Show BOl BOLD GE GERMAN MAN SUBMARINE RNE BOA BOAT SENDS BRITISH GUNBOAT DOWN N T- T TO BOTTOM r OF ENGLISH QUID CHANNEL CHANNE DEAL En England via London Nov I 1 12 30 a. a m. m m. Thousands Thousands of people I witnessed tho sinking oil off of D Deal 31 of the British gunboat Nig Niger r by hy a German i submarine while lying in the downs down opposite op the pier rier head At noon a loud Joud roar of at an explosion was heard dense columns of black were seen to arise and tho the Nl Niger cr almost immediately began begat to go down by the b bows Xh Though uh partial partially 0 hidden by clouds cloude of smoke and steam the stern p of or the Niger was wC seen Feen riso gra gradually u lf lff i f in in the tho air ai until tho greater reater length of her keel was visible Then ho sho slid f I slowly lowly and gracefully coul bou beneath nth the tho vater water I twenty minutes after she aho was struck Her boilers burst immediately before sho ebo disappeared and caused a further rush of steam Nearly all al of th the row V below at rt dinner r when he th the torpedo struck the ship anti and orders to close the water U tight ht doors dors ere shouted from the bridge When tho the crew flow ilow to o obey ey ono of them observed the white foam following follow follow- ing in the tho course of the torpedo Boat Boats wore immediately launched in including in eluding t two o lifeboats and the Ule crew crow including in eluding in Captain Muir an and tho the officers were werl rt rescued clod of the tho survivors Von ur aro arc injured and it is iN reported that tbt two men arc missing This is s the first timo a n German has his pen penetrated tho downy downs nearly a hundred I hij 9 s at anchor at ut the time of th the disaster |