Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-18
1RAMsCATE EVIDENCE
OF BRITISH 0BsT|NACY
Fishing Town Presents Spectacle of
Devastation, and Its Fleet
tt Rests on Sea Bottom.
CAVES ACCOMMODATES 1900
Entire Wartime Population of
Coast Communi Fitted Up Living
Quarters Undo. ground in Order
to Avoid Air Raiders Bombs.
ny CLAIR PRICE.

BY CLAIR PRICE.
EAMsGATE, ENG Feb. i,-Rams-
the North Sea from ZccbrugGe, tac;
which explains the appa ling suffer
ing which the war inflicted on Rams
Whc,hcr by enemy aircraft enemy
desiroycrs or enemy submarines:
Eamsgalc was repeatedly pounded
GHcn,y aircraft were r heid OF to t,
< range of about seven mi;as ~
the treacherous Goodwin sands bu:
INC fishermen OF EamsEato stuo-
born!y refused 20 he frightened OFF the
fishing grounds. A. u result, Rams
sa;e's hshins no;iila has been cut
than $50 smacks 20 q dozen vessels.
NO ENGLISu INDUSTRY
SUFFERS so SEVERELY
No o;her industry in England has
Rams gates fishing industry In the
summer season, kamsga;c does large
n,GsiAeSs as . watering place; by; in
inc winter, nshlnE IS its only bust
ness pcSpiie disaster after disaster.
RamsCatc's fishermen have stuck 20
their HshinE. grounds until now ONLY
smack arc left tho Smacko"ncrS'
Mutua! Insurance Society is hopeless
IN Arrears: and the resources OF
iirc tshcrmcn's widows and orphans
fund were long aSo exhausted by tho
wholesale snkiass.
Nj tho brutal inhumani,y Of Ger.
l'.aD war methods have marked th-
Killing OF %, the Ram gate smac!5y
.a"'psaoSS shells bombs, m!res-.
islmSGatc fishermen have me- MICA
a.; 4, a-s... the Ge..naHs si;ned he
= .Hck< With torpciocS, cUitiHg down
,ti> iec; Wi;h terrible IaaiUi.y ans!
40 inS ne lite cra.i 20 bits with-
~ c"eN. Later. he Han became u ire
..c,H .l!eai
''.nador. their stores place 4 tinlc-
ooIh h5ragd and retire 20 the dec.,
N ass Submarine 20 cheer rs The e.
n!Y"ion sen; the vesse! 10 The bottom
''Hu mouse fashion. waiting until the
Hc,a had been hauled in. 'rhcn he
p!Nic surface, Shcllcd the smack TO
>;andstnl, sto;c rs fish and tho
h"aiiy bombed it OF the sea
t.:ENS Mt.tE GIVEN
LITTLE GRANGE IoR IINr,,
!.,lIc Chance o! safety. They wcry.
e!int:: sunk with their ships or turned
:,lriti far OUT in the Notth Sea IN
h9SS who survived tc.l thrilling ta!cs
rnerc l. the tH.c. Tor Instance OF
iHan!ed the smack Al;rci, and when a
; .,, b"nhcd it 20. the bottom,
nfoachcd INC aifreds boats to lind
80; ~ o'nor 1907 ihcy could make away
s N'I;.; ThG foo, ;o'h fancy to thc
nruta!ly attacked the skipper knock.
ms .,in down and grabbing a his less
III order Ia tear his Boots n
ny stroke OF sheer luck Rr!, .sh
ISn; cyn!ser Was sighted dur.cg nc
r.trser hurricdly. Tic si;ippcr and T!s
|I Merc lGt, exposed 70 sever.
s. "oon as tho reached nnmasato
Gt. Shinped over again. anu whe::
n H.,
boo!s ths Jun iaa fancicd sG GtS I a.
shAti> h.D LONG
FIGHT WITH I-BoAT
E1P sniack perseverance, had a long
I t,t1.." nsAi With a submarine N OF
e-paPc Last March, howevcr. :, suS-
it"r.n" broke surface 500 yarL: from
r "na , "a; t iM p9nt- blank rsnGc
o." OF her crew being fatally iniur"d
J.. shell :irc.
Mastery attaches 20 The fate Of some
f =. ;'a. l;cIi'bis;. which nut, out o.
N@atnE grounds IN the North sea Toy
t!rco Wccis she WAS no, heard +rn,r,
my ." "a ihen given up AS lost Event.
VIDA SAc TaS found wrecked and
i|;'F - the other end o! England Sic
i, ne" zen Snar '3 3.5 and her crew has
.'t@Sk"h tell Of thc ca=crncss Of
VIC huns 70 steal everything portable
rom ne fishing craft--noi only stores
;.;t!ngs ana the. tt:w'S. kS-soHsi cfIe ~"
"our;"cn Ram$Gat" iisAermcn nave dicd
- me hands OF U-boat commanders.
"tACE-TIME VISITORS
50" BEAUTIFUL SIGHT
ftace-t.'Hc visitors TO the cas-, coas;
e.. '.hE!Hnd remember 'hc InagniOceni
PICTURE the smacks presented ag ,hoN
al.ea OUT Of Ramsga;c's harbors TO
49,, al4'o o UP ne fish h!l ihe pick Of the
raluc wa. $1,000. and tho Smack
owners Mutual Insurance %3"ietv
''h!ch hnn balance OF $4,000 in laIl
ICON !oSi II all and III - few w1cIs
N'tHr TIC war began was 100000 in
,i"5i nov the goycrnmen, has
SoaGn a. "orh estimating tho fisher
-"'! ' IcHScH with Il view OF rr!inb burg
~ them; Tie fishermen .: Ra:nsgata
"r" not the only war sufferers in me
We cas-; coa$t town. The town has
"er0 nninc"ci'u!.y bombed from rho
:i3 and tod2y Eamsgatc presents IN,
1HSc;a',c Of whole streets Of boarded
rp w!nGov's.
community Of $1,000 permanent; resi-,
dents today it mas ahou: / 200 left.
~ enlarged Tho great smugElcrs'
v ,,..% man OF thc!n centuries old
Nu'ch lie in the chalE beneath H. and
h.tcd them FOR air-raid shelters The
catirc population Of the tou. can nov.
IamGEatc
TOWN SPENT S75.N0o IN
FITTING Up CAVES
THIS has helped to drain tho towns
fuNds over $1,000 mas gonc into tris
ORR since tho war began and no. a
hcunJ OF II has been contributed h..
nc sovernmen;, Tho town has d,,:;
ESe!f in and for four years has sur
iered as no ether community OF civil
!ar% heG suffered. It's business ruined.
Is population scattered it's housas
Sn;i -s~cd It's fishing destroyed Rams
Eai~ loday presents 4 spectacle o.
fFim fritish obstinacE
IN inc, when the government has
Tc:E' 3l.r"ed II, and il is once NOR
anlr to r!ck UP the threads o: its peace
t,nnr life, Eamspate vii recover I'm,
Y" example il has sc. throughout .he
long horror OF this war, should ncycr
be forgotten. J; has neve, had he
E.orT of great naval base. such az
Dover has had: II has never had Tho
satisfaction OF figuring in a Srea, Sc.
Or air action. Ramsgatc is s,Sail
toTn. filed with sInali-town oeonin
Bu: because II lies only for,y-five
mules from the former great German
haae OF HecbruErc. IL has spent the lsst
four years under constan; Liability ~
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