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Show TEI1S OFSHIP BEING"! SOI BY SUBMARINE; : i Captain Kokeritz of Amari-i can Steamer Rochester ' Arrives at Londonderry. LOXLHiXDEKKY, lrol.iml. Nov. 10. Captain Krie Kokorit. of the Amorii an ste.imer Koohcter, wiiioh was -ank Xo-vi'mbor Xo-vi'mbor 2 by an eno'.ny .lbtna, ine, Lii-i arrivtoi in ..(iiolon-l.Try. Ho told h tnrilliiiL.' tory toaav of iiis eol 's .'u--countoi witli the Mib'.nHntio 3ml of thf har.ltliii's that the i-row en-lr.r.'.l .iur-i .iur-i ii tiu"' live 'lavs they vu-re in open bont?. i The Rochester vas lioun.l from Filmland Film-land to au American port in b.iila-t. and Tvap. vJtii he oral oilier veel. ai-eotiii.anied ai-eotiii.anied liv a Hntih prot'-.-tmi; f'.n-tiila. f'.n-tiila. At 1 oVio.-k on tlie inoriun ot November - file bceaine sejiarate.l 1 rum her convoy and proeee.u-d niorie. ' At -5 o'clock m the evening of that dav the ft.-atiier wa? ptnn-k by a tor pe.io.vhich wa.-t f. en al'Out ten e.-on. before it reached the. mark. The explosion ex-plosion O' enrred on tne port side in the after part of the engine root., and tne er-.Ltines and dynutno were -ftrecked. The lio. diei'ter stopped, and as ye I those aiioaid had not seen the submarine. subma-rine. Tlie lifeboats were lowered and the erew of fortv nine. inehidine thirteen thir-teen Ame,-i.-ait navy men. entered them! Paotain Ko!:,-ri:. and Ldard M.--Tansland. eominander of theuned j;nar.i. n-tnaim-.l .ouard t'-r ten minutes. min-utes. The ves 1 tliell beiran to settle b,w in tne w.-.ter and ti.ev left her. -ar Standat, tiie sc. ond en-ineer. and an o-.!er named An.iersoii ere ki!led bv tin- i-xplo-ion. The wir-!e.- aponrats had been completely wrecked. The three llf. bo.iN were p.liie.l a.iv and. when abo.it ."") yar.n from t'n-steamer, t'n-steamer, the men a-.v the submarine.-H submarine.-H wis more than two mib-n from the Koche-'e.-, ami at that ranue lired ten sl-oti at her. Two of the shells wen-di-tinet hits and the vssel went donn ipii'-klv. ( nptain- Kokeritz said that the su., rriai ine i oiiiTnand'-r Tiimie no attempt to ' eoir.miini'Ti'.e w;th them. 'We soon saw three submarines s;' tiiilia to one another. It was ilr-ik 1 tiien. an ! vch'-n the shoiitinu' eominen.-.-d j the lifeboats had se,nr:ited. I "Mv boat, whi'-h eontain'-d twi-nty- two oc'-iipaiits. erime on w !tiiout "eeinti I any liii-s nn'il l'l o'eliick Wednesday inornit,!.', No-.-end,ei- 7, when we were ' t-.-ked un by a llriti-h patrol near Tops i.-land. Tlie cre-.v --ilf'-red terribly fron, ' 'obi, and .'iin" of the men in Mo- other boats died from exposure. The survivors sur-vivors w ere landed, at Ma vo.'' |