Evening star., 1918-08-21
Triumph, Captured by Sub
marine, Is Equipped With
Guns and Wireless.
SIX U-B0ATS IN WATERS,
GERMAN CAPTAIN SAYS
Declares They Intend to Destroy
Entire Fleet OFF Nova
Scotia Coast.
6y the Associated Press.

;&y the Associated Press.
. A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT.
sNugust 21-The steam trawler Tri-
hinph. fitted with two guns and wire
Jess and manned by sixteen Germans
) from a U-boat which, captured her
! yesterday. is raiding the fishing banks
bff the Nova Scotia coast. Crews of
the schooners sunk by the Triumph
have arrived here.
Capt. Myrrhe. master of the Tri-
/ Emph, who landed here with his men
, this morning, said he was told by
The captain Of the submarine which
/ captured his vessel that he was only
bne of six U-boats operating on this
! coast.
| eve intend to destroy the fishing
e3ieets." the German commander said
TO Capt Myrrhe.
Held Up by Triumph.
Capt. Wallace Bruce. master of the
A. Piatt Andrew. said on his arrival
here that his vessel was held up by
the Triumph yesterday afternoon and
that he and his crew were given ten
:. minutes to leave the ship. The Ger
fmans then sank her with bombs.
! The raider then bore down upon the
! Una P. Saunders and the Francis j.
O'Hara and sank them likewise. The
dories carrying the crews of the three
vessels reached here at 10 am. today.
SThe fishermen say that while making
dor this port they heard firing and be-
ttieved other fishing vessels were sunk
VIZ the raider.
/. Gives a Different Story.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. August 21-
apt Wallace Bruce of the schooner
FL Pfatt Andrew reported in a mes
cage to the owners. here today, that
Oils vessel was sunk by a German sub
snarine yesterday afternoon at ,
j. Face Problem in coaline.
h BOSTON. August 31.-Fishermen
here said today that If the German
submarine made use of the trawler
Triumph. seized yesterday. as a raider
{hey would have to recoal the craft
was manned by a Canadian crew and
Is owned by Canadian company. The
vessel is 125 feet in length and reg
listers about $50 tons gross.
, Fishermen said the scene of the at
tack undoubtedly was on the western
ffhe open sea and outside tie three
f4pile zone Of Canadian waters New
England vessels have not visited the
ewestern banks since German subma-
ines were first reported in the Bay
sPf Fundy. several weeks ago.
Had Base at Portland.
A
eteam trawler Triumph. captured by a
German submarine, left here Monday
for the fishing grounds. She had
landed her catches at this port during
the summer for a canning company
with extensive government contracts
a carrying capacity of 100000 pounds
i of fish, She took on a supply of coal
! on leaving here.
Says U-Boat Is Raising Havoc.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. August 21-
~ German submarine late yester-
f4ay seized the big fishing trawler
Triumph. The crew, who have reach
ed shore safely. said they believed that
the Germans intend to use the traw-
jer as a raider. The fishermen re-
Eported that the U-boat is playing
|Vhavoc" with the fleet of fishing YES
la6els on the Grand Banks.
The Triumph was halted on the fish
ing banks by the U-boat and the
Grew was permitted to take to the
dories- The fishermen said that the
trawler was still afioat when they last
- saw her.
: An armed guard of Germans had
been placed aboard and no prepara-
tfons Were being made to sink the
ship. the Triumph's men said. This
=
Germans intended to use her as a
i5aider.
The Triumph is owned by the North
tAtlantic Fisheries Company and is
time Of the crack boats Of the feet.
: German May Have Been Ashore.
NANTUCKET. R. L, August 21.-
4 story indicating. that an onicer OF
one of the German submarines oper-
ating OF the American coast may
have attended a New York theater
on the night Of August 8 has been
disclosed by the wife of a well known
New York playwright and prominent
member of the summer coloney here.
She was among those who rendered
assistance to the fishermen brought
to the island August II after a sub
marine had destroyed their vessels
the previous day on Georges banks.
One of the fishermen. a member of
the crew of the Lena A., told her. she
said, that he was questioned by the
German petty officer, who boarded
J. rhe schooner. During the CONVERSE
Sion they talked Of New York and the
fishermen asked the German IL he had
.sever been there. The officer, he said,
smiled and took from his pocket two
seat checks for. Broadway theater,
dated 'Thursday evening, August 81
two days before the attack ON the
: FISHING feet.
In telling the incident today, the
woman explained that the story had
islipped her mind until 1t was recalled
sto her by reports from Washington
today that the raiders were believed
to have landed men on the shores.
Her story was corroborated by an
other prominent resident of the island
who also interviewed the fisherman.
q. S. VIII Send Destroyers.
Strong forces of swift naval patrol
boats and destroyers sped today to the
NORTH. Atlantic bankS, ,ygheRN,sthe
ira VIE. Triumph, captured no1GtQAy
by a German submarine which armed
Z and manned her. IL reported raiding
Ashing fleets. Naval officers here think
Z Secapture of the trawier or her on
''Yorced destruction by the German crew