THE U-BOAT ATTACK ON AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 223, 8 June 1918, Page 7

THE U-BOAT ATTACK ON AMERICA

VICTIMS MOSTLY SCHOONERS

ANOTHER RAIDER SEEN

New York, June fi. It-now appears likely that eleven vessels have been sunk. mostlv schooners. 0 Survivors state that ten lifeboats left the e Carolina. One of them was overturned 3 several times. The ocVupants clung to * tho boat for many hours, but sixteen per--1 ished.. A_ girl was recovered alter clinging all liijiht to the bodies of two men > which were supported by lifebelts. Tho crew of the.boat underwent terrible sufferings. .There arc 250 survivors from the Carolina aboard a schooner, which is due to-day. About 20 are still missing. Survivors from the Carolina state that the captain of the U-boat used a now red fluid explosive, which was contained in small bottles, two of which, sunk th» ; Carolina. The schooner Samuel Meiieel' was sunk or. Sunday. Tho crew was pieked up. The most important development today is tho announcement that a U-boat has been seen, proving that the raiders are still, operating in American waters. Destroyers are scouring tho coast in a fan-like formation, and aeroplanes and dirigibles are assisting them. It has been reported that firing was heard to-day o(E CaDc May. The tank steamer Hilpratt, which was , sunk off tho Delaware, Cape, has been ! raised. Another email schooner, the Edward Baird. has been sunk.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .... ATTEMPT TO FRIGHTEN THE PEOPLE MR. ARCHIBALD KURD'S VIEW. London, Juno li.' Mr. Archibald Kurd, the well-known naval writer, jays the importance of the J appearance uf the German submarines iu r American waters may easily be exagger--1 ated. They went in the hope of frightening tbp American people and also to ° cheer ,up the German people, who aro 1 disappointed-with the results of the. pir- ; ac.v campaign. There is nothing surprising in this development. The. Germans' , 'have for two years possessed submarines i capable of return voyages across the At- i lantic without refilling or lcvictualting. | Tho American nerves will not be upset j by the demonstration. Germany canJiofc maintain a submarine campaign 3500 miles from its bases, and the visitations necessarily be spasmodic, and cannot. '..seriously affect Atlantic shipping. The enemy, no doubt, hopes to compel fresh naval dispositions to be made and weaken the patrol in European waters — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. - • '■ ! THE ODTPUTIM THE YARDS i AMERICA'S'EFFORT FOR' MAY. "Washington, June (i. forty-four ships were constructed in j May, tho total tonnage being .263,570. | The total for five months is 170 ships, 1 aggregating 1,112,897 tons.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ,A TRAGicIOLLISION TWENTY NURSES LOSE THEIR' LIVES. London, Juno 6. The liner Kenilworth Castle has arrived, in a crippled condition, from South Africa. Tlie Hon. H. Burton is on board.- During the night, while travelling with no ligtit visible, the liner collided with another vessel. Two explosions followed, killing a number of paswngers and crew. The Kenilworth Castle, which had previously been damaged forward, began to sink as tho fore compartments filled. There was. a tremendous inrush of ■water, but the bulkheads held firmly, and- the vessel remained on ft>. even keel. The passengers rushed on deck in-scanty night attire, and owing to a misunderstanding four boats. ivero 'aunched. One of them capsized, with tho boat's crew anil a large party :of /iursing sisters on board. There, were agonising cries for help from the women utriiggling in the water, and other men u.nd women on deck jumped into the sea, hoping to bo picked up by the destroyers escorting the .convoy. . Tho . death roll is still unknown. The other vessel has reached port. There, Tore 332 passengers on the Kenilworth Castle, including 3G nurses who were going to the. South African contingent in France. Twenty nurses are believed to have been lost through the capsizing of a boat.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.