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Show Three Merchant ShipsTorpedoed Six Men Go Down With Steamer Flngal; Crew of Other Two Are Rescued London, March 17. Tho Hrltlsh stegmer Leouwarden, bound from London for Hnrllngen, Holland, has been torpedoed by tho German submarine sub-marine U-28 four miles southeast ot tho Maes, Holland lightship, accord lng to neuter's Mnasluls correspondent. correspond-ent. Tho crew of seventeen men wero given flvo minutes to tako to their small boats, which tho submarine towed until ti pilot stenmor wns met. Tho men woro then transferred to tho pilot boat nnd landed nt Hook ot Holland. Tho Lccuwarden was n cross chan-nol chan-nol Bteamer of 374 tons nnd was owned by tho Steam Navigation com pany ot London. " Olflclnl announcement was made today to-day that tho Hrltlsh steamers Atlanta Atlan-ta and Flngal had been torpedoed. Tho toxt ot tho communication follows: fol-lows: "Tho Drltlsh steamer Atlanta 519 tons, owned by Messrs J. and H-Hutchinson H-Hutchinson of Glasgow, was torpedoed torped-oed by a Gorman submarine off Iulsh-turk Iulsh-turk on tho west coast of County Gal-way, Gal-way, Iroland, about noon of March 14. Tho craw was landed on Inlsh-turk Inlsh-turk and tho vessel Is now In tho harbor. "The Hrltlsh steamer Flngal, of 1CC2 gross tons (C61 net tons), owned by the London Edinburgh Shipping company of Lolth, Stotlund, wao torpedoed tor-pedoed and sunk at 10:50 a. m. on March 15 off Northumberland coast Twenty ono members of her crew woro landed at North Shlolds, but six lives aro roportcd to havo been lost Including tho chief mate and tho stowardess." Survivors of tho Flngal declare that tho casualties on board woro duo to the fact that tho vessel went down boforo Uio starboard boat could bo freed. Tho Flngal, as sho sunk, dragged drag-ged this boat under with her, leaving leav-ing the occupants, Including tho captain, cap-tain, struggling In tho water. Tho port boat picked up tho captain and sovoral othors, but six men lost their lives. |