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CAPE BRIDE ON HONEYMOON SEES GERMAN U-BOAT!_Mrs. Kramer, Formerly Miss Niermann, Writes of Thrills on High Seas.-RAIDER PURSUED HER SHIP, SHE WAS TOLDBritish Vessel, on Which She Took Passage, Was Armed and Carried Munitions.The story of a panic among the passenger* of ihe British steamer “Vau-ban” when the wireless apparatus received word that a German raider had been active along the coast of South America, is told in several letters Prof. K. W. Niermann received from his daughter, Mrs. Alfred Kramer, who •ri company with her husband. Rev. Alfred Kramer, sailed lor South America several weeks ago. The apprehension among the passengers was increased when it became known that the ' vessel was armed with two large cannon.Mrs. Kramer and her husband, who went lo Buenos Aires on a missionary ' trip, left New York, Jan. 7. They ar- 1 lived safely at their destination 2-‘I lt;days later, making the trip in seven '• days less than the schedule time. The .-hip had received orders from the British Government to sail as fast as possible in order to reach Buenos Aires in time to take a cargo of meat ' to London.Several days after the ship left the 1 port of New York, the sailors began * to paint the vessel in a dark gray 1 color, giving it the appearance of a i man of war. The steamer was a Brit- J ish vessel and carried the British flag. 1 A fc' days after reaching the open sea the flag was lowered. Every pro- i caution was taken to conceal the na- ; tionality of the steamer and to hide its ' appearance from the German raider i that was sighted in the South Sea. 1A large canvas was spread over the ientire fleck of tnc steamer to break the :glare of its lights during the night, and every precaution was taken lo ; meet an attack by a German raider j or submarine. Incidentally it became lt;known o.nong the passengers of the ‘ Yauba• that the captain, the purser and the mate in charge of the laundry i had been previously captured by the i Germans, but had been reelased on ; their word of honor that they would not again enter active sendee on the i sea. Knowing that their second cap- I lure meant ceitain death for them, lt;these men took extraordinary precau- ’ lions to meet the enemy. 1Tn*A luwrn lt;•'» nnn . irnpo mnnnfiwl ! *
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The Weekly Tribune
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US
Thu, Mar 01, 1917
Page 4
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Robert G.
MO, USA 13 Jul 2020
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