Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-15
DROP
BOMBS ON U-BOAT
NEAR CAPE MAY
American Schooner Sunk by
Shell Fire; Submarine
Chasers on Scene
BY associated Press

Washington. Aug. l5.-SeaplanSS
and naval patrol boats attacked with
depth bombs a German submarine
which shelled and set fire to the
American schooner Dorothy Barrett,
New York for Norfolk, yesterday af-
ternoon off Cape May, n. j.
Navy reports to-day said one bomb
from seaplane exploded within
seventy-f five feet of the bubbles and
the wake from the U-boat, which had
submerged when the planes and pa
trolls were sighted. When the planes
had completed their attack, two pa
troll boats closed in and let go depth
bombs over the spot where bubbles
were observed. The results have
not been determined but the subma-
rine did not again appear.
The crew abandoned the schooner
as soon as the submarine appeared
and opened fire. and have been land
ed safely at Cape May. n. 7.
Mine Sweepcrs at Work
Dispatches to the department to-
day did not make clear whether the
vessel was destroyed. She was bound
from New York for Norfolk when
attacked six and one-half miles from
Northeast lightship. near Cape May.
Mine sweepers have been sent to
the scene as there is a possibility
that the submarine laid mines in the
vicinity as was the case when the
raiders made their first appearance
in American waters last May.
This submarine probably is The
one which Tuesday evening tor
pedoed the oil tank steamer Fred
erick r. Kellogg, thirty miles south
of Ambrose light, with the probable
loss of se"en men of the tanker'a
crew. The tanker to-day was re-
ported still afloat with a chance of
being salvaged.
Portsmouth, n. c., Aug. IS
Heavy firing was heard to-day off
the North Carolina coast in the vi
cinity where a German submarine
has been operating.
Beginning about S o'clock this
morning. the booming of two guns,
one of larger caliber than the other,
continued for about forty minutes.
To those on shore it seemed both
guns were being fired simultaneously
until at last only the lighter gun was
heard.
Boston. Aug. 15.-Four survivors
of the fishing schooner Progress,
sunk by a German submarine Satur-
day. were brought here to-day, af-
ter being adrift in a dory seventy
two hours without a compass and
with little water and food. Others
of the rev were landed earlier in
the week.
Boston, Aug. Is. = Twenty five
survivors of the British steamer
Penistone, sunk by a German sub
marine off the Massachusetts coast
Sunday, landed at Cape Cod ports
to-day and reported that another
boat containing members of the
crew had been lost. Four of the sur
vivors were badly burned and in
jured. indicating the vessel had been
attacked before the crew had a
chance to escape.
Navy Department reports earlier
in the week did not explain how the
Penistone had been sunk and first
advices from the cape to-day failed
to clear up this point, as it was said
naval authorities had taken charge
of the ships crew. The men were
in two boats. which had drifted since
Sunday They were well nigh eX.
hausted from exposure and lack oi
food
The number in the boat reported
lost was not stated.
Bath. Maine. Aug. 15.-The five.
masted schooner Dorothy B. Barrett
sunk by a German submarine neal
Cape May. n. J.. yesterday. was own.
ed by the G. G. Deering Company
of this city. the builders, and wa:
valued at s15O.000. The Barrett, q
vessel of 2,OSS tons gross. was pro.
ceeding to New England port with
coal