Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-08-28

| Banks Of New Foundland. It was
composed Of boats of both Canadian
| and American registry.
The exact number of vessels de-
stroyed is not known, but the corpo-
ration's fleet generally consisted of
| eight or nine vessels.
Schooners reported sunk on the
Grand Banks up to this afternoon
are: The Pasenda, Una p. Saunders,
Lucille Schnare (Canadian; Francis
j. O'Hara, A.Piatt Andrews, Sylvania
(American) Della Garde (registry
not identified).
The rescued crew Of the fishing
schooner Lucille Schnare, which
reached port last night, reported that
the Pasenda was nearby when their
craft was destroyed by gunfire and
bombs. When they left the vicinity
in small boats, they said, no attack
had been made on the Pasenda.
Six fishing schooners so far have
fallen victim to the Triumph, whose
German crew Of 16 men, according
to rescued crews of vessels she had
sunk. have been operating with two
guns and wireless outfit aboard the
captured trawler. The Triumph is
said to have 20 days supply Of coal
in her bunkers.
Destruction Of another fishing
schooner was reported with the arri-
val at Gabarus, Cape Breton, of IS
of the crew of the Della Garde. They
said Lheir vessel was sunk on the
fishing banks by submarine. One
of the men is injured. A dory con-
tanning three of the crew is missing.
British Ship Escapes.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 22.-A
British freight steamship which ar
rived here to-day from European wa
ters was attacked by a submarine
yesterday afternoon near Nantucket.
One torpedo was fred by the U-boat,
which missed the freighter by about
20 yards, members of the crew said.
The submarine then began shelling
the ship and the fire was returned
by the Britisher. A running fight
lasting more than an hour followed,
the freighter finally outdistancing the
submarine. None of the shots fred
by the U-boat took effect.
Sub. Operates With Triumph.
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. %.
A German submarine, presumably
the craft which captured the Tri-
umph, Is operating with the raiding
trawler, said Capt. jeff Thomas, Of
the Sylvania, who arrived here in
power dory after his schooner was
sunk by the raider. AS he and his
men rowed away from their craft,
which the Germans bombed, they
saw, two miles distant, a large sub
mersible lying on the surface
Capt Thomas came into port with
two Of his fishermen. Nineteen men
and a boy Of his crew, he said, have
not been reported, but he is conf
dent they have landed at some re-
mote village on the Cape Breton
coast.
The captain said he sighted the Tri-
umph an hour and half before his
vessel was destroyed, but he did not
suspect the trawier until 1t came
alongside and he was ordered to
leave his ship land be quick about
it."
Expect to Capture Triumph.
Washington, Aug. 22.-Absence of
any definite report Of activity to-day
on the part Of the raider Triumph,
the converted steam trawler armed
by 16 members Of German U-boat
crew, strengthened the belief held in
naval circles that the vessel is no
longer on the North Atlantic fishing
grounds. While numerous dispatches
were received during the day detail
ing the effects of the Triumph's foray
into the ranks of American and Ca
madam smacks and trawlers, all dealt
with sinkings which occurred yester-
day and Tuesday night.
SO thorough has been the "steps
taken to safeguard the fishing fleets"
as described by Admiral Benson,