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Show gineer of 'he Pinar del Rio, described the craft with the submarine as a vessel of 6000 gross tons, with a single funnel amidships. amid-ships. She was painted gray and stood some two or three miles in the offing while the submarine sank the Rio. When the American craft went down, the submarine signalled the vessel in international code, "follow me," and the U-boat and her consort con-sort steamed away. BELIEVE THEY SAW J "MOTHER" SHIP OF THE SUBMARINES '- NORFOLK. Va., June 10. Survivors of the American freighter Pinar del Rio, arriving ar-riving here today from Manto, N. C, said the German submarine, which sank their vessel lit) miles northeast of Cape Henry hist Saturday morning, after a stern chase of more than an hour, was accompanied by a large steamer, which they believed to b,j a "mother" ship. They also asserted that alter thein vessel was sent down by ' gunfire, the submersible sank two Ameri can sailing vessels. Wai'er C. B. Burrows, first assistant en- |