The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
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British, American and Swedish
Steamers Victims.
Survivors of Swedish Ship Nave
a Reached Boston.

Washington, Aug. iz.-Destruction
of the British steamer Penistone and
the Swedish steamer Sydland by
German submarine off the New Eng
land coast was reported today to the
navy department. The Penistone was
sent down yesterday about 100 miles
eest of Nantucket and the Sydland on
August southeast of Nantucket. No
news of the fate of the crews was
given in the departments dispatch.
Later the navy was advised that
the American schooner, Herman Win
ter. had been sunk in the same gen.
eral locality. There is no record here
of a schooner of that name. An
American coastwise steamer named
Herman Winter is reported safe in
port.
Survivors of Sydland Come In.
Boston. Aug. 12.-Fifteen survivors
OF the Swedish steamer Sydland arriv-
ed here today and reported their ves-
sci had been sunk by a German sub
marine Saturday. Fifteen others of the
crew were picked up by another ship
All the members OF the Sydland's s
crew were rescued.
Sixty Fishermen Still Adrift.
| An Atlantic Port, Aug. 12-Sixty
fishermen including the crews of nine
| flsh1ng schooners sunk by a German
| submarine off Georges bank are
afIoat in dories in the Atlantic ocean
| according to word brought here early
| today by four survivors of the attack
rescued by the auxiliary schooner Hell
| en- Marley. According to the rescued
rlshermen fleet of 80 sailing vessels
was alta cked Saturday night by the
| submarine, several making their
escape before the subma me could
make ready to sink the ships.
! Sfr,I-;
Atlantic Port, Aug. IA British
| merchant steamer was sunk recently
| OF the north Atlantic coast, accord
| ing to tn second officer of the Ger
man submarine which sent nine fish
| ing schooners to the bottom off
Georges banks Saturday and Sunday
This report was given members of the
crew of the Kate Palmer, a FISHING
schooner. when thy were taken aboa I'd
the U-boat. The fishermen did not
learR the name of the Britisher, but
were informed that she had two
smokestacks. The men were brought
] early today a OAR. the auxiliary
schooner Helen Murley.
Thirty Vessels in vicinity,
| The crew of the Palmer reported
that probably thirty vessels were II
the immediate vicinity at the time o1
the attack. They said they heard fir
ing nearly all day Saturday. The,
"CAC diOISSlf the
taken aboard and kept below for abou
/ a hou- while the submarine proceed
ed in westerly direction. Later they
were told to get into their dory ant
| were cast adrift. Trey were picked
up five hours later by the Murley.
The did not see their schooner
sunk, but assumed she was destroyed
by a bomb
The fishermen reported that tn,
submarine was 300 feet long and car
ried a crew of about seventy A six
inch gun was mounted forward and {
smaller one tern. Tie second Off
Ger told them that the submersibl.
could make 21 knots on the surface.
All Work of One U~Boat.
Washington. Aug. 12.-All the yes
: ksels are believed by naval officers t
have been accounted for by the u
boat which has been o,erating II
north Atlantic waters for two week
or more. The 1Pemistone was sum-
near Georges bank. off the Massachu
setts coast. where some eleven fish,ni
boats were destroyed yesterday. tn
Herman Winter of 1,76S tons, tn
| Sydland 1,S44 tons.