The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
ANOTHER SHIP SUNK.
British Steamship Harpathian Tor
pedoed Without Warning-Entire
Crew Rescued.

Harpathian 100 miles off the Vir-
ginia capes at 9 a. m. Thursday was
announced Thursday night at the
Navy Department The entire crew
was rescued by the steamer Palmer,
w<ich arrived late to2ay in Chesa-
peake Bay.
The submarine used q torpedo. One
member Of the British crew was in
jured. The Earpathian was freight
er of $500 net tons.
All British steamers playing
through the war zone are armed, but
no mention Of an armed guard was
made in the navy reports.
The submarines operating off the
coast had not previously been heard
from since the Norwegian steamer
Eidsvold was sent down at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon some 40 miles eff
the Virginia capes. The Harpathiall
was sunk about 60 miles further out
to sea indicating that the underwater
craft had gone further into the At
lantic to escape patrol boats.
The raider apparently was operating
in a comparatively small area Tuesday
and Wednesday. The French steamer
Radioleine was attacked off Maryland
early Tuesday morning and about the
same time the schooner Edward R.
Baird, Jr., was sunk near the -capes,
the raiders having escaped southwark
through the patrol fleets.
The fact that the submarines are
Drawing the dangers from the patrols
which are converging around the area
of operations leads officials to believe
that the raiders are waiting for much
bigger prey than they have yet found
The place where they have operated
most recently is in the lane of travel
up and down the coast and through
it must pass much of the important
shipping going to and out Of the Vir-
ginia capes.
The sinking Of the Harpathian
brings the total Of vessels known to
have been sent down on this side OF
the Atlantic by the raiders to fourteen
six steamers and eight schooners
All the vessels were American except
the Eidsvold and Harpathian.
HARPATHIAN CREW 26 HOURS !
IN OPEN BOATS ON THE SEA
An Atlantic Port, June 6.-Surviv-
ors of the British steamer Harpa-
THAN, torpedoed and sunk off the Vir.
ginia Capes early Wednesday. morn
ing, arrived here late tonight anC
We're quartered in an army hospital
there being no hotel accommodations
available.
The men state that they did not SEE
the U-boat until their ship had gone
down and they were in the lifeboats
The commander of the submarine ther
called the lifeboats to the underwate!
craft, which popped up on the surface
nearby, and gave them water ant
American tobacco. The crew. describ'
the German commander as a ssigentle
manly murderer" who, after he haC
sunk the Harpathian without warning
! did all he could to make the. sRHyivor
comfortable. - u
Two of the Harpathian men. wer
injured, one rather severely, the othe
slightly. Another is suffering from
rheumatism as the result of .exposur
in the open boat.
Survivors say they were torpedoe'
| without warning:
eve did not know there was U
boat within miles of u.s." one Of then
! said, although we had been warne'
by wireless. Suddenly the ship quiv
eTou IiOIl1 StSi.l " StSIA ca1i4 StOWA :.
began to settle in the water. Tn
captain ordered all hands to the life
boats. The Harpati1ian was struck i
vital spot, for she sank in less tha]
eight minutes after being nit.
Members of the crew describe tn
U-boat as one Of the largest the
have ever seen, considerably over 20
feet in length She was heavily arm
ed and appeared capable of putin
up stiff fight against destroyer o
other small warcraft.
The fact that the German com
) mander gave the Harpathian's. me
American tobacco leads to the belle
here that the U-boat had sunk othe
ships before attacking the Harpathial
Twenty-six hours after taking t
open boats the captain and crew wer
, picked up by the steamer Potoma
! They were slowly making for tn
, capes when the Potomac hove in sigh
! when the Potomac hove j
sight.
j Mr.. R. C. Lawrence spent part {
: last week in Norfolk, Va, on busines