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Show SHIP IS SUNK OFF COASTOFIRELAND J it Submarine Opened Fire After .. ' Ordering Crew to Get ;j Away. . : jl New York, Sept. 1. The steamer Rossauo arrived today from Cardiff. Jjj bringing Captain Wrye "arid ' the crew m of seven of the British schooner St. vj Olaf, which was sunk by a subma- III rino fifty-eight miles east of Gaily- .JJ head, Ireland, on August 19. fl , The captain of the St. Olaf said jfj f he was bound from Llanclly, Wales. is for Parrsboro, N. S on the afternoou iflj of August Ifl. when a German subma-' yju rine appeared off lw jorl side of tJ the schooner and order the vessel j$B abandoned. . Ht I "The submarine commander gave rl I us ten minutes to get away," said fefftj Captain Wrye. "Just as all hands .,'jl were pulling away, the submarino ,9 opened fire on the schooner, shelling i 1 1 her until she filled and capsized. We J returned to the wreck and hung on ' until the Rossano came along, more I than five hours later." 9 |