Evening star., 1918-08-05
sub SINKS TANKER
Off VIRGINIA COAST
Captain and Thirteen Of Crew
Missing-Naval Vessel
Rescues Thirty.
FOUR SCH00NERS SUNK

The American tank steamship o. b.
Jennings was sunk by a submarine
yesterday about 100 miles OF the Vir-
ginia coast, and thirty survivors of
the vessels crew have been brought
to Norfolk by a naval vessel. the Navy
Department was today informed. The
captain and one boat containing thir-
teen members of the crew are missing.
Wireless calls from the steamship.
saying that she was being shelled by
a submarine, were received yesterday
between IL o'clock and noon. Naval
vessels were sent at once to the loca-
ton indicated, but arrived only In
time to pick up survivors, the vessel
having gone down.
The Jennings, which was built in
1917, was of 1880 net tons and be-
longed to the Standard Oil Company.
Seventeen Men Unaccounted For.
NEW YORK. August 5.-There were
forty-nine men on board the tank
steamship o. B. Jennings, torpedoed
and sunk by a submarine of the Vir-
ginia coast yesterday, according to the
records Of the Standard Oil Company
here. Officials of the company re-
ceived word from agents in Norfolk
today that the chief officer and thirty
one men had been landed there. which
would leave seventeen men. including
its captain, G. w. Nordstrom of Brook
lyn, unaccounted for.
Once Suffered by Collision.
This is the second appearance Of
ualty news this year. March "a the
tanker collided of the British coast
with the British steamship War
knight, also oil laden, and thirty
seven lives were lost. All but one
were burned to death on the decks of
the War Knight. set afire by the col
lision. and one Of the Jennings crew
was drowned.
The Jennings. a menace to shipping
with its cargo of oil afire, was shelled
by British warships until her decks
were awash, extinguishing the fire.
The ship then was towed into shallow
water and salvaged by wrecking tugs
in the service of the United States
forces abroad. Temporary repairs
were made, and she was on her way
to a United States shipyard when
sunk. The value of the ship is said
to have been more than $1,000, 900.
Another Schooner Sunk.
A CANADIAN, ATLANTIC PORT,
August 5.-The fishing schooner Nell
son A. of Yarmouth. Nova Scotia, has
been added to the list Of vessels sunk
by q German submarine OF the north
Atlantic coast. The crew of the
schooner landed here today and re-.
ported their vessel was destroyed Sat-
urday.
Three More Sunk Saturday.
HALIFAX. N. s., August 4.-Three
sunk by German submarines of Seal
Island. Yarmouth county. on the Nova
Scotia coast yesterday. The names of
the schooners sunk are the Rob Roy.
Capt. Freeman Crowell; Annie NJ.
Perry. Capt. James Goodman, and
crews came ashore in dories today at
Woods Harbor. Shelburne. Lockport
and other points along the coast. !.
The raid on the American fishing
fleet took place within a few hours
cruising distance Of the spot where
fontein was looted and burned by
U-boat at the mouth of the Bay of
Fundy, Friday.
The commander Of one submarine
told an American skipper that he had
sunk more American schooners sail
ing from Boston and Gloucester FRI
day afternoon.
Ignores Fish Boat to Chase Steamer
A CANADIAN PORT, August 5.-The
crew of the auxiliary fishing ship Nc
Laughlin reported on reaching here last
night that the vessel had been chased
by an enemy submarine. The Nc
Laughlin escaped when the appearance
of a large steamship diverted the at
tention of the U-boat.
The captain of the Mclaughlin re-
ported that he last saw the submarine