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SWEEPING FOR MIXES.
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The Work of the British Trawlers in
Present War.
The action of the Germans in laying
submarines has forced the allies
to adopt the same uncongenial form
of warfare, and certain planned portions
of the seas have been sown
with these engines of death. But
the British mine fields are fixed and
definite, and the responsible authorities
notify the neutral powers of
their whereabouts. On the other
hand, the Germans kept their field
a secret, with the result that two
Danish and two Dutch vessels and
i four other neutral craft have already
been sunk.
Our admiralty mines are composed
of 500 pounds of gun-cotton,
and are detonated by means of an
arrangement consisting of a cup of
mercury with two firing points. The
mine layers which distribute them
are usually old converted cruisers,
arranged for their abhorrent wok
by cutting off their running two
sterns and little railways the length
of the ship. On these lines the
mines are laid and the movement
of a lever automatically drops them
into the sea.
The British authorities were, of
course, prepared for such action on
the part of the enemy, and for some
years they have instituted a trawler
reserve for mine sweeping from the
men engaged in the North sea fisheries.
The men sign on for five
years, and go through a fortnight's
training every year. Up till now
they have looked upon it as rather
a lark and a welcome relief from the
heavy toiling on the gray wastes of
the North sea. Now their work is
to be taken seriously; they are eager
to do their duty with that cheery optimism
so characteristic of their
brothers-in-arms on the field.
The autumn mists lie over the
sea, but there are few trawlers going
out. The herring shoals have
come down out of the wonderful resources
of the northern waters, but
they are passing by with but fewcraft
to follow them down to take
their toll. The sturdy little trawlers
and drifters may have come in with
full fishrooms. but they did not go
out again with replenished ice rooms
and bunkers for fresh reaping on the
dogger. They certainly were only
in harbor a couples of tides, but when
they did go out they were wonder
fully transformed. They left the
eastern harbors, fishrooms and ice
chests filled with spare steam coal,
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under convoy of a torpedo boat, units n
of his majesty's navy. The dingy t<
blue clad seamen were in regulation n:
kilt, while the skipper, who once a
lounged on his crazy bridge in thigh o
boots and sou'-wester, was elegant a
in blue serge and gilt buttons. They al
were going out to trawl, but it was T
to gather in those death-dealing w
spheres that lurk unseen and un- tl
charted in the depths hitherto sacred ti
to the haddock schools and dull-eyed T
cod. si
Once away in the quarter where J pi
the mines are supposed to be laid the bl
trawlers part off in pairs. They w
work the same as in trawling except s:
that they work in couples. A strong g,
cable is stretched across from one di
boat to the other; instead of the tc
net pocket though, in the middle of aj
the night, there is a "kite," a huge ir
j triangular weight, which keeps the ri
| cable well down in the water; the tl
; trawlers then sail apart, and gOjai
1 across the tides, the weighted haw- r<
'ser sagging down between them. a'
j The mines might lie 16 feet to 18 j a
feet below the surface. That is b!
j about the depth of the vital parts of jo;
a battleship, her engine roo.ms. mag- i h
azines and coal bunkers. A mine j b,
exploding there has a tremendous; tl
'chance of doing deadly damage; if r<
it occurred at a shallow depth the ir
chances are that although damaged d
the ship would still remain sea- d
worthy. A little distance away an n
-exploding mine can only cause a rush
,ot water, sufficient, perhaps, to p
' throw a vessel off her course. n
i Perhaps for days the trawlers, si
sweep across the eternal tides with- a
out result. Life aboard is- more tl
! deadly dun man oerore; mere is nui|\\
' even the excitement of hauling the | ii
i gear and cleaning the catch two or(ci
" three times "a day, although there is b
always the passage of numerous craft a
' to and from the grand fleet lying c?
somewhere outside. And the men h
s aboard the mine sweepers are al- f]
ways full of secret information, about j b
i which they are very vague, to your o
discomfiture and their own keen
relish. ti
The skipper stumps round, nnea tl
f with the pride of office, his hahds re- t<
i turning at intervals to run along the o
trawl warp that stretches down like w
a silver band into the blue depths, to e
rise, a sagging, dripping thread to r;
the other little boat running along- it
side many yards distant. The skip- p
per's hand is a sensitive organ, hard s<
and toilworn, but with the training fl
> of years he can distinguish at once tl
the vibration of water from that ii
, caused by a foreign substance. The
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lines are anchored from the be
>m, and the passing cable cuts tl
looriag rope, which goes curlir
round the sweeping warp. Tl
Id man notices it at once. There
sharp blast of his siren. "Ea!
