The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-16
CAPTAIN EVANS IS
U-BOAT PRISONER


or the ship had taken fire from the
shells. I do not know
The Dorothy Barrett was valued at
$4,000.
Almost at the moment the New Jersey
coast was experiencing the thrill OF the
Cape May attack on the Dorothy
Barrett another fleet OF airplanes and
patrol boats put quickly to sea In the
vicinity OF Cape Hatteras, where reports
were received OF heavy Airing in the gone
where U-boats were operating last week,
and where the Diamond Shoal Lightship
was sent down.
At least two guns doomed for forty
minutes. one OF them plainly OF far
greater calibre than its compa MON. To
those ashore II appeared that the guns
were being fired almost simultaneously,
but no reports on what had taken pnce
could be obtained when some OF the ali
and patrol boats returned to their sta
lions later in the day.
on the North Carolina coast as well
as along the Jersey shore the mine
sweepers worked into the night. II was
feared that wherever they move the sub
marines are sowing mines. IA one OF
them did OF Fire Island late In July
with the result that the American cruis-
er San Diego was sent to the bottom.
whether the sweepers pressed into SER
vice OF New Jersey gathered In any
mines could not be learned from the
navy authorities last night.
The submarine that attacked the Dor
othy Barrett Is believed to be the same
one that torpedoed the oil tanker Fred
erick r. Kellogg thirty miles south OF
Ambrose Light Tuesday evening. Air
patrols that went out to the Kellogg's po-
sition reported upon their return that she
still was afoat and that there was good
chance for salvaging her. Seven men
but the Navy Department has no con-
nrmation Of reports that 1--WE men were.
known to have been killed by the ex-
plosion Of the torpedo.
Fresh from one Of the most severe or
deals through which submarine victims
yet have passed. thirty-eight OF the forty
men who were aboard the British steam
ship Penistone, sunk late on Sunday by
q submarine of Nantucket, were put
ashore yesterday. twenty-nine OF them
at Provincetown. Mass. and nine at
Nantucket Capt. David Evans now Ia
known definitely to have been taken
aboard the submarine that sank his ship.
SO that the only death possible In that
sinking was that of Cavior Howells. tho
Penistone's engineer. who was slain by
the explosion Of the torpedo. Four OF
the Penistone's flremen were wounded at
the same time. but they have been saved.
A tug picked up the seven men and
two officers of the Penistone who were
landed at Nantucket. Among them was
BENJAMIN Davies. executive officer Of the
Penistone, and he and his companions
were % utterly exhausted that they had
to be lifted aboard the rescuing tug
Hardy Nantucket fishermen who arc
used 20 the sight Of exhausted ship.
wrecked men said they never had Nseen
human beings IN a more pitable con.
dition than the nine who were put lahore
from the tug.
Had Only MeaEre Rations.
The Penistone. Davies explained when.
having once collapsed. he recovered con.
sciousness in hospital last evening,
left New York Friday and he and his
companions had been adrift in all kinds
Of weather since their ship went down
Sunday. They had only the measrs
food ration ordinarily slowed In a life
boat for emergency purposes.
During all that time Executive Officer
Davies sat heroically at the tillsr a their
small boat, declining firmly to let any
others OF TIE men relieve him When
he attempted to stand at the behest of
the rescuing tugs crew he collapsed and
hearty fell overheard.
Davies established positively the. fact
that tho Penistone was attacked without
warning. He said the torpedo was fired
at unusually close range. It hit the
vessel amidships. The engine room was
wrecked and oil was hung over the crew
of tie FIRE room. 1t was there Howells
was killed.
Capt. Evans left the ship with the
al k,,N t.t@
Ting he took q desperate chance and
returned aboard her in an effort to re-
cover the ships papers and some Of the
personal belongings Of the men. Eleven
volunteers went with him.
The U-boat captured all of the crew.
The others were turned loose in their
small boat, but CAPT. Evans was tAkep
on the submarine. the crew of the U-boat
standing on deck and cheering wildly as
he went aboard. -Four bombs finally
were placed on board the Penistone and
she sank an hour and talf after the
torpedo hit her.
Indicates Two U-Boats Are Busy.
Bearing upon the question Of whether
more than one submarine has been raid
inging of the New England and Long
Island coasts, Davies insisted that the
submarine which sank the Penistone had
a number painted on her. Captains Of
fisf ing vessels that were destroyed were
equally positive that the submarine they
encountered bore no such distinguishing
mark.
Four survivors OF the fishing schooner
Progress. sunk Saturday. were landed
at Boston yesterday. They had been
adrift in a dory without q compass and
with but little food and water for more
than seventy-two hours Others OF the
crew OF the Progress were picked up
earlier in tie week.
A passenger aboard q French steam
ship that arrived at an Atlantic port
yesterday said he had seen, about five
miles from the liner on Wednesday, a
vessel that apparently was in q sinking
condition. He could not tell whether
the supposedly sinking ship was pro-
PEELED by steam or sail. and he said he
heard a rumor aboard the liner that an
8 o 8 signal had been received from
tie vessel. which he understood had been
torpedoed.
Other passengers and officers said they
had no personal knowledge Of the incl
dent. The liner was about 100 miles OF
the American coast when the supposed
sinking vessel was said to have been
sighted.
sandusky Man Killed in Upset.
SANDusKY, Ohio. Aug 15.-J. J. Dauch,
wealthy head of the Hinde & Dauch