Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
U.BOAT SINKS 4 BARCES:
FIRES TUG OFF CAPE COD

Orleans, Mass, July ga German
submarine attacked s;ks vl the tug Perth Perth Am;
her four barges three miles off this town
on the southeastern lbow of Cape Cod
at 1880 a; m. yesterday. The one,sid-
The tug was burned to the waters edge
by shellfre. while the barges Lansford
and Nos, 766, 4o3 and 74o were sunk by
gunfire.
Four shells whizzed over the barges
and landed on American soil.
The barges We're bound from Glouces.
ter for New York and only one was
81 the Gas PERSONS
three women and five children. on board,
three men. Captain Charles .Ainslie, Of
the Lansford, and John Bolovich and
crew, were wounded. Bolovich probably
will lose an arm; Vitz had one hand
blown off. These two We're sent to the
d kns wss sesps WounSed G s0s
both arms by shrapnel and was treated
at the summer home of DR.. ]. Danforth
Taylor, Of Boston.
The attack was witnessed by. large
crowds Of natives and summer visitors,
who had focked to the cape for the
weekend seeking relief from the hea,
@ bans a %at veTy aFyefa sad the He
pedo work was no better. According to
Captain Ainslie. Of the Lansford, she
launched three torpedoes at the tug and
The attack occurred only few miles
from the naval aviation station at
Chatham. Three seaplanes attacked the
raider with bombs: according to Rea,
of the First Naval District. The fir.
was returned. keeping the planes high
Finally, however, the U-boat submerged
and was last observed heading SOUTH
Last night the tug was still af1oat and
It was thought she could be saved. The
net result of the raid was the sinking
of barges valued in the aggregate a,
500, 900 and the serious damaging of b,
ture of three torpedoes, which it is esti-
mated cost the German Government a
total of $4,000. and a quantity Of am
munition.
Think Raider Missed Real Prey
The appearance of the raider so near
the treacherous shoals and tide rips of
the cape, and her subsequent actions,
caused amazement to the thousands Of
eyewitnesses rather than CONSERVATION.
The natives of the cape could not under
stand why she should waste shells on
feet of barges returning to a coal
port. 1t was reported, however. the real
prey sought by the undersea boat was
large collier, northbound. Two coll
liers, the Arlington and the ]. B. King,
passed Orleans shortly before the Perth
Amboy was fired upon. hut both passed
through the danger zone in safety.
A fog bank lying four miles off shore
Tlu the l-DOGt IioHi VIC
tins. The Perth Amboy. steaming les-
urely through the calm summer sea, was
unaware Of the presence of danger until
a deckhand sighted "A streak in the
water shooting by the stern. Before he
realized that it was a torpedo other mis-
sies sped by, wide' of their mark. He
shouted warning.
At the same instant there was flash
from the fog and shell crashed through
the wheelhouse. A fragment of the
flying steel took off the hand of Vitz as
| he grasped the spokes of the steering
! wheel In quick succession came other
shots, some of which went wild and
some of which struck home.
Fire is Turned on Barges
Captain ]. II. Tapley, who was in his
| cabin at the time, ran out on deck just
! as the submarine loomed out of the fog
| bank, her deck gun flashing out lis
storm of steel. The bombardment set the
| tug on fire, and the German turned his
| attention to the helpless barges
Shrapnel bursting over the Lansford
second in the tow. struck down Captain
Ainslie.
The shooting of the enemy was amaz-
| ing For more than an hour the blaxins
| tug and the drifting barges were under
4 IRE before the enemy succeeded In gev.
/ ting home enough shots to ajax them,
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