11!" he bawls across to his p^rtne
hey have struck a channel sov
ith death, and where there is 01
lere are sure to be others. T1
awlers slow down and steam apar
he connecting cable tautens, ar
owly above the heaving water a
ears a small shining sphere. T1
last of his siren has warned tl
atchful torpedo boat in the offin
he comes up full speed, her ere
lad of the chance of something i
o. The deadly mine is thrown c
> float on the bosom of the water
ad drifts away, such a tiny glistei
tg atom to be so fraught with te
b!e consequences. The cutwater <
le torpedo boat makes a gleamir
rc in the morning sun as she swini
>und for action. The trawlers fa
way, and on the war vessel there
flutter of white duck where tl
luejackets are training a light gi
a the mine. A crouching figure b
ind bends back, there is a stacca
ark and a wreath/ of smoke fro
ie boat's bow, and, in answerii
jar, a huge column of water shoo
?g skywards, the mine is exploide
ropping back into the seething cau
ron on the sea in scattered fra
lents, its hellish purpose frustrate
Sometimes, of course, the mine e
lodes when the warp breaks i
looring. It heels over with tl
hock of contact, and before anyoi
board the trawler's aware, there
ie heavy boom of the explosio
hile the trawler rocks and shive
1 every bolt with the frightful co
ussion. But the effect upon tl
oat is no more than if she strut
soft sand bank; she loses hi
jurse, perhaps, but the skipper <
is mate, clomping up the hoodwj
:om the cabin, where he was poss
ly having his dinner, calmly ticl
ff the fact with the position.
At night the boats anchor on r
irn to harbor. It is essential th.
-iq chnnlH h? rtnno in dnvlierl
j be effected properly; the explosic
f the mine must be thorough, othe
ise as a floating mine, it becomi
ven more dangerous, the tides ca
ying it right out of the course i
s fixed position. Practically all tl
orts along the eastern and southei
saboard are now equipped wit
eets of mine sweepers, which sta
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It- BATTLE WITH MOOXSHIXERS.
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lg Distillery Raided in Henry and Five
le| Men Arrested.
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syi Conway, Dec. 12.?R. F. Jenkins
r-' and R. Q. Merrick, special officers of
rn the United States internal revenue
ie department, and W. J. Johnson and
ie Rollin Johnson have just returned
! from beyond the Little River section
1(* of the county, near the North CaroP"
lina line, where they made a raid
ie on an illicit whiskey still yesterday
le and arrested George Beck, Spencer
? Bozeman, Will Huet, Dave Faulk and
w Asa Soles, who are said to have been
t0 in the act of measuring a number of
I kegs of whiskey when they were surs*!
prised by the officers. When the of
a~; fleers arrested the parties a number
r" i of friends of the prisoners came to
their rescue and demanded of the
lS; officers they release the men. It is
?s 1 claimed that upon their rpfusal to
l11 do so a fusilade of shots was exis
j changed between the men and the
ie | officers. In the melee one of the
in; prisoners was wounded and two
e" made their escape, but were recapt0
tured. One of the recaptured men
m escaped again the next day and is
1S still at large.
j Capt. Jenkins was hit in the breast
d. by one of the shots, but the bruise
'l"j is of a minor nature. Another of the
S"! prisoners made such resistence in
d* trying to extricate himself from the
x"j officers that Capt. Jenkins had to
tsi pound him heavily on the head. The
ie man is considerably bruised, but not
ie seriously injured. Four of the prisis
oners were placed in jail here and the
n> two wounded ones have been examrs
ined and their wounds have been
n" pronounced not serious by a physiie
j cian. Warrants have been issued for
;K I all the parties, and it is expected
er!that George Beck, who made good
3r! his escape at the time, will be capiy
i tured in a day or two. The prisoners
were taken before the United
iS States commissioner here today and
. two of them, Faulk and Soles, were
e" | released on bond for their appearat
ance before the commissioner Mon111
day for the preliminary hearing.
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r" Prunes 15c pound. Delk'6 Mares
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of blue-eyed sea kings will laugh at
ie you. Their life is all risk. After
"n all, it is only another kind of fishing,
th They fish for mines, instead of fish,
rt And every trade has its risks. That
o- is the philosophy of the mine sweepers.?Walter
H. Holton, in London V
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. cd Sugar, Brown Sugar, Raisins, Walnuts, Al"
monds, Brazil Nuts, and Pecans, now in our stock.
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Tomatoes, 2-pound cans, reduced to .. 8 c
Tomatoes, 3-pound cans, reduced to .. . 12c
Family Tripe reduced to 22 C
Luzianne Coffee reduced to .. . 25c |
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