Show STEAMER STRUCK 0 WAS NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED AND CREW RETURN AFTER TAKING TO BOATS no passengers aboard and no lives were lost ships name and nationality painted in large letters on her sides london the american steamer nebraskan captain green from liverpool slay may 24 for delaware breakwater was torpedoed by a submarine at a point forty miles west southwest of fastnet off the south coast of ireland the sea was calm at the time the crew at once took to ok to the boats and stood by the steamer it was soon ascertained that the nebraskan was not seriously damaged she had been struck forward and her fore bolds holds were full ot of water the crew returned on board an and d got the vessel under way no lives were lost among the crew the nebraskan did not carry any passengers the foregoing information was received by the british admiralty in london and it was at once communicated to the american embassy A message to lloyds says that an armed trawler went to the assistance of the nebraskan and stood by her all night the nebraskan passed queenstown Queens town wednesday afternoon on her way to liverpool she was proceeding under her own steam at 8 knots an hour A message to the star from liverpool says that the name and nationality of the nebraskan were painted in large letters on her sides she was in water ballast the german submarine campaign is continuing actively dispatches from norway say the people of that country have been aroused by the sinking last week of the norwegian steamer C minerva and the attempt to the iris which went to her assistance |