Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1904 — NAVAL BOAT SUNK. [ARTICLE]

NAVAL BOAT SUNK.

British Submarine Vessel Is Hit by a Liner. The British submarine boat A No. 1 of the Holland type, which was run down the other day by an ocean liner while undergoing a trial oft the Isle of Wight, was sunk with her crew of officers and men, all being drowned like rats in a trap. The crew numbered nine. The discovery that the submarine had gone to the bottom with her two officers and all of her crew was made only through the report by the liner Berwick Gastie, from East London, Cape Colony, Feb. 10, and Las Palmas Feb. 29 k for London. The captain of the Berwick Castle reported having struck a detached torpedo off the Isle of Wight, and this, coupled with the fact that nothing had been heard from the submarine for a time longer than was apparently necessary for her trial, set the naval authorities thinking. It was believed that the submarine had suffered some mishap and a search was begun, but without result for some time. Finally from the description given by the captain oi urn Berwick Castle as to the place where the torpedo had been encountered search revealed the submarine on the bottom off the place known as the Nap, In seven fathoms of water. The crew and the two officers were found in the body of the submarine, having apparently been asphyxiated by the fumes of gasoline spilled, it is believed, when the submarine went to the bottom after impact with the liner supposed to have struck her. The theory of the naval experts is that the submarine’s periscope was either defective or for worn# reason became ineffective after the vessel was submerged and that Lieut. Mnnergh was unable, therefore, to note the approach of the liner. Cottonwood, Kan., voted >B,OOO in bonds to build an auditorium. I._ Jnnbling act of the Legislature gave the women the right to vote, and they were Out en masse. A large vote was polled and the bonds carried by a majority of fifty. ; Vice Chancellor Emery at Trenton, N. J., has granted an order to show cause why the United Steel Company of Rahway should not be adjudged bankrupt. The J. B. Conover Company al' tea the steel company la insolvent and that Its liabilities are >117,874.