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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1916
Page
9
Reports say Kingstonian crew vanished after the torpedo boat destroyers rushed to search near Nantucket lightship as weather turned hostile. Navy officials confirm no survivors aboard the rescuers and note strong northeast winds hampering efforts while U-53 is the suspected submarine.
The President said the government will first inform itself of all the facts before acting and will hold Germany to fulfilled promises. Count von Bernstorff met the President with a letter from the German Emperor on Polish relief and discussed submarine activities. The talks were friendly but firm on U S rights, with a plan to confer with Jules Jusserrand on Poland relief and Paris diplomacy.
The American-Hawaiian liner Kansan, halted by a German sub off Nantucket, left Boston for St Nazaire and Genoa carrying steel soda and 1950 horses for allied governments. Crew fear ship may be destroyed if she encounters a U-boat, though officials note the cargo is from one American port to another and under a Stars and Stripes flag.
The sudden German submarine raids off Nantucket drive war risk insurance costs up 100 to 500 percent for ships passing the Zone. The loss of the Strathdene, with Calumet and Hecla copper valued at $2 million, shocks underwriters in Boston, New York, and abroad. Insurance also refused on the Canopie returning to Italy, signaling possible further rate hikes.
Harry P. Collins aged 32 of 115 Billings road Quincy died at City Hospital after being thrown from a heavily laden express truck in Edward Everett Square Dorchester He struck his head fracturing his skull and suffered internal injuries en route to the hospital He worked for an express company and the truck was driven by W J Kleinem of Weymouth.
Stephen Crowley, 47, was killed while walking on the railroad tracks near Sumner Street crossing in Stoughton. He lived in a shanty near South Stoughton depot. Police say two freight trains passed. he may have stepped into the path of the second while avoiding the first.
Survivors aboard the British passenger steamer Stephano told of the Sunday sinking by a German U boat. Men women and children recounted the torpedo strike while several United States torpedo boat destroyers protected officers and crews nearby as spectators in Newport News officials reported.
Survivors of the Stephano tell how the British flag flew at the stern of the U-53 during shelling, the steamer sank eight miles off Nantucket lightship, and all passengers were landed in New York by six tonight. Women at the hospital faced cold, hungry conditions while Norwegian sailors cheered the American navy in departure.
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