The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-06-06
RAkING THE NEW
ENGLAND COAST
ENEMY MACHINES ARE DOING
GREAT DESTRUCTION
TANKS CAUGHT At SANDY HOOK
The Three schooners Destroyed Were
Edward n. Cole, Jacob Lee Has
keII, and Isabella D. Wiley.
Some of Crew Rescued


Washington, June 3.-Three Ameri-
can schooners have been sunk by Ger
man U-boats. it was reported by the
Navy Department today.
The enemy's submercibles were op.
Grating less than forty miles off Barne-
gat New Jersey. They were operating
with both bomb and gun fire.
The Official Statement.
The complete navy department Off
cial statement follows. sd
"The Navy Department has been in
formed that three American schooners
have been sunk off the American coast
by German submarines.
The, American ship Bristol arriv-
ing in New York this morning reports
that the four masted schooner Edward
H. Cole was sunk by submarine at
six-thirty last night about fifty miles
south af Barnegat, New Jersey, and
that the Bristol rescued the crew and
brought them to port. 1t also rescued
the crew of another sailing vessel
which was sunk.
The Bristol reports that she had an
encounter with submarine thirty
miles off Barnegat, New Jersey at
four-twenty Sunday and that there are
two other submarines operating in
that locality.
The steamship Grecian reports that
the schooner Jacob Lee Haskell was
sunk by gun fire by German sub
marine in the same locality yesterday
noon.
The crew was rescued.
1t was also reported that the lisa
bella d. Wiley had been shelled by a
German U-boat and was probably lost.
Port of Boston Closed.
Boston, June 3.-The Port of Bos-
ton was closed this afternoon because
of the submarines operating off the
coast.
Two Tank Victims.
An Atlantic Port, June 1.-Two tank
ships were sunk by the German sub
marines about one hundred and fifty
miles off Sandy Hook between seven
and eight o'clock last night according
to the Captain of a Canadian-PacifiC
passenger liner which broke loose
from it's convoy and arrived safely
here today. The liner carried about
one hundred and fifty passengers.
The ship was travelling in Il slow
convoy.
Steamship Runs Away.
Last night at seven o'clock while
the passengers were giving a dinner
to the captain wireless message was
received from a tank saying that it
had been attacked by a submarine.
A minute later came another wire
less announcing that she had been
torpedoed.
A minute later came another wire
less announcing that she had been tor
pedoed. Shortly afterwards another
shin wireless statement said that she
was sinking.
Fifteen May Be Lost.
New York, June 3.-The first Ger
man submarine attack was made on
the schooner Edward II. Cole about
seventy-five miles off the Jersey High
lands yesterday at six-thirty The crew
,yo, Iondo5 barn this morning
The steamships of other conveys to
the number of fifteen are said to have
been sent to the bottom at various
points along the coast as far north
as the Nantucket Shoals.
Captain ]. II. Newcombe of the Ed
ward H. Cole declared that the Ger
man submarines scored direct hit
at his vessel by firing shot across
the bows and then gave them ten
minutes to abandon the ship and it
was then blown up by bomb fire.
AS the Americans were taking to
the small boats they saw one of the
German submarines turn aside and
then start in pursuit of the steamship.
New York Port Closed.
Officials of the port of New York or
dered all the ships to remain in the
harbor and the submarine net was
swung across the harbors entrance.
This all followed the receipt of in
formation that number of ships in
GLIDING three EAerican schooners had
been destroyed by the German u
boats.
There was also a report that the
toll would reach as high as fifteen al
though the Maritime Exchange refused
to confirm this.
U-Boats Were Very Bold.
Sailors of the Schooner Edward II.
Cole had no opportunity to talk with
the Germans but they declared that
the U-boats were very bold. They car
ried their guns on forward and went
far out into the water to get the
greatest amount of speed.
The Ward liner Esperaza got by
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