Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
U-BOAT SINKS
TWO STEAMERS


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fate of the crews of the
other vessels.
The Penistone and the
Herman Winter were sent
down in the vicinity Of
Georges aBnk, off the Mas
sachusetts coast, where a
submarine came to the sur
face Sunday in the midst Of
a fleet of American fishing
vessels, nine OF which were
destroyed.
| 1t was just three weeks ago yes
terday that a submarine made it's
appearance off the Massachusetts,
coast in the second raid of submersi-
| bles in American waters since the
United States entered the war. A tug
and three barges were destroyed by
gun fire. The submarine next was
heard from off the coast of Nova
Scotia where several steamers and
sailing vessels were sunk
In the meantime a second U-boat
appeared off the Virginia coasts, de-
stroying the American tank steamer
! o. B. Jennings, the Diamond Shoal
| lightship off Hattersa, n. c.. and other
craft. In some quarters the view was
held to-day that the submarine ac-
counted for all vessels attacked off
New England and that in all prob
ability ii was the one which has
been operating in the north. Some
| officials. however, held that possibly
! third submers had come to this
side of. the Atlantic.
Later reports to the Navy Depart
| ment revealed that the dispatch re-
lating to the Herman Winter had been
garbled in transmission. The coast
ing steamer Herman Winter had re-
ported that fishing schooner had
been sunk on Sunday off the Massa-
| chusetts coast The name of the
craft was not given.
All of 'the members of the Sgd
lands crew were rescued.
! The auxiliary schooner Albert
Black, owned at Portland, Me-, was
one of the fishermen attacked by a
German submarine off Georges
johnson reported upon arrival here
o-day that several shells were fired
at his craft at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning. one of which struck close
by. The submarine was three miles
away and was firing at other boats
with the aid of all her sails and
| auxiliary power, the schooner es-
capped unharmed, with her crew of
| ten.
Nantucket. Mass. Aug. 12.-The
sinking of the British steamer Pen
istone by German submarine off
Georges Bank was reported here
| to-day.
The Penistone, a vessel of about
| 1000 tons gross, apparently was
I sunk by the same U-boat that de-
stroyed nine fishing schooners Sat
urday. First reports made no ref
erence to the crews safety and gave
no details of the attack.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 12.-Sixty
| fishermen, including the crew OF
nine fishing schooners sunk by a
German submarine off Georges Bank,
are afioat in dories in the Atlantic
ocean, according to word brought
here early to-day by four survivors
| of the attack rescued by the auxiliary
schooner Helen Murley.
According to the rescued fishermen
fleet of thirty sailing vessels was
attacked by the submarine, several
making their escape before the sub
marine could make ready to sink the
ships. The attack took place late
| Saturday night, the fishermen re-
ported.
Nantucket, Mass, Aug. 12.-Nine
| fishing schooners were sunk on
Georges Bank yesterday by a Ger
man submarine, a naval scout boat
which put in here last night re-
ported.
The scout boat picked up word of
| the raid from the auxiliary fishing
schooner Helen Murley which had
rescued four survivors and was TAX
| ing them to New Bedford.
| Fast naval scoutboats followed by
six auxiliary fishing schooners, sail
ed at once from this port to pick up
other survivors.
Georges Banks are sixty miles off
| this island.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. IA
! British merchant steamer vas sunk
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