Arizona republican., 1918-06-04
SURVIVORS TELL
 STORY OF BEING
 SUB. PRISONERS
''Twenty Thousand Leagues
 Under the Sea- Is Not Ahead of Graphic Story of Victims of U Boat
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NEW YORK, June 3.-Forty- eight survivors of vessels sunk by German U boats brought to port today by a coastwise steamship were landed to- night. About half of them had been prisoners for several days aboard the submarines.
 The usrviyors were from the steam ship Winnie Connie and the schooners Hattie Dunn and Edna. Twelve more survivors of the schooners Hauppaug and Isabel B. Wiley, who were making for shore in a motor yawl last night are believed to have landed somewhere further down the coast.
 Prisoners Since May 25
 Captain Charles E. Holbrook, con- mander of the Hattie Dun. said that his vessel had been sunk May 25 and he and his crew taken prisoners by the submarine.
 The vessel which brought in the AS survivors was an American steamship which picked them up at o'clock this morning 9 miles from Barnegat, New Jersey.
 Captain Holbrook of the Hattie Dunn whose home is at Tenants Harbor, Maine, told the following story of how he and his men had been kept prisoners for eight days on the submarine:
 Sea Tale Wonderful
 We were about 15 miles south of Winter Quarter lightship. I heard a shell pass near the vessel. Then came another shell, which fell perhaps a quarter of mile away.
 T was not taking much notice be- cause l believed the vessel which 1 saw about two miles away, was an Amer ican submarine at target practice. A third shell exploded close by us and I knew that whoever it was, they wanted us to stop.
 structure and coming tower showing plainly above the water, came within 200 yards and I saw that she was fly ing the two code letters 'AB' meaning | Stop immeditely.'
 Flag of Hun Flying
 From a staff fluttered a small flag of the imperial German navy. An of ficer and three men came over in a small boat. In perfect English, the of- ! ficer told us to get into our boats and ! that we had but 10 minutes to get clear ! of our vessel.
 l They placed bombs along the sides | of our vessel and blew her up imme- l diately, i~ the meantime putting an | armed German sailor on board the small boat in which were seven men and myself. This did not give me time ! to rescue my personal effects and nau- tical instruments and so lost them all My men only saved what they stood in
 Sights Another Vessel
 "Perhpas I would have been given more time if the commander of the submarine had not seen the Hauppaug under full sail, about four or five miles away. Like us, the HGuppaug was light, and. I understand, bound from Portland to Newport News.
 They destroyed Captain Sweeney's fine new schooner. after ordering him and his crew to take to their boats and within half hour both crews were on board the submarine and both the small boats had been placed on the submarines deck and lashed down.
 Go On Deck to Smoke
 We were kept below e. severa hours until the submarine picked uI Captain Gilmore and the Edna at o'clock in the afternoon. Then, I gues. the commander thought he had don't a good days work. for he was in ex. cellent humor and told us captain. that we could go on deck and have { smoke. He did not extend libert-- tt the others that dar but later they go their chance once in while.
 I've submerged many times durini the first three days on board. and, t man like myself who is not used t it, it was an unpleasant experience The pressure of submerging resulte in smashing our boats, which we ha lashed to the submarines deck. and i few days they were kindling WOO and thrown away.
 Like Captain Memo
 "Of course, we had many experience! and shall not forget Monday, May 2 when we had our dinner. with the sub marine lying on the bottom in 2s fath oms of water. The commander told u it took 45 seconds to submarge tn boat. and there were times when could hear them using their wireles!
 "One night the sputtering was s loud 1t awakened me. They were send ing messages either to another ship C to some shore station. Every night tn operators listened to press bulletin sent out from America. One of ther told me of the battle drive now on i France.
 Parted on the News
 They also said that a Whitehea torpedo factory had been blown up Austria last week. The engineer tlla ran the Diesel engine told me that had been an engineer on the passenge steamship George Washington of tn North German Lloyd line, which pile
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