Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1909 — THIRTEEN DROWN IN RAMMED SUBMARINE [ARTICLE]

THIRTEEN DROWN IN RAMMED SUBMARINE

British Torpedo Boat Is Hit by Freight Steamer. I Cromer, England, July 16.—The British submarine designated as C 11 was sunk by the cargo steamer Eddystone at a point four and one-half miles northwest ’of the Halsborough lightship. Thirteen members of the vessel’s crew went to the bottom with her and only three were saved. The submarine was badly stove in and went down immediately. With the exception of the three mentioned, the crew did not have time or opportunity to save themselves. The submarines C 16 and C 17, in endeavoring to avoid a collision with the freighter, ran into each other. C 17 was damaged, but there were no fatalities on board either craft.