| Show STATE f DEPARTMENT LISTS EIGHT Ii i AMERICANS ON ARABIC MISSING f I J i THAT 54 1 8 PERISHED I f able Jable Advices Conflict as to tot i t Exact Number of Americans I r Who Lost Their Lives on onI I White Star Liner but hut All Sayat Say Sayat at Least Two Americans Died VALUABLE MAIL LOST LOSTON ON TORPEDOED VESSEL k Survivors Reiterate That No Warning Was Given and Tell of Scenes Aboard Vessel Vesselin in Few Minutes It Remained Afloat After Being Hit LIFE ILIFE RAFTS SAVE MANY 4 I Dublin Aug AUb 21 a a. m. m The nt-The The J I survivors of the Arabic arrived in inI I j I Dublin last evening and were duel dueI due l I to reach Holyhead early this morn morn- I ing ng Captain ll Finch Pinch remained morn morn-I at I Queenstown The Queenstown town I I council met last evening and J adopted resolutions extolling the thel l I bravery and seamanship of Captain I Finch The The Imperial Merchant Service guild announced It itt it had bad j I recommended the to admiralty that I national recognition be given of the I captains captain's heroism j I f r r WASHINGTON An Aug 20 Eight O-Eight Eight V V names now appear appeal on the thc state departments department's r list of American pass- pass not found amon among survivors hors of Arabic A tonight to to- the lost liner line dispatch night bt from the tho consul at Queenstown n relayed by hy Ambassador Page nt London London Lon Lon- don Jon added thE following following- Mrs F T. T T. T Moora Mr fr aJ and aid d Mrs Irs Fred Burgess I J J. J I An n earlier euller dispatch from rota tho American Ameri Ameri- can consul at nt Liverpool gave C 1 the names Continued d on Page Pago 2 2 LOSS ON ARABIC MAY TOTAL 54 t Number of Passengers on Torpedoed Torpedoed Tor Tor- p Vessel M Missing iss ng Placed at Fourteen Continued d from Crom Pa rage Page c 1 of the following four Americans not In tho the Hilt t of the Arabic's survivors sur Mrs 1 J Josephine E. E Bruguiere Tames James Houlihan Edmund F F. Wood Thomas Tho The names of oC Houlihan and Elmoro appeared on a list of oC sixteen survivors Sur cabled late last n night ht b by Vice Tice Consul Thos FT I son A n n at f Queenstown ti n n and o rl rl 1 officials i H n mo ego not Inclined to accept the thc Liverpool LI consuls consul's Information as final Fourteen r London rondon Aug AuS 20 t At At lea lea lea-it t five pas- pas crl two of ot whom hom were Americans and forty members of ot the crew lost i their lives when the tho White Star liner Arabic was torpedoed and sunk h by a aGerman aGerman aGerman German submarine submarino off orr Fastnet yesterday yesterday yester yester- da day morning Nino other pas passengers are arc missing and are arc believed to havo perished The Thc two Americans who I went scent down with the ship were Mrs Josephine Josephino of ot New York and Od Dr Edmund Ed- Ed mund T. T Wood of ot WIs Mrs Bruguiere was thrown Into the water and lind kept afloat for some time tiro by her heron herson herson son on Louis who was vas forced to relinquish his hold when ho was struck by a apiece apiece I piece picco of wreck wreckage e Nothing was seen i of Wood after the steamer was wa struck In Die nt at Pot Pest Po t. t Most ost o of tho the missing members of tho the cion crew belonged to tho the engineers engineers' staff The They remained at their posts and went down with the ship Captain Finch and other officers of tho the Arabic assert that the submarine submarino gave C a them no warning Tho They declare the tho torpedo was fired tIred as the they were going to the rescue of th the tho steamer Dui sley which had Just been torpedoed torpe torpe- deed presumably b by the same some rifle rine That the loss of life was not much heavier was due duo to the preparations made by bJ the thc officers in view of the possibility of an attack while pas passing through h the war zone rone to the fine CIne weather which prevailed and to the splendid discipline maintained by tho the crew Life belts had been placed on onI I the the deck and the lifeboats swung wung out As soon as the ship was struck rafts i were were we're re flung over 11 tho side Many Ian of ot the passengers and and crew who were thrown Into the water climbed on onboard onboard board hoard these rafts or were dragged onto them b by persons already alread upon them The Americans Americana who reached QueenstoWn Queenstown Queens Queens- town were cared for by bJ the United States consul With the tho other passengers gers gerts tho they left Ireland for England to to- to night The They lost all their baggage and many many of or them wor wore borrowed borro clothing until the consul had provided pro for them Carried Much rueh C The Ar Arabic blo carried 2813 bags of man mall mostly for the tho United States The mall man includes several hundred bags baSs from Sweden Norway Holland Spain Switzerland and other countries The Tho Arabic was one of or cloven eleven BritIsh British Brit ish tah steamers sunk during the last lut forty eight hours four tour being reported yesterday and seven ceven today It was re reported reported rc- rc ported this evening that the Boyle of ot th the White Star lino also had been sunk b but t this later was denied Three Norwegian Nor Nor- glan and nd one Spanish steamer en engaged engaged en- en agod in trade with England also were lent Bent to the bottom Previous dispatches from London have announced positively the sinking lInking of only ten British steamers In the last two days das It Is