SINKING OF THE TICONDEROGA.
(Australian and N.Z. Oablo Aesociatioß)
(Received Oct. 13, 5.5 p.m.) New York, Oct. 12.
The Ticonderoga's guns were quickly silenced by the U-boat's shells. AH but two of the lifeboats were destroyed. One member of the crew swam" alongside the U-boat and asked the coxamander to cease firing. The commander pointed a pistol at him and ordered him to swim away.
After the ship sank a single surviving boat was compelled to throw . a towline on board the U-boat. When the American sailors refused to answer the questions of the U-boat commander the submarine suddenly submerged. The lifeboat was saved from being capsized by the tow line breaking. The submarine is described as'having eigWrinch guns on board. The survivors were adrift for fou.r days, many of them being seriously wounded.
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14891, 14 October 1918, Page 5
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134SINKING OF THE TICONDEROGA. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14891, 14 October 1918, Page 5
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