The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-04
U-BOATS GET TEN SHIPS
First Visit to America OF
Hun Craft Results IN
No Lives Lost.
VESSELS UNARMED
Two Passenger Steam
ers, One anker and
Six Schooners Go
to Bottom.
VESSELS UNARMED

New york, June 81 boats
. haze taken toll of American
shipping on this side OF the At
Ian. A.. tx ports received late to-
night indicate that two coast
w.s<. passenger steamers, one
coal carrier. one steam tanker
and six schooncrs have been sent
to the bottom by the German sea
raiders. No los. of life has been
reportad, however. as the raid
ers apparently are not operating
on the "spurlos versenkt' basis.
The vessels known or believed to
have been sunk are:
Carolina. plying between Porto
Rico and New York. Carried 22o
passengers and 100 in crew.
Wireless call heard early today
City of Columbus, plying be-
tween savannah and New York.
Due at BOSTON early this morn
ing. but not reported. Crew or
6. and possibly 100 passengers
Ninnesonne. with coal, New
port News to Boston.
Herbert l.. Pratt. oil tanker,
sunk of Cape Helopen.
EG ioAot S'ShNPAsN'1
known to have been sunk;
Edward III. Cole. in ballast
crew of eleven.
Hattie Dunn. bound from
Rockiand to Charleston In bal
last.
isabella B. Wiley, in ballast,
crew OF eight.
Jacob I'll. Haskell. bound from
Boston to Norfolk. crew of eleven
E,dna, bound for Santiago dc
Cuba, with Oil.
Schooner haupp3ug.
Another tanker also LIS believed
to have fallen victims Of the raid
erS.
Life boats believed To be from
the steamship Carolina were
sighted by naval hydrOaero-
plane observer OF Beach Haven.
\. j.. this evening and a cutter
was sent out from Beach Haven
life saving station to help them 10
shore. The last heard of the
Carolina was a wireless call for
help scnt out SUNDAY afternoon.
The City OF Columbus was due
at Boston early today. A report
heard from this vessel could not
b.. confirmed, but ii is believed
she was directly i'll the track
along which the C-boats inter-
Ccpied the other vessels.
proof that the U-boats have
been operating along the coast
for many days was received to-
night ,ai,en thirty-eight members
OF the crews of the Winneconne,
the Hattie Dunn and the Edna
were brought into this port by a
cs,astvise ffeighter. Six men
from the Edna had been held
prisoners on board the U-boat
since May rs. At O'Clock this
morning they were set adrift in a
small boat from one of the other
vessels that had been sunk.
With the men from the Edna
were six men of the Hattie Dunn.
who also had been held prison
ers on board the U-boat for eight
days. They reported that this
vessel was the U-IS1.
They. together with the cap
tain and crew of the Winnecon-
ne were picked up early this
morning, 1875 miles on Absecon
Light by Captain tastes. of a
Mallory Line steamship, and
brought to this port. All hands
were in three open boats, one of
which was making water very
rapidly when picked up. The
men were almost worn out and
were suffering from lack OF food
and water.
The men who had been held on
board the submarine said they
mans. They said the raider was
225 feet long. with a surface
speed Of IS knots and could SUBJ
merge in As seconds.
Captain G. n. Gilmore. Of the
Edna, said several of the U-boat
crew spoke English. and seemed
TO be absolutely confident that
Germany would win the war.
A general alarm was sent by wir
less from every station along the Goa
as soon as news of the presence
raiders became known.
AT the same time the whole Allan
coast was placed under rigid W
blockade by the navy departmel
Orders were given that none but ma,
NSSStiS bt PSi ItAttrd W iCas any ~
along the entire seaboard
Thee coast guard patrol was trebl
and reinforced by hydro-aeroplane a
aeroplanes from nearby traini
camps, while coast guard cutters a
other vessels were rushed to the 8
of survivors of vessels sunk by I
raiders.
Indications that the navy depal
ment had been aware of the preser
of T. boats In United States waters 1
some days past were found in
statements of passengers on incomi
vessels that the ferry and boat servt
bet cen Key West and Havana h
been suspended for the past week.
A vessel arriving here from Barbad
reported U-boats operati
in the gulf stream near, the West
dies
The hrst news of the raiders .preser
so close TO New York harbor "
brought by Captain Humphreys
of the schooner Edward
Cole. and ten men of his crew who
been picked up by the 'coastw
freighter Bristol and landed at Quars