Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — 3 SHIPS TORPEDOED [ARTICLE]

3 SHIPS TORPEDOED

GERMAN STEAMERS SENT TO BOTTOM BY ALLIES’ “DIVERS.” Four Members of Crew of Steamship Kolga Missing-—French Vessel Lost. London. May 19.—The sinking of two German steamships by a submarine, believed to be a Russian, is reported in a Reuter dispatch from Stockholm. The steamships were the Kolga, Hamburg, for Stockholm, and the Bianca. The steamships were torpedoed in the afternoon off the Swedish island of Landsort, in the Baltic. The Kolga was attacked at a p. m,, being shelled by the submarine for twenty minutes. The Kolga was then torpedoed and sunk. Thirteen of the crew were picked up bv a Swedish steamer. Four others, including the captain and second mate, are missing. Half an hour later the Bianca was shelled and then torpedoed. The captain was taken prisoner. The crew was picked up by the vessel which rescued the men from the Kolga. Stockholm, Sweden, May 19, via London.—The German steamer Hera was sunk in the morning off Landsort in the Baltic. The sinking of the Hera marks the first activity of British submarines in the Baltic this season. Her captain was ordered on board the and taken prisoner. Sufficient time was given the crew to leave the ship. Although the weather was rough all on board the vessel were saved. AI later report declares it may have been a Russian submarine which sunk the Hera. London, May 19.—Lloyd's announces j that the French steamer Mira has been sunk. The announcement gives no details as to its sinking.