Evening star., 1918-06-04
SKIPPERS OF SUNK CRAFT EAT
DINNER ON OCEANS BOTTOM

NEW YORK. June 4.-Forty-eigh'
survivors of vessels sunk by German
U-boats. brought to port yesterday by
o. coastwise steamship. were landed
at night. About half of them ha6
been prisoners for several days aboarl
the submarines.
The survivors were from the steam
ship Winneconne and the schooners
Hattie Dunn and Edna. Twelve more
survivors of the schooners Hauppaue
and Isabel B. Wiley. who were max
ing for shore in motor yawl, are be.
neved to have landed somewhere fur.
ther down the coast.
The vessel which brought in the
forty-eight survivors was an Amerf-
can steamship which picked them up
at o'clock this morning twenty-five
miles from Barnegat, N. ].
Capt. Holbrook of the Hattie Dunn,
whose home is at Tenants Harbor.
Me-, told the following story of how
he and his men had been kept prison.
ers for eight days on the submarine:
Shell Gives Warning.
I'VE left New York for Charleston
In ballast on May %, and when, two
days later, we were about fifteen miles
south of Winter Quarter lightship
bowling along under an eight-knot
breeze. heard a shell pass near the
vessel. Then came another she'll
which fell perhaps quarter Of a mile
away.
II was not taking much notice, be-
cause l believed the vessel, which /
saw about two miles away, was an
american submarine at target prac-
tice. "A third shell exploded close by
us on the weather quarter, and /
knew that whoever it was they want
cd US to stop.
II brought the vessel I'D into the
wind. The submarine, with her su-
perstructure and coming tower
showing plainly above the water,
came within 200 yards and I saw
that she was flying the two-code let
tiers "AB," meaning stop Immediate
From stan at the rear end o,
the superstructure fiuttered a small
nag Of the imperial German navy. An
omcer and three men came over in a
small boat. not over twelve feet long.
In perfect English the officer told us
TO get into our boats, and that we
had but ten minutes allotted US to get
clear of our vessel
Blow Ship Quickly.
They placed bombs along the sides
OF our vessel and blew her up inn
mediately. in the meantime putting
an armed German sailor on board the
small boat in which were seven men
and myself. This did not give me
time to rescue my personal effects
and nautical instruments, and 40 I
lost them all. My men only saved
what they stood in.
perhaps ! would have been given
more time IL the commander Of the
yaug. under full sail. about four or
hve miles away. Like US, the Haup-
paug was light, and. / understand.
pound from Portland to Newport
They destroyed Capt. Sweeney.
nne new schooner. after ordering him
and his crew to take to their boats
and within a half hour both crews
were on board the submarine and
both the small boats had been placed
on the submarines deck and lashed
down.
We were kept below for several
hours until the submarine picked up
Capt. Gilmore and the Edna at
o'clocR In the afternoon. Then, ]
guess the commander thought he had
done a good days work. for he was in
excellent humor. and told US captains
that we could 60 on deck and have a
smoke. He did not extend liberty to
the others that day. but later they
got their chance once In a while.
we submerged many times durins
the nrst three days on board and Il
. man like myself. who Is not used Il
u. 1t was an unpleasant experience
The pressure of submerging resulted
in smashing our boats. which wer,
lashed to the submarines deck, ant
in q few days they were kindlins
wood and were thrown away.
Eats Dinner on Seas Bottom.
"of course. we had many exper.
fences. and I shall not forget Monday
May 81, when we had our dinner, will
the submarine lying on the bottom IL
twenty-eight fathoms of water Tn,
commander told us it took forty-fv,
seconds to submerge the boat, an.
there were many times when / coul,
hear them using their wireless.
"one night the sputtering was Sc
loud 1t awakened me. They were
ship or to some shore station. Every
night the operators listened to prest
bulletins sent out from America Ont
Of them told me Of the battle drive
now on in France.
They also said that a Whitehead
torpedo factory had been blown VI
in Austria last week. The engineer
that ran the Diesel engine told M
that he had been an engineer on tn,
passenger steamship George Wash
fngton of the North German HoyS
line. which piled between New Yorl
and Bremen before the war"
Mystery Of Edna Explained.
Capt. C. II. Gilmore Of the schooner
Edna, bound with q cargo Of oil from
Phiiadelphia to Santiago. Cuba. sait
that his vessel was eighteen to TWEEN
~ miles southeast OF Winter Quarter
Lightship at 4 pm. May rs, when Z
shell exploded under her lee.
Thinking IT was some American
warship. did not pay much atten.
fion. but went down below and II,
my pipe. A second shell struck near.
by and knew it meant me. Thsr
for the nrst time I noticed q bis
submarine about two miles away"
Saying that whom = German lieu
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