Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — 6 MORE SHIPS SUNK [ARTICLE]

6 MORE SHIPS SUNK

FOUR BRITISH, SWEDISH AND DANISH VESSELS TORPEDOED. Germans Permit Passengers and Crews to Leave Ships Before Firing Missiles. Glasgow, May 7. —Owners of the British steamer Cherbury were notified that that ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic ocean off the west coast of Ireland on April 29. All members of the crew were saved and landed in an isolated Irish village, where the cap* tain found it difficult to get into communication with Glasgow. The Sherbury was a steamer of 3,320 tons, built in 1911 at Sunderland. She was commanded by Capt. A. D. Grant London, May 7.—The Swedish steamer Van ad is has been sunk in the Baltic sea by the German auxiliary cruiser Silvana, a small ship formerly tn -the-use rvice- trf tlte -11 amburg-Amexi-can line.. ■ The British schooner Earl of Lathom was sunk by a German submarine eight miles off Kinsale head, Ireland, Wednesday. Her crew landed at Kinsale. The Danish steamer Cathay, a vessel of 4,076* tons gross, was sunk Wednesday in the North sea, either by a mine or a German submarine. The Cathay had a number of passengers on board. These, as well as the members of the crew, were landed at Ramsgate today. Hartlepool, England, May 7.—-The Grimsby trawler Stratton was sunk by a German submarine in the North sea Wednesday. Her crew was saved. Scarborough, England, May 7. —The British trawler Harry Islington has been sunk in the North sea. It is believed she.was destroyed by a German submarine.