Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-12

Nantucket, Mass, Aug. 11.lNfne fishing schooners were sunk off Georges Bank today by German s,,h- marine, naval scout boat which put m here tonight reported. The scout boat picked up word of the raid from the auxiliary fishing schooner Helen Murley, which had rescued four s1Jr vlvors and was taking them to nort. Georges Banks are so miles off this island.
 Were Partially Burned.
 The first of the reports of the at- tack on the fishing fleet did not men tIoh what means the submarine took 10 sink the defenseless craft. but it was thought that, following her usual custom, they ordered the crews to the dories and sank the schopners with bombs
 The raider is the first in these waters since the tug Perth Ambov and four barges were sheled by q slb- marine off Nauset Beach. Cape Cod. July 21. On the next day the fishing schooner Robert and Richard was de- stroyed by an underwater boat of the southeastern coast of Maine.
 After Few Days LuH.
 There was Hull of few days after that until Aug. ?. when Canadian waters were invaded In three days at least eight sailing vessels and one tank steamer. the Luzblanca. were at | tackled. After that foray submarine l activities off the north Atlantic coast dled down, and no further outbreak mad been reported up to tonight Names Not All Known.
 Washington, Aug. 11-Coming to the surface in the midst of a fleet of fish ing Schooners off the Massachusetts coast a German submarine today sank nine vessels of the fleet. the navy de partment announced. The schooners sunk include the Kate Palmer. the Amita May, the Reliance, the Star puck and the Progress. The names of the other four ships were not contain ed Tn navy department despatches,
 Crew or Sub an Hour. Four survivors from the crew of the Kate Palmer. picked up by the hshing schooner Helen --MurIey. have reached port in safety. No informa ten had been obtained by the navy department tonight as to the fate ot the crews Of the other schooners. After the crew of the Kate Palmer had been taken aboard the submarine and held prisoner for one hour, they were sci adrift in a small boat.
 This Schooner Escaped.
 An Atlantic Port. Aug. 1.-The aux- Hilary fishing schooner Cleaner arrived : late tonight and reported an attack by d submarine on four other fiskins F vessels off the southerly edge of the Georges Banks Saturday afternoon Captain Edward A. Proctor of the Cleaner saw one two -masted schooner disappear, but was unable to say. what became of the other three vessels . That same morning he said he heard , gunf1re but it was so far away he could see nothing of the vessel dcins the firing.
 ? Capt. Proctor's Statement. : An Atlantic Port. Aug. 11.--Captair f Proctor said he was sword fishing Is, l miles southeast of Race Point in com
 pany with four other schooners, who's names he did not know. when the sub marine came up in the midst of tn, other ships. He was some distance
 away, but saw shot fired across tn
 bow of ono large schooner with twt
 topmasts.
 Cracked on All Sails. ] As there was a brisk breeze Captail ! Proctor decided to take a chance ol . escaping by cracking on all sail a well as. power from his gasoline auxili " ary engine. Everyone was too bus
 to notice what fate befeH the other of the feet but Captain Proctor sai T when he turned his glasses astern t e the spot where he last saw the bi $ schooner s1e had disappeared. Steamer Nearing Danger.
 Thirty miles from the scene of tf
 attack. Captain Proctor said, he sight q ed a steamer bound in the directio # of the submarine The schoo1er's fla ', was put union down in an effort t
 attract the steamers attention an
 warn her of the danger. The steame
 evidently did not see the signals, fo r. she kept on her course Captain Proc T tor said.
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 l. FRENCH GENERAL STAEE