CAPTURE OF SUBMARINE.
TAKEN BY 'ORIJISBIe? TO DEAL. BBlTrgßl i)BSTB6Y^B| BJy^GflS.(Ati^aftaii; r arid Oaiiie (^ecewed[' Augtist 18> 41i15 pi&) t- : "i" il.^v.: NjB^^YOJIK, Aug^t;^ ; !P«i,ssengerß by ; the' Cijjiarder' ' Alaunia say that a J captured' German submarine lashed to a. British cruiser wafa taktin to Deal, m England;: • ": V ', / ■s**&_ .' - JA British destroyer, . badly battered, was taken .there at tlie sainei titnei' There ■ ar6' tioaetaila. !"..':' ' ' '." ■''
THE DEyTSpB&AND.
ARPIVAL AS~BAt3:mp|LE.
MESSAGE FRO!M I^AISIJB.
A TAIiKATOE^^PTAt^
The ar. riyal'.of - the i . Gterma/n ; submarine., peu^blmid'.-'ai.i J3aJitm^¥e> / ''*tva'. July 9jj. from. Q€JirwlJhy;i cheated .greivt' interest iv Ainerica^ The vessel; ca^ijejd.^a. large; cargo •' of' 750 tons' "of .dyestuffs, . vaJUiecT at; 1,000,000 dollars. *She carried : >. bundle;' of :'pnpe,rs ■^•onv'.'-.- the : Fpreigh (fpbCe. It Mas intimated tliat* m that, bundle was some i.sQtfe. t of^ communipatipin; •from the to i^res^de^ tyjftrsori. B'jit GaptainKbe'nig.\asSerted,;,a& djjd'ith'e'. .}• e^>resentativ^B ' of' ihef Deiitoch ■ Ozean Rliederei, : of Bremen/ owners of^^fiif; %i?aft,' that she carried ; no-; mess^e to" tlie President; Tu ;: fdct, C/*aplbam Koehig laughed Tieartily when th>l Jpossibfliij; was! suggested, says*ftTi{A3^er|can .^per,' b\ib: Hie! riimpr persisted; thati some sor.t', | 6fi an important rooihmunicatijbn was, 'ih the packet. A personal represerita/tive'. of the/' lpferman'' Ambassador visited; ; the" vessel and^took the packet- aw»yV"'* :i -_\' X\i the coui'se of an interyiew the edgtaiit at'every tujm? .tried'- tp J: ingress, his hearers-- with-the: fact ■ that lid 'fearetf. hdthiii^^'in 'the woild ; asv- lqng as lie could dive. Tliat was the sure and? certjffii way '-tiy get. from, the^puruseiTs : or fr^M a nybody else \vho > tWeatejießf i • troiibl^ The (^iptain' could •not^TeJmefnber'lipw" ftiahy ■ turies 1 'He liald sifbtnerge^ but) Tie' kid* ih> l^g woyld slic^w. I.^^1 .^^ UixeVirepOTjt-; 'ers wisely : i*efrained ' froni asking I ,' Kjm fo ijrodiice'the rogibDok;\.Thß'l^;timo ( ho dived irtte compa*atiyely a few inUeJi' off the i Cfopes. Th^ cjfcuse of 'Jhis aivin^ jie believed' 1 ' to bo' au/fhflt vvesgelCfrooSa i lie WesiVilMies to Isfew 1 Y^rfc. ; ; ! ' Tlielrule, "Dive whfin, 'you; sigli^a vesi' J" '' never deviated tiovL ■> '" , ;Tlio confidence 7 that the captain "had in. ' jiis"- ability to get, away from danger , surprised- M$ .'iheaa'Qrs? r ■"•,-■ ■ >v . *)r ! A question a DOttfc microphpne^'. eliclt^o; the information' tliat the ;s,ubmairihe i, Had! |>wo aboaird' hter^'and'. they : ';-b'adVbe^^(' very useful. Otfptain, Koemjg^ saaiJ^Virheii: he f wa* yi ai^' -iuiliaa 'eft ftbe, i^KgiJM^ ?9ast: he Iwi'd'lieri'i'd l tfce whistliijg bupjin fti&' vic|nity'. ' { " Tliese * ifticrjppnpn,e^_yha.yie ; '«? telephone attdchment, , An^Vthe'^aujilit.Qß^ php"is tisint; thent can' diftoingiush.,.th'e 1 ctinrbinAf noife 1 of :.& w'op^ller Jfi!p.ni u the^ c.vhaii^t'6'fjt' gasolene engine. !(JeneraUy' peaking, fliey -€an detect ? and >piost of the sounds that would ,be^ nefird .M r . an 6cean-^ing- craff^ and it t inafters •not wh^thei* ihey a'rß -wi'b.-sturfa^ce" "(jr above ! surface, v'r '. . ,'-. '% J": >: :ono of-'lhe' sthiteme^ts the imadei^andj wJ^ich'was received with". ■Qiutsn^ ; sceptic-;, .jsjrt.' %?t his ability tb, gp ;j3pwji' : 3uO^,,' or : Wfathomar, asvliß;put.,it*:, ;J' . ; '■'■.„ "„, /-"Of course, we did:not"p;o down ...thnt. far," ho admkted., ♦' We didn't go d^wV mdre, than half-of 'ihal"?''^: >c ' " \' " v Submariiie ■ experts 1 '- i{f,.'tiie. Uhi^oH 1 (States' ' Navy consider 'the efepth "'6?' aCyfty to be v flbout' the danger luriit; At that depih'.'thfe' pressure is r "con^idered' to ' bo about all the; st^ei sheir of the submatine^ cari ' stand; ' , ''-''' Tlie DJc.ntschla.nd' left- 3?remei'ha.ven with ISO! tpns Pf.Hil, aiid Rhe ; liaa'm her ticks' '9|s%ris' on Jier -arrival. 1 Of'the' 20 1 tons pf'^fresli, waiter that slio started; with only* abVut ! 10 Temained. Tt;' wa* ■ quite iippafelit iliH* .tlvft Dontsoh'land' meant.' to h'|iVe enough "fuel and dqtii}>rn^nt > :'.to,'bo.' r 'lnble t& fetnrn to (lermitny if ;aiiji r thing o liapnene(^'tQ liir : whilft^ 'sh\> lay. off the* Atnerfcnn coast:' ■ But'-ifep^ tahi Koenig hisiated that there noVer wrfs 'ahy drih^er." " ; ■ ■ "• '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19160818.2.34.42
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14074, 18 August 1916, Page 5
Word Count
591CAPTURE OF SUBMARINE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14074, 18 August 1916, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in