Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1916 — U-BOAT RAIDS UNITED STATES COAST [ARTICLE]

U-BOAT RAIDS UNITED STATES COAST

Five Alien Ships Sunk—German UBoat Sinks Five Vessels First Day. At 2:30 p. m. Saturday the German submarine U-53 put in at Newport. It mounted two rapid fire guns and had four torpedo tubes. At 5:17 Saturday evening, after receiving a social visit from members if the United States admiralty and putting off mail for the German embassy, the submarine departed. At 7:05 p. m. it had submerged and disappeared off the three mile limit At 5:30 Sunday morning the submarine stopped the American steamer Kansan, bound from New York to Boston, somewhere southeast of Nantuckct. Following a protest by the captain. it was permitted to proceed. At 6 o’clock Sunday morning the French freighter Strathlena, from New York to Bordeaux, was torpedoed near Nantucket lightship. The crew was rescued by the lightship. At 10:45 Sunday morning the British freighter West Point was fired on 60 miles southeast of Nantucket. The steamer was torpedoed after the crew had taken to the boats. All hands were rescued. At 4:30 Sunday afternoon the British Reff Cross lined Stepbano, from St. John’s, N. F., to New York City, : recently sold to Russia, was sunk by a torpedo off Nantucket lightship. The ship’s crew - and 200 passengers, I were permitted to take to the boats [ before the steamer was torpedoed. American passengers were transferred from the U. S. torpedo boat destroyed Balch to the U. S. destroyer Jenkins. At 8 o’clock Sunday evening a wireless announced—that —the—British steamer Kingston had been stopped by gunfire and torpedoed after all on board had been permitted to take to the boats. They were picked up. On the heals of this announcement came the word that the Bloomersdijk a Dutch steamer, and the Christian a Norwegian liner, had been sunk.