Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-06

VI ILS SlIlI EN- pdItS III 1IcldIlu, WllU,
with many others, is being held by the
British government for completely in a
prO-German plot.
sent out S. O. S. calls Sunday after
noon stating that she was being shelled
by q submarine. The Carolina was
reported in the same general vicinity
as that in which the schOOners were
sunk the same day"
Captain Tells of U-Boat Raid.
The navy department gave out the
following official transcript of the
statement of the captain of the steam
err Bristol, which picked up the sur
vivOrS of the Edward NJ. Cole, after
the latter was sent to the bottom by
one of the U-bOatS:
"On June 2, at 4 80 p m. l sighted
a lifeboat with eleven men, the crew
of the American schooner Edward III.
Cole, the Cole having been sunk by
submarine at 80 p. IN, about fifty
miles southeast of Barnegat light.
cat 4 80 p. M, when about thirty
eight miles southeast of Barnegat l
sighted the submarine at about 400
yards, headed direct for the Bristol.
| managed to Outrun him and reached
New York.
"The crew of the Edward II. Cole
says the submarine was about 200 feet
long and was armed with two rifles,
five or siX-inch. About 3 p. M. June
2, 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 II minutes after the crew got
away from the Cole it sank. Four
bombs, were placed in the vessel, two
on each side and some about the deck.
"The submarine stayed until the
crew OIL suc SCllOOIlcI IONcu " LHC
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 6 80 p. IN. we heard firing
to the westward. About O'Clock we
were picked up by the Bristol and
heard more firing" TO the southwark"
Proximity to the New Jersey shOrs
saved the coal steamship Bristol, own
ed by the Coastwise Transportation
company Of Boston.
Pursued by the U-b0atS, the Bris-
tol sped toward land, attained shallow
water and escaped only because the
submarines dared not follow
the crew of the schooner Edward II.
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
necOnns, one in q sinking condition,
were sighted off AbsecOnn channel
lightship by Capt. +. 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 a 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
schO0ners Edna and Hattie Dunn.
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