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Show DESTROYER IS SENT TO BOTTOM Bf SUBMARINE E 9 of the British Navy, Un der Command of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Commander Horton, in Daring Exploit SAFELY RETURNS TO HER HOME PORT Austrians Lose Four Torpedo Tor-pedo Boats and Two Destroyers De-stroyers by Striking Mines LONDON Oct 8 12 30 a. m A dispatch to the Central News from Harwich, England sayB that a rumor is in circulation there of the sinking of a German cruiser in addition to the German torpedo boat destroyer LONDON Oct 7 8 30 p m Sub marine E 9 of the Br t sh navy under command of Lieutenant Commander Max K. Horton yesterday made an other raid into German waters off the mouth -of the river Ems and succeeded n s nking a German torpedo boat de stroyer This same submarine under the same commander made asm lar dash and sank the German cru ser Hela off Helgoland September 13 As on the former occas on the E 9 has safe ly returned to her home port The act on took place at 1 o clock yesterday and was w tnessed by the Dutch coast guards on the Dutch island Schiermonnikoog in the Isorth sea off the prov nee of Friesland Sank in Three Minutes The weather was clear and the sea calm and the destroyer could pla nly be Been cru sing before the mouth of the Ems Suddenly the observers Baw a h gh column of water riBe near the bow of the destroyer The vessel turned over and sank n three minutes Shortly after the explos on the per scope of the submar ne came above tfui surface of the water for a moment but as soon as those on board the plunger saw that the r torpedo had struck its n ark the vessel was again submerged A German cru ser and torpedo boats came quickly to the rescue of the crew of the ill fated destroyer who could be seen Bwunm ng about in the vicin ty of the d saster ft cl nging to the wreckage of their sunken ship Deed a Bold One As Seh ermonn koog is close to the sland of Borkum where the Germans have a naval base and with n s xty mileB of Helgoland and the naval ar senal at W lhelinshafen the dash of the submar ne s cons dered here a par t cula ly dar ng one The Dutch naval staff announced that the sinkino' of the destroyer oc curred seven miles off Schiermonnikoog and well outs de the Dutch terr tor aJ waters SAILOR TELLS OF FIRING TORPEDO HARWICH, v a Londo Oct 8 12 60 a m. AJ ox the men ol the submar ne E 9 which has arrived here, are jubi lant over the second successful engage ment of the r 1 tt e craft against a Ger man war vessel One of the members of the crew n a lnte view said that wh le the s nk ng of t e torpedo boat destroyer off the utch coast was mo e eas ly ac comp shed than was the case when the E 9 sent he Ge man cru ser He a o the bottom luck vas with the submar ne We knew when we left Ha w ch ar bor. said the sa or that it as a case of hit or m ss But we trus ed Lieu en ant Commander Horton imp city When we rose we saw two Ge man destroyers trave ng at a speed of about thirty knots Our commander was at the per s ope and ordered the forward tubes to be fl ecL I fired the first tube but cou d not say whe her my missile hit We t an rose to the surface and the commander sa d ! Look at her e begga s going down Then 'ne saw t e German rse per I pendlcu ar y and her men rushed to her sen and ved Into the water T e submar ne hen was submerged aga n and made her ta back to Harwlc I don t nt to boast but we got our torpedoes one Austrian Naval Loss PARl O t 30 p m The Mes sagero hes a d spatch from An o a Ita on the dr at teleg aph1? c R n e o e ondent ot e lia as (Continued on Pago Nine ) DESTROYER IS SENT TO BOTTOM i (Continued from Paga One) agency which declares tnat four A 3 tr an torpedo boats and two Vustr an torpedo boat destroyers have been lost off the coast of Dalmat a as a result of con ine in contact w th m ne The Ancona d spatch adds that a n a or ty of the nembo s of the c ews of the s x -vessels loit the r 1 es |