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Show !U-B0AT OPERATES " IN AMERICAN WATER KEY WEST, Fla., April 12. The British sailing ship Treveal, Captain Williamson, was sunk by a German submarino off Cienfuogos, Cuba, four days ago and all hands landed at the Cuban port a few hours later, according accord-ing to C. Peterson, a member of tho crew, who arrived here from Havana late today. Peterson claims to be a naturalized American of Norwegian birth. The vessel was sunk by bombs placed plac-ed aboard by the Germans, Peterson declared. The Treveal, a full-rigged sailing ship, was proceeding from Jamaica Ja-maica to" Cienfuegos for a cargo of sugar for Quecnstown. Soon after the submarine was sighted sight-ed off Cienfuogos the Germans launched launch-ed a canvas boat and two officers and six armed men camo aboard the Treveal, Tre-veal, giving the crew ten minutes to take to their boats. When tho small boats had cleared tho ship tho Germans placed bombs forward and aft and destroyed tho vessel. ves-sel. The crew of the Treveal was in the boats four hours before being picked up by a tug and towed to Cienfuegos. Cien-fuegos. Peterson declared Cuban papers refused re-fused to publish an account of the sinking "because it might do the country coun-try harm. Ho said ho learned that the rest of tho crew took passage for England aboard a vessel belonging to the Haines Steamship company. There is no British sailing ship Treveal Tre-veal in available maritime records, but there is a British steamer of that name. Her recent movements have not been published. SUBMARINE SIGHTED 25 MILES FROM KEY WEST HAVANA, April 12. According to a story told by a passenger arriving here this evening on an American steamer from Key West, a submarine was sighted about twenty-five miles out from Key West, The passengers stated stat-ed tho submarine immediately submerged sub-merged until the periscope alone remained re-mained visible. Her nationality could not be ascertained. oo |