Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — U. S. SHIP IN BATTLE [ARTICLE]

U. S. SHIP IN BATTLE

6TEAMER FIGHTS U-BOAT FOR FOUR HOURS. v : . ; , ;i i Timely Arrival of American Destroyer Saves Vessel From Being Sent to Bottom. A French Seaport, Oct. 26.—Escaping from q German submarine after a bitter fight lasting nearly four hours, with seven of her crew wounded, two of them seriously, an American steamer arrived here from an American port. The timely intervention of an American torpedo boat alone saved the ship from being sent to the bottom. The stubbornness of the battle is indicated by (he fact that the submarine fired 234 shots at the steamer, which responded with more than 260 Shota.