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

rine. The crew of the Edna has been
landed at New York.
"The master of the Winneconne
Dunn
Nothing further has been heard
from the steamship Carolina, which
sent out S. o. S. calls Sunday after
noon stating that she was being shelled
by 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
er BhistOl, 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:
son June 2, at 4 80 p m. l sighted,
a lifebOat with eleven men, the crew
of the American schooner Edward Il.
Cole, the Cole having been sunk by a
miles southeast of Barnegat light.
cat 4 80 p. m., when about thirty.
eight miles southeast of Barnegat,
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 H. Cole
says the submarine was about 200 feet
long and was armed with two rifles
five or siX-inch. About 8 p. m., June
2, when 80 miles south of Barnegat
light, the Cole sighted the submarine
on the starboard bow at 1900 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 IS 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 of the schooner rOWed to the
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. III. 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 shore
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.
It was the Bristol which rescued
/ the crew Of the schooner Edward IL.
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 AbsccOnn channel
lightship by Capt. f. S. Estes of q Mol
larry Line steamship. He brought men
and boats to port.
Thirtyeight 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
schooners Edna and Hattie Dunn.
sunk May %.