| Show GUNBOAT HIT Submarine Bonita Arises Sud Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly denly Below Other Vessel and Puts It Out of Commis Commission Commission Commission sion in but a Short Time i DAMAGED BOAT STARTS FULL SPEED FOR SHORE Submarines Were Supposed to toBe toBe toBe Be Far Out in the Bay at Time the Accident Happened i to the Gunboat Castine ENGAGED IN MANEUVERS Manx July Jul 11 II P tf The gunboat CnUt nn or of the h flotilla which wnM n rammed It h the Bonita during the tile maneuvers tray JUt benched beached to 0 prevent her h r sinking Xo No n one on on was n Injured Two To of nf the plates platen of nr the were Merc ere lo 10 coed Her nr antl ports l nrC of her boiler are flooded but bat the CIt CItI I bulkheads are i said to he be holding firm I The accident occurred OCCUlTed during a mimic I attack An On the tile Castine by the submarines submarines rines the Bonita apparently miscalculating miscalculating lating the distance tance and striking the gunboat with considerable force toree The Themen Themen Themen men on both boats felt th the impact and some were momentarily stunned but no noone noone noone one was w injured The Tile Bonita escaped with the tile slight denting of a portion of or her armor and the loss Iou of or a small mall sec MO section MOtion section tion of or her lIer railing As A soon as all it was seen Hen how badly the Gas Castine tine was wan damaged it was wu decided to beach her near Deal North orth Truro Truo She will willbe willbe willbe be thoroughly thorough I examined tomorrow and amI preparations will be made for repairing th damage Will Not Discuss DIem Accident The officers of the ships shim in will win not ROt discuss the accident The attack on the Castine Cason was wa unexpected Several members of the crew rew were In swimming when the Bonita rose beneath the gun sun boat and aad as she came up scraped her h r whole length across 8 the bottom of or the u Castine Water Vater peered into the lower en engine gine gine room an and tho the dynamo room oem oom of el the Ota te Gatti C them and threatening to extinguish exU the i lire fires under the boilers The doors door of or orthe the watertight Compartments were closed and the Castine Ca lne started full tull peed speed for tor shore She SIte reached the beach under her ber own OWA st steam am and rested easily In shallow water All II tho the crew remained re remained on board The Castine Ca carried eighty men oom mantled by b Lieutenant Ralph A 0 Koch The Bonita was wa under command of or Ensign En Ensign sign Sloan Danenhower and carried a crew of fifteen men meR The Castine C thle is 18 the tender fc r the tire third submarine di dt division vision made up nit of or the submarines submarine Bonita Doni Grayling Narwhal Swapper Snapper Stingray and Tarpon The division foll commander Is IB Lieutenant Donald Dold C Bringham The boats came callie here some time ago from Charleston ton to engage en In submarine submarine rine maneuvers the exact nature of ot which is hi kept an official secret At Atthe Atthe t the time of the accident today not a submarine was all In sight eight sl ht and it was wu supposed that they were all aU out in the tho th bay baT The others did not return until two or three hours hou after the Bonita Donica had struck the Castine The Castine CalItine wee was built In Bath Me Ie and was launched In ISM She Is s a twin screw steel ves vea vessel vs eel sel of or 1177 tons displacement a e T |
