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Show U-BOATS CHASE COAE STEAMER . Ship Speeds Toward Shore and Eludes Two Enemy Undersea Craft. AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 3. Proximity to the New Jersey shore saved the coal steamship Bristol owned by the Coastwise Transportation Transporta-tion company of Boston, from destruction destruc-tion yesterday. Pursued by two L' boats the Bristol sped toward land, attained shallow water and escaped only because the submarines dared not' to follow her farther It was the Bristol which rescued the crew of the schooner Edward H. Cole after tho Cole's men had been adrift in their small boats for several hours It Is suspected that the U-boats trailed j these small boats for the purpose of1 destroying any vessel which might at-fmpt at-fmpt a rescue, as the submarine hove in sight immediately after th Cole crew had been taken on board the Bristol. U-Boat Big Fellows. Captain Frederick Hart, a veteran Massachusetts skipper, commanded the Bristol. He 3aid the U-boats were "big fellows'' which could go 16 knots an hour. His own vessel can steam 'illy 12 knols, and when Hip submarines subma-rines appeared and the Bristol started for chore the Germans began to gain on hr. Captain Hart sent every available man down into the engine room to pui on all steam possible for the 25 mile run to land. Aft, the Bristol had spread some large awnings, as the weather was hot and Captain Hart believes the Germans Ger-mans suspected suns were concealed undor the awnings, whereas the Bristol, Bris-tol, being a coastwise coaler, was un armed The Bristol reached water of five or six fathoms, as shallow a depth as she dared enter and kept close to shore on the run to the nearest port. From the moment she fled from the U boal until the Germans abandoned the chase in shallow water the Bristol pursued a zig zag course. oo Cholly Yes, I had bwain fever once. Miss Keen Dear me; And where were you feverish ? |