The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-06-07
Submarines Make Successful
Raid on Unprotected YES
sells Along Jersey Coast.
NO LOSS OF LIFElS REPORTED
Survivors From Destroyed Boats Sue.
coed in Reaching Port Safely
Troop Ships All safe.

New York,-Ten American vessels
are known to have been sunk by sub
marines off the North Atlantic Coast
since May rs.
The largest Of the prey to the raid
ers seeking to prevent the sailing of
transports with troops for the battle
fields Of France was the New York
and Porto Rico liner Carolina, of 5000
tons. which was attacked Sunday
night about 125 miles southwest Of
Sandy Hook. The fate of her 220 pas
sengers and crew of 1870 is unknown
at this time, but there is hope they
had been picked up by some passing
ship or would reach shore safely in
the small boats, Not a life was lost
In the sinking Of the other ships, ac-
cording to late reports.
The Ships Known Lost.
Besides the Carolina the known VIC
tins Of the U-boat are the Atlantic Re-
filming Company tanker Herbert L..
Pratt. the steamer Winneconnie Of
1900 tons. the steamer Texel, 1000
tons, sunk Sunday afternoon off the
New Jersey coast, and six schooners,
the largest of which we're the Haup-
pang, a new ship Of 1000 tens, and
the Edward II. Cole. The other
s%chooners were the Isabel b. Wiley,
Hattie Dunn, Jacob NJ. Haskell and
the Edna. The crews of these eight
vessels have been landed at Atlantic
ports.
Crew Of TexeI Landed.
The crew of the Texel, thirty-six
men, has been landed at Atlantic City.
The Texel, a former Dutch ship, now
operated by the United States Ship
ping Board, was sunk without warn
ing sixty miles off New York Harbor,
Sunday afternoon at 4:21 O'Clock. A
cargo of $4,000 tons of sugar valued
at $40 a ton. was lost.
Worn and exhausted from their
long row with little food and less
water, the men OF the crew were
taken in charge by Captain Holdzcon
and taken TO the Atlantic City police
station for the night. Few had any
thing but the clothes on their backs
One OF the crew. however, Frank Ryar
of New York City, carried in his arm:
the Maltese cat, mascot of the ship
Ryan risked a rain Of shrapnel thai
swept the deck Of the Texel to save
the life OF the cat.
The total loss was more than two
million dollars. The Texel was o.
seven thousand tons.
Commander Humane, for a Hun.
Reports brought ashore by the sur
vivors indicated that the Winnecon
ME and nearly all the %schooners were
sunk by the same U-boat, which haC
been lurking in the path Of shipping
off the New Jersey coast and the Della
ware capes since late last month. TIL,
stories told by the shippers Of thu
%schooners indicated that the com
mander Of the submarine was un
usually humane for a German subma
rine officer. In no instance, so IA
as known, was a lifeboat shelled, ant
in all cases reported the crews wer,
given opportunity to escape OF weri
taken aboard the submarine. wherI
some Of them were kept prisoner TO
eight days before they were turnel
adrift to be picked up by a passing
vessel.
Warshlps on the Job.
Scores OF United States warship
are ranging the waters off the Nortl
Atlantic Coast in search of the sui
marines.
The crew Of the Haskell is report
ed to have been saved but nothing /
known Of the fate Of the three othe
crews.
The Savannah line steamship Cit
OF Columbus is reported to have bee
sunk, but no definite news OF her fat
has been received.
F~orty-eight survivors Of vessel
sunk by the U-hoats. brought to thI
port by a ooastwise steamship, wer
landed. About half OF them had bee
prisoners for several days aboard tn
euuMal luca
Held Prisoners. on U-Boat.
The survivors were from The steam
ship Winnie Connie and the schooner
Hauppaug, the Isabel B. Wiley. tn
Hattie Dunn and the Edna. lively
more survivors OF the schooner
Hauppaug and Isabel B. Wiley, VIII
were making for shore in a mote
yawl at night. are believed to hav
landed somewhere further down th
coast.
government aviator IN 8 hydr
airphpe that alighted q Beac
Haven, N. j., reported that thirty-fiN
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