New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Fishing Schooner Is Sent
Down; Raider Last Seen
Pursuing Steamer
Crew Lands in Dories
First Looted and Then
Destroyed by Bomb; No
Lives Lost So Far

A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT,
Aug. 5.-The toll of the German sub
nlarine raid in Canadian waters during
the last four days was increased to
five ships tonight. Four of these were
small fishing schooners, three OF them
American, and the other was the new
lumber schooner Dornfontein. The
last of the five was reported to-day,
when the crew of the Nova Scotia fish
erman Nelson A.. of Yarmouth, came
ashore in their dories and said the YES
sci had been sunk by a bomb, Sunday
noon, five miles south by west of Lock
port. N. S.
When the crew OF the Nelson A. last
saw the raider she was speeding due
south in pursuit of a large steamer.
The chase was seen to continue until
the U-boat was below the horizon. and
the fate of the unidentified steamer
was not known. Another report Of the
chasing of the steamer was brought to
a Canadian port to-day by the auXil-
iary fishing vessel Mclaughlin. The
Mclaughlin was chased by the sub
mersible, and kept out of range of her
guns until the raider veered off after
the steamship in the distance.
No Lives Reported Lost
No lives have been reported lost as
the result of the submarine depreda
tions The crews of the American fish
ing schooners Murcl and Annie NJ.
Perry, both of Boston, and the Fob Roy,
of Gloucester, which were attacked Sat
urday, reached Canadian ports in their
dories yesterday. The first Canadian
victim Of the raider, the lumber
schooner Dornfontein. which was looted
and fired Friday at the mouth of the
Bay of Fundy, was towed into port to-
day, still burning.
Captain John Simms and his crew of
seventeen men of the Nelson A., on
reaching shore to-day, reported that the
submarine came upon them from the
southwest, probably from the scene of
the attack on the Dornfontein. The
submarine commander, after ordering
the fishermen to their dories, looted the
schooner, had the British sailors place
aboard the submersible supply of
fresh halibut and blew up the schooner
by a time bomb set against the keel
The Nelson A. sailed from Lockport,
n. S., week ago Friday for the Lahave
sail for her home port with 1000
pounds of halibut and 10000 pounds of
mixed fresh fish on board.
Demands Papers and Flag
"At 1920 o'clock Yesterday MORN
ing Captain Simms said, 1--WE sighted
submarine about seven miles away
coming toward us from the southwest
at full speed. In about fifteen minutes
she stopped a short distance away from
our stern, and the order came to us to
take to our boats as soon as possible.
This we did, launching four dories.
Acting under instructions of the
commander of the submarine, | took
one dory with two men alongside the
C-boat. We rowed the German com
mander and two men over to the Nell
son A. They had with them several
bags, containing bombs, I suppose The
to come with them.
They took our log line and hauled
one end of it under the ships stern,
making. 1t fast to the main rigging.
They then proceeded to keel haul on
one Of their bombs. 1t was evidently
timed, as the Germans seemed in no
hurry to leave the ship
"The German skipper demanded NV
papers and flag, which I gave him. He
then asked what fish we had on board
and demanded some halibut, which he
put in the dory. Then he ordered me
INTO the forecastle and took all the
provisions there that he considered
worth taking
After he had removed about every