The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-22
HUN SUBMARINE
ATTACKS new
ENGLAND COAST
Raider Sinks Four American Ves-
sells Off the Coast of
Cape Cod.
WARSH|PS COMB WATERS
Ihrongs on Shore Watch Seaplane
Battle Diver as Crews of Victims
Escape in kifeboats-
Among Them.

Washington, July 22.-American
warships from the first naval district
are combing the waters off Cape Cod
Tor the enemy submarine operating
there, the navy department announced.
Orleans, Mass, July 22.-An enemy
submarine attacked tow off the east
ernment point of Cape Cod, sank three
barges, set fourth and their tug on
ire and dropped four shells on the
mainland.
The action lasted an hour and was
unchallenged except for hydroplane
from the Chatham naval aviation sta
ton, which circled over the U-DOat,
causing her to submerge for only
moment, to reappear and resume FIR
ing.
The enemy submarine attacked the
tow four miles south Of Orleans Hfe-
saving station. The tug stood by the
barges until she was shelled and her.
self on fire when she disappeared.
The crews Of the barges, comprising
Id men, three women and five children,
reached shore in small boats.
one Man Is Injured.
Only one of them, a man, was in
jured by flying wood splinters In an
arm. The submarine was plainly seen
from Shore
Two barges were sunk by torpedoes,
but 1t required hundred shells to
: sink the third barge.
In the midst Of the shelling an eleven
year-Old boy on barge seized small
American flag and waved 1t def1antly
In the faces of the German gunners.
He still clung to the flag when he was
brought ashore.
A hydroplane from Chatham station
attacked the submarine and appeared
to have driven 1t off while the tug still
was afloat
The attack began at II a. m., and
lasted an hour Two shells struck the
water 500 yards from the shore which
was lined with thousand persons at
tracted by the firing.
The sea was calm and there was no
wind. The barges had only four small
lifebOats intended to accommodate five
persons each but all Of the crews Of
the barges were safely landed at Nau-
set Harbor.
Crew Of Tug Is Landed.
The crew of the tug, II men, were
rescued and brought ashore by the
crew of the Orleans life-saving station.
Only two Of them were injured, one
seriously. The latter was an Austrian,
twenty-five years of age, whose right
arm was blown off.
The tug was the Perth Amboy, bound
for New York with empty coal barges.
The captain was j. 81. Tapley, who,
with his crew, Is being cared for here.
The men were without funds and un-
able to proceed to Boston.
The submarine was large one, ap-
parently 400 feet In length.
The tow was bound south for New
York. Much shipping was passing at
the time and, regardless of the danger
to themselves, several vessels went to
the aid Of the barges, the lifebOats Of
which were towed ashore by these
other vessels.
The women and the crews were ter
rified, and one Wh0 was making her
first trip at sea tainted when brought
ashore Of the Al persons on the tug
and barges only three were injured.
The flashes Of the submarines guns
were plainly seen from shore. The
tug, with the three barges In line. was
putting along slowly when surprised.
The first torpedo launched struck the
leading barge, which heeled over and
sank quickly.
The second torpedo similarly dis
posed Of the third barge. The second
barge, smallest Of the tow, was left
vulnerable, and, with the tug, was
shelled for an hour before she sank.
The tug was hit repeatedly and wasin
flames when the aviator appeared, CIR
cling over the submarine. The latter