Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-13 | Page 19 | Crew Lost as British Warship Strikes Rock

CREW LOST AS BRITISH WARSHIP STRIKES ROCK Destroyer Goes Down Off Irish Coast Death Total Probably Near i STORM I v BRIl BRINGS GS QUIET ON FIGHTING FRONTS I It 1 t J Artillery and nd Air Duels With Occasional Raids Only Activities Midwinter quiet on the Hie part of the Infantry to 0 prevail pre fin on n the various battle front Tie The I artillery Im hn been heen active In sonic annie He sectors tOn north norh of Verdun v tin the InK firing v was nON aw reported h between lI Beaumont n Dr- Dr heavy t and anil lUn The rhe British Cia li curried out outa t tn a n sti successful raid cast cant of or Loon Loos nail anil the French one line northwest of or Rheims rite British nn navy lout lost n a war nor ve vessel iol early 1111 eN 11 1 when the fhe destroyer Hut coon ran on I the rocks off the north Irish coa coast t mid and sank with all nil hands I In the period of 1 to January 10 French pilot idiots brought ht down don lov n fifteen crams airplanes I andone and anil one captive balloon London Jan 1 The L-The The British de destroyer destroyer de- de I er Raccoon struck rocks off oct the thc 1 I j I Irish coa coast t on Wednesday and foundered foundered foun foun- I dered it Is announced o officially All AllI those on board the Raccoon when the I vessel essel sank were lost The statement Issued by the admiralty says sas I II M. M 1 S. S Raccoon t. t George I 1 Napier in command struck on the rocks off the thc north coast of Ireland at 2 a a. a m m. Wednesday ay during a snowstorm land I and subsequently foundered with all allI I I j hands i Nine of the crew had been left I behind at her last port o of call and these are the sole survivors Seventeen bodies have been picked up b by patrol craft and arc are being burled buried at Reth- Reth rive Five bodies botHel t were vv washed ashore and tho they are being burled buried locally I The Tho Raccoon was built buill in 1 1910 10 She was 60 feet long and displaced 95 tons She was armed with one inch 1 II and three Inch 3 guns suns and two torpedo tubes Her lIer normal crew was lOG men I Rout Rome Jan l 12 The The The official statement statement statement state state- ment from general headquarters today toda says Italian fire tire There was concentrated a against troop movements mO in the enemy's en enemy's en- en emy's ems lines of or communication on plateau and Ire fire from the British batteries batteries bat bat- teries against the zone on the left lct bank o of the Piave Pia northeast st of or Mon Mon- t tello llo Enemy patrols were ere driven back to north of or Monte MOntC and at Grave dl di Our reconnaissance parties carried out effective and harassing actions against enemy positions Josl- Josl lions east of ot Capo Four pour enemy airplanes were brought down by British airmen a fifth machine machine ma ma- chine hit lift by oui our airmen fell Cell in flames lames near Lusiana Our machines bombed with visible results m military tar establishments establishments establish establish- ments In the tho Susana alle valley