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Show VESSUNK Scout Boat Picks Up Word of Raid Survivors Being Rescued. NANTUCKET, Mass., Aug. 11 Nine fishing schooners were sunk off George's Bank today by a German submarine, sub-marine, a naval scout boat which put in here tonight reported. The scout boat picked up word oi the raid from the auxiliary fishing schooner Helen Murlcy which had rescued res-cued four survivors and was taking them to New Bedford. George's Banks aro sixty miles off this island. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 Coming to the surface in the midst of a fleet of fishing schooners off the Massachusetts Massachu-setts coast a German submarine today to-day sank nine ycssels of the fleet, the navy department tonight announced. The schooners bunk include the Kntc Palmer, the Anita May, the Reliance, the Star Buck tind the Progress. Tho names of the other four ships were not contained ir, navy department dispatches. dis-patches. ; Four survivors from the crew of the Kate Palmer vferc picked up by the fishing schooner Helen Murley and have reached port in safely. No information infor-mation had beoji obtained by the navy department tonight as to tho fate of the crews of this other schooners. After the cretvs of the Kate Palmer had been taken aboard the submarine and held priso ier for, one hour, they were set adrift n a small boat. |