Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-27 | Page 1 | Fishing Vessel Sunk by Sub

Fishing Vessel Sunk by Sub BOSTON May 27 UP The PI-The The first sinking of a New England fishing vessel since the war began and the killing of one of her man 21 crew by shell shellfire fire from an an enemy submarine was described by survivors survivors survivors sur sur- upon their arrival at an Atlantic port Captain Daniel J. J Maher 59 who has been a fisherman since he was 20 and his men were as anxious to get to-get get back to sea as they were contemptuous of the submarine submarine submarine rine crews crew's They estimated that 60 to 70 shells were fired some at extremely extreme extreme- ly close range but that only about 30 struck the ton steam trawler six Forty-six survivors of a medium sized British merchantman who were rescued and brought to a north Atlantic port by a U. U S. S coast guard escort Scort vessel revealed that their ship thip was one of four torpedoed from vest bound c convoy convoy con- con vo on the night of M May l 12 voy JP