Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-22
LIlenly Submarine
 Sank Three Barges
OFF THE EAsTERNMosT POINT
 OF CAPE COD
SET A TUG ON FIRE
u-soat Dropped Three Shells on the
 Mainland-Aetion Lasted an Hour Damage Estimated at About s1oo,ooo.

Orleans, Mass, July 21.-A German submarine attacked the tug Perth Am |, boy, of the Lehigh Valley railroad. and her four barges three miles off this town on the southeastern elbow of Cape Cod at 10.S0 a. m today. The one-side battle lasted one hour an1 one-half. The tug was burned to the waters edge by shellfire, while the barges Lansford and Number 76s Number 403 and Number TAO were sunk by gunfire
 The barges were bound from Glou- cester for New York and only one was loaded, her cargo consisting of stone.
 Three Men Injured.
 Of the fl persons. including three women and five children, on board. | taree men-Captain Charles Ainslie of ] the Lansford, and John Bolovich and John Vitz. Austrian members of the tug crew, were wounded. Bolovjch prooably will lose an arm Vitz had che hand blown off. These two were sent to hospital in Boston. Captain Ainslie was wounded in both arms bv shrapnel and was treated at the sum mer home of Dr. J. Danforth Taylor of Boston.
 The attack was witnessed by large crowds of natives and summer visi- tors who had flocked to the cape for the weekend, seeking relief from the neat wave All accounts agreed that the submarines shooting was very pad. Her torpedo work was no better. According to Captain Ainslie of the Lansford, she launched three torpe- does at the tug and all went wild
 Three Seaplanes Attacked Raider. Il of
 miles from the naval aviation station at Chatham, Three seaplanes attack ed the raider with bombs, according Ito Rear Admiral Spencer s. Wood. commander of the First Naval Dis
 trlct. The fire was returned, keeping the planes high. Finally, however.
 the U-boat submerged and was last observed heading south.
 Tug Still Afioat.
 l Tonight the tug was still afioat and
 It was thought she could be saved
 The net result of the raid was the 3 sinking of barges valued in the az gresate at sSO,Oo0 and the serious 3 damaging of a tug valued at S1OO 900
 at the expenditure of three torpedoes
 which it is estimated cost the Ger : man government total of S45 5000, g and quantity Of ammunition. e The appearance of the raider so near
 the treacherous shoals and the tide
 rps of the cape and her subsequent : actions caused amazement to the l thousands of eye-witnesses rather = than consternation. The natives of : the cape could not understand wnv
 she should waste shells on a fleet oi s barges returning to a coal port It r was reported however, that the real y prey sought by the undersea boat
 passed Orleans shortly before the
 Perth Amboy was fired upon, but both e passed through the danger zone in h safety. n Fog Bank Hid U-boat. Il fog bank lying four miles off shore hid the U-boat from her approaching W victims. The Perth Amboy, steaming " leisurely through the calm summer y sea, was unaware of the presence ol 'A danger until a deckhand sighted q
 streak in the water shooting by the
 stern. Before he realized that it was
 a torpedo. two other missiles sped by . wide of their mark He shouted 2 of warning. At the same instant there '- was Q. flash from the fog and shel
 crashed through the wheelhouse. fragment of the flying steel took of lo the hand of Vitz as he grasped tn, " spokes of the steering wheel. In quicl ,r succession came other shots, some o -e which went wild and some of whicl
 struck home
 es Set the Tug on Fire. ne Captain J. H.. Tapley, who was il rs hls cabin at the time, ran out on decl ar just as the submarine loomed out o r. the fog bank. her deck gun f1ashin
 out it's storm of steel The lombard
 ment set the tug on fire and the Ger
 man turned his attention to the help
 less barges e
 f0
 ford. second in the tow, struck dow
 Captain Ainslie. e. Firing For More Than an Hour. ee The shooting of the enemy wa re amazing. For more than an hour tn as blazing tug and the drifting barge GU were under fire before the enemy sue aS Sceeded in getting home enough shot en to sink them. In the meantime tn Ve submarine crept nearer until he
 range was only a few hundred yard
 This at length proved sufficient. Tn CT. barges disappeared beneath the sui
 face one by one until only the ster ia. Of the Lansford was visible. The tu !: was a burning hulk. -: The crews with the three womel ,ch the five children and the three wound M ed rowed ashore while naval hydro ov airplanes came out, located the [ rt boat in the haze and engaged her LIT F. successfully. But the raider wa E given an example of the spirit h I strange manoeuvre had aroused.
 When the U-boat appeared out
 the fog, little Jack AihsIie, the eleve 0h' year old son of Captain Ainslie er- the Lansford, sighted it. The boy
 once ran to the cabin. but not in fea N- When he returned he carried in h
 hands small American flag. Lear
 ing over the rail he waved the colo es- in defiance at the German. Even tn
 impotent exhibition of patriotism d nd, not satisfy the lad. He shouted to h
 father that he was going to get h
 gun, a P calibre rife, and retul
 some of those shots which the raid ID was firing But Captain Ainslie r
 strained the boy. Shortly after th of the captain was struck down as l
 superintended the launching of tl ' small boat.
 !. When the little f1otilIa of rowboa of entered Nauset harbor Jack Aims IT was sitting in the bow of the Ian ,,e- ford's skiff, holding the colors prou ;nr ly erect. He was given a roust ,nS cheer by the cottagers who rush , rai down the beach to help the refuge bis ashore. Two Flying Instructors Killed. ni- Fort Worth, Texas. July 21.-T