Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-06-11
CAP TAIN SAVES
GREW Of SHIP
SUNK'BY DIVER
Escapes From U-Boat by Quick
Dash Towards Shore.
BOMBS PLACED ON BOATS
Men on Edward n. Cole Given Five
Minutes to Leave Vessel-Thirty.
Eight Survivors Rowa125 Miles
Before Being Picked Up.

Eight Survivors Row 1875 Miles
Before Being Picked Up.
washington, June 4.-The navy de-
partment gave out the following Off
ciai transcript of the statement of the
captain of the steamer Bristol which
picked up the survivors of the Edward
M. Cole, after the latter was sent to
the bottom by one of the U-boats:
"On June 2, at 4 80 p. M, sighted
lifeboat with eleven men, the crew
Of the American schooner Edward H.
Cole, the Cole having been sunk by
submarine at $3.50 p. m. about fifty
miles southeast of Barnegat light.
AT 80 p. M, when about thirty
eight miles southeast of Barnegat,
sighted the submarine at about 400
yards, headed direct for the Bristol.
l managed to outrun him and reached
New York.
Bombs Placed on Ships.
1.-THE crew of the Edward H. Cole
say the submarine was about 200 feet
long and was armed with two rifles,
five or six-inch. About p. M, June
z, when 80 miles south of Barnegat
light, the Cole sighted the submarine
on the starboard bow at 1000 yards.
He circled around, came up on the
port side, and his commander told the
captain and crew of the Cole to get
IN their boats, saying he.was going to
sink the vessel. He then came aboard
and examined the ships papers.
He told the captain to get some
clothes, but the captain was too busy
getting boats ready to leave the ship.
About Is minutes after the crew got
away from the Cole it sank. Four
bombs were placed on the vessel two
on each side and some about the deck.
Another Ship Sunk.
"The submarine stayed until the
crew of the schooner rowed to the
northwest. One hour later, when
about four miles from the submarine,
another steamer appeared close up to
the submarine, which fired five times
before she altered her course, the men
of the Cole reported.
"The ship then changed her course
directly opposite and after running
short distance stopped. About Is min
utes afterward we heard explosions
like those that took place on the Cole,
and then the steamer settled in the
water.
about $50 p. m. we heard firing
to the westward. About 8 o'clock we
were picked up by the Bristol and
heard more firing to the southwark"
Proximity to the New Jersey shore
saved the coal steamship Bristol, own
ed by the Coastwise Transportation
company of Boston.
Pursued by the U-boats, the Bris-
toll sped toward land, attained shallow
water and escaped only because the
submarines dared not follow.
1t was the Bristol which rescued
the crew of the schooner Edward H.
Cole after the Coles men had been
adrift in small boats several hours.
Captain Saves Crew.
An Atlantic Port, June 4.-Three
open boats from the steamship Win
neconne, one in a sinking condition,
were sighted off AbsecOnn channel
lightship by Capt. E. S. Estes of Mol
larry Line steamship. He brought men
and boats to port.
Thirty-eight men were rescued, in
Guiding the captains of three boats
sunk by German submarine. The
men were hungry and weary and had
little water and food.
Twelve had been prisoners eight
days on the German U-151. These
prisoners were all survivors of the
schooners Enda and Hattie Dunn,
sunk May %. Captain Estes said to-
night:
"When off Five latham bank light
ship at 7:15 in the morning First Of
fcer Jollnet reported to me a small
boat four points on the port bow. I
shifted the course down toward the
boat From this beat we picked up
men from the crew Of the steamer
AL dUOuI lIlc same JlI10 we sighted
two more open boats. We ran down
and picked them up. We found they
contained men from the steamer Win
the schooner Edna and the
schooner Hattie Dunn.
Prisoners Eight Days.
''The crews of the Hattie Dunn and
Edna had been for eight days prison
ers aboard the German submarine
U-151. They had been put in the steam
er Winneconne's boats after the steam
err had been sunk. That is-after they
blew her up.
1.-THE captain of the submarine told
them to pull to the westward and said
they were only about 80 miles from
land, but when 1 found them they had
been pulling for about 20 hours.
1875 Miles Off Coast.
"They must have been about 125
miles off Absecon Light when they
were put off the submarine.
'There were Captain c. n. Gilmore |
of the Hattie Dunn, bound from |
Charleston to New York in ballast; |
Captain w. Knudson of the Winnie
CONNIE bound from Newport News.