of shell; that dropped on
and about the Per Amboy nd her
barges A lucky shot next sank the
last barge. Nc while hits on the
tug hs her afire but she stood by
her barges to the finish. The third
barge in the line. the smallest of all.
pro I'd a hard mark and the German
gunners occupied half an hour in dis
posing h
No Navy Patrols Near.
By this time the firing had alarmed
the whole Cape and cries for assist
ance were sent broadcast. No Amer
lean warships, however. appeared to
be in the vicinity and the explosion OF
German gunnery went on nethod1cal-
w. Then two hydro-airplanes rose
from the station at Chatham and. fly
ing low darted toward the enemy as
tho to attack It could not be seen
that they dropped any bombs but
the Germans evidently anticipated an
attack from the air for they stopped
firing and elevated their guns against
the carbohydrates They did not fire.
however, and a moment later sub
merged.
The planes circled about where the
enemy was last seen and then turned
noses toward their station. Scarcely
had they reached shore when the u
boat re-appeared md resumed her at
tack on the tug and the one light
barge remaining afloat. Both the Jug
and the barge we're in flames and
were held where they were by the
sunken barges.
when the firing began the crews
lost no time in abandoning the tow.
Each of the four barges had one small
boat intended TO carry only five per-
sons and all the craft were greatly
overloaded. In addition the occu-
pants were exposed to constant danger
from shell fire Several merchant
craft were in the vicinity and regard
less of the menace to themselves went
to the rescue of the crew and towed
the small boats to shore. The men of
the Perth Annroy, who stood by their
ship until it was ablaze> from bow to
stern, were taken off by boats from
the coast guard station.
Sub Afraid of Hydroplanes.
The U-boat was still trying to find
vulnerable spots in the Perth Amboy
and the remaining barge when the by
dro airplanes again approached. At
sight of the planes the. submarine
again submerged and did not reap
pear.
The three women and five children
did not suffer physical harm. Among
the children was an 11-year-old boy
who, at the first sign of battle. grabbed
an American flag and shook it defiant
ly toward the U-boat. The lad was
still clinging to the colors held proud
ly above his head when he landed on
the beach.
The German commander either took
a long chance or had an exact chart
of the dangerous shoals and shifting
sandbars off tbs cape. 1t would be
impossible for him to submerge to any
great depth and the scene of his ex-
ploits was not one in which undersea
boats might be expected to operate
Later he was being hunted by patrol
vessels and Other war craft.