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Show NORWEGIAN SHIP SUNK OFF CAPES Frenchman Tells of Attack on His Vessel and Manning of Guns. WASHINGTON, Juno 5. Sinking by a Gorman submarine of tho Norwrsian pt earner Gibs about forty miles off the Virginia capos at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon was reported to tho navy department de-partment tonlpht by n naval cargo ship. The entire crew was rescued today. to-day. French Story of Attack. Following is the navy department's summary of the Frenchman's story: ' Tho .submarine was so big that at first the look out thought it was an American destroyer. He was about six miles from the Radlolelne, The sub merging when lighted lay about two lengths from a three-masted sailing .-hip (probably the schooner Edward R. Baird. Jr . which later was bompca and sunk) and the look-out reported It to the captain as a destroyer. But the captain with his glasses recognized it as a submarine. The captain was In doubt as to the nationality so did not fire, but manned his guns He changed his course from east to west and the submarine opened fire, but the Frenchman still held his fire until the submarine fired the BOCOnd time. Then he fired, ranged about 12,000 meters. "The submarine fired between fifteen fif-teen and twenty shots. The frenchman french-man heard two shots about fifteen minutes pfo1"? be sighted the subm.i rino. He believes that these were fired to stop the sailing ship. "The Hadioleine. was niacins good. speed while getting away. No shots lut her. No damage was done, and there were no casualties. "The destroyer passed the Radlo-lelne Radlo-lelne at 8:10, making all speed heading in the direction of the submarine Apparently Ap-parently the destroyer did not see the submarine until the Radlolelne changed chang-ed course to starboard, as the captain of the Radioloine purposely kept between be-tween the submarine and tho destroyer so the submarine would not see the destroyer. "As soon as the submarine saw the destroyer he submerged The captain; did not see the submarine again and is unable to tell what the destroyer did because the Radioloine was too far I away when the destroyer reached the, spot where the submarine disappeared." |