THE U BOATS

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13889, 15 October 1918, Page 6

THE U BOATS

BRAZILIAN STEAMER'S ENCOUNTER. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) NEW YORK. October 12. The Navy Department announces the deaths of 10 officers and 111 men on the steamer Ticonderoga, which was submarined on September 5.*8. Five survivors have arrived aboard a British steamer. A Brazilian steamer has reported an encounter with a U-boat off the coast. The steamer believed she sank the boat by gunfire. The Tikondeoga's puns were, quickly silenced by the U-boat's shells, and all hut two of the lifeboats were destroyed* One member of the crew swam alongside the U-boat and asked the commander to cease" firing. The commander pointed a pistol and ordered him to swim away. After the ship sank the single surviving boat was compelled to throw a tow lino aboard the U-boat| When the American sailors refused to answer the questions of the U-boat commander, the submarine suddenly submerged, and the lifeboat was only saved from being capsized by the towline breaking. The submarine is described as having Bin guns aboard. The survivors were adrift for four days, many of them being seriously wounded. THE NUMBERS OPERATING. NEVER MORE THAN THIRTEEN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 13. Admiral Sims estimates that the German submarines simultaneously operating have never exceeded thirteen, the average being nine.