Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
j. S. ARMY SUPPLY
SHIP IS SUNK BY
U-BOAT. 5 KILLED
Steamer Montanan Torpedoed in
Foreign Waters.
NAVY HUNTS HUN RAIDER
Steam Trawier Triumph Captured by
"sub" OFF U. S. Is Being Used
Against Fishing craft-Four
Schooners Sent to
Bottom.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The Ameril
can steamer MoHtanan of $3.50 tons
gross, was tordedoed and sunk in for
eign waters August 16 with he prob
able loss of three members of the
civilian crew and two members OF the
naval armed guard, the navy depart
ment announced. Eighty-one survivors
were landed.
The Montanan was in the service OF
the Quartermaster's department of
the army and was used as supply
ship.
Navy Department Report
The navy departments announce
ment follows:
1.-THE navy department is informed
that the steamship Montanan was tor
pedoed and sunk in foreign waters on
August 16. Eighty-one survivors were
landed. Five men are reported miss
ing-three members of the civilian
crew and two of the naval armed
guard-David w. Johnson, coxswain,
and Chester G. Eldridge, seaman. The
names of the three civilians were not
given in the dispatch received.
'The Montanan was an American
cargo ship of 1858 gross tons"
Expect Raiders Capture.
Navy department officials confident
ly expect the capture or destruction of
the raider Triumph which was seized
by a German submarine on Tuesday,
a German crew put aboard, the vessel
armed. and started on a raiding expe-
dition against the fishing fleet operat-
ing on the Grand banks.
Every precaution has been taken, it
was said, to prevent the raider slip
ping through the line stretched around
the fishing region.
Some officials here considered that
rendezvous with the submarine had
been arranged by the crew Of the Tri-
umph, after which the Triumph would
be sunk so that the patrol dotillas
would continue their hunt for several
days. This would not lessen the
strength Of the coast guard at other
points, as adequate forces are now in
service at every vital point to protect
all ships.
THE department has taken steps to
protect fishing on the Grand banks and
to counterfeit the effects of this raid"
Benson said.
Raider Sinks Schooners.
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 22.-
The steam trawler Triumph, fitted
with two guns and wireless and
manned by 16 Germans from the
U-boat which captured it Tuesday, is
raiding the fishing banks off the Nova
Scotia coast. Crews of the schooners
sunk by the Triumph have arrived
here.
Vessels known to have been sunk by
the converted raider are the Una p.
Sanders of Lunenburg; the E. Piatt
Andrew Of Gloucester, Mass; the
Francis j. O'Hara of Boston, and the
Lucille Schnare of Lunenburg.
Capt. Wallace Bruce, master of the
e. Piatt Andrew, said on his arrival
here that his vessel was held up by
the Triumph and that he and his crew
were given ten minutes to leave the
ship. The Germans then sank it with
bombs. !.
More Ships Sunk by Raider.
The raider then bore down upon the
Una p. Saunders and the Fra. lis 7
O'Hara and sunk them likewise. The
fishermen say they heard firing. and
believed other fishing vessels were
sunk by the raider.
Captain Myhre of the Triumph and
his crew were taken aboard the subma-
rine and photographed by the Ger
mans, who offered them refreshments
and cigarettes. They said they start.
ed for shore go miles av,y late in the
afternoon.