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Show AED Sffl LB II I? U-BOflT LONDON, June 8, 10:30 a. m. Tho British steamer Southland, from Liverpool Liv-erpool for Philadelphia in ballast, was torpedoed without warning on June 4. She had six Americans aboard, of whom Edward Rigney of New York City is missing. The gun crew on the Southland fired ten shots at the submarine after the first torpedo was fired. A second torpedo was fired by the submarine and it caused an explosion ex-plosion in the magazine which killed eight men. Two boats containing forty men are missing. The rest of the crew of 159 has been landed. As showing the excellent information informa-tion which the submarines receive, the submarine commander, when informed in-formed of the name of the ship, showed show-ed surprise and asked: "Why are you a. week? ahead of your time?" ' |