ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 June 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

U-BOATS STILL IN AMERICAN WATERS. NEW YOEK, June 6. It now appears that a total of eleven vessels were sunk by the U-boats off the American co:ast, mostly schooners. Survivors state that ten life-boats left the steamer Carolina. One overturned several times. The occupants clung to* a boat for many hours, but 16 perished. One girl recovered after clinging all night to the bodies of two men which wcres suppotred by lifebelts. The boats' crews underwent terrible sufferings. There are 250 of the Carolina's surviviors aboard a yehooner duo to-day, while about 30 are still missing. The most important development of the day is the announcement that a Übcat was seen, proving that they .are still operating in American waters Destroyers are scouring the coast in 1 fan-like, formation, while aeroplanes and dirigibles are assisting. It is reported that firing was heard to-day off Cape May. The tanker H. L. Pratt, which sank off Delawara Cape, has been raised. It is announced that another small schooner, the Edward Baird, has been sunk Survivors of the Carolina state that the. U-boat captain used a new red fluid explosive contained in small bottles, two of which sank the Caroina. The schooner Samuel Mengel was sunk on Sunday. Her crew has been picked up.

U-BOAT CAPTAIN'S BOASTINGS. Received 9 a.m. NEW YORK, June (5. Survivors of the steamer Carolina report that the captain of the U-boat boasted that he sank seven vessels on Sunday and four on Monday. He was prepared to place forty men aboard the steamer and convert her into a raider, but feared capture owing to the S.O.S. signals. The U-boats carried G-inch guns. GERMAN MESSAGES TO .U-BOATS INTERCEPTED. Received 9 a.m. WASHINGTON, June 6. The Navy Department has intercepted wireless code messages from the German Admiralty, via Nauen, to the U-boats on the American coast. The Department has received information indicating that U-boats may be supplied by ships meeting them in mid-ocean. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE RAID. Received 9.25 a.m. NEW YORK, June 6. Altogether fourteen ships have been sunk, of a tonnage of 20,000. A feature is the sinking of neutral vessels, the Norwegian steamer Eidswold being a victim. She .was sunk off the Virginia Capes on Tuesday evening. The captain of the French steamer Radioline reports that a U-boat opened fire at a long range. The Radioline tried to mask the approach of an American destroyer, but the U-boat saw the warship and submerged. One U-boat was lying alongside a schooner when sighted. It is reported ten mines were picked up off Delaware

Bay. It is believed Ulsl and U 3? are heading southwards. The total missing from the Carolina is 25. There is no trace of the crew of the schooner Desauss, which was found derelict. SIXTY PER CENT OF U-BOATS DESTROYED. Received 9.25 a.m. WASHINGTON, June 6. Mr. Swanson, acting chairman of the Senate Naval Committee, states that the Allies have destroyed 60 per cent of all the German submarines built and reduced the Allied shipping losses by one-half. FIGHT BETWEEN U-BOAT AND STEAMER. Received 10.40 a.m. LONDON, June 6. A German submarine shelled the Glasgow sleamer Ellaston in the Atlantic. The Ellaston fought until exhausted, when the crew took to the boats. The submarine sank fhe ship and deprived one of the lifeboats of water, sails, and all oars, but the two boats managed to reach Las Palmas atfer nine weeks' sufferings. The dther boats were unmolested, and were picked up. U-BOATS IN AMERICA. 250 SURVIVORS LANDED. NEW YOEK, June 6. More than 250 of the Carolina's survivors have arrived, many in a state of collapse. They were rushed to hospitals.

The wireless operator, in a statement, said he sent out an S.O.S. message, The U-boat signalled "If you wireless we will shoot the operator," He re-attempted to send the message The U-boat then shelled the Carolina several times. Finally, the captain of the Carolina ordered the operator to desist. Passengers and crew took to the lifeboats and sang "the Star' Spangled Banner" as the Carolina sank. The captain of the French steamer which was attacked on June 4th. says that prior to the U-boat attack he passed a wrecked English vessel probably another victim of the submarines, Mr. Daniels, in a statement, says the duty of the Navy is to keep the door to France open, and to send men, supplies and food, and that task will be accomplished at all hazards. HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK. BRITISH DELEGATES ON BOARD. LONDON, June 6. The Dutch hospital ship Kc.ningin Regentes was mined and sunk in the North Sea. She was carrying the British delegation to the Exchange of Prisoners Conference in Holland. Another hospital ship hastened to the rescue. All were saved except four firemen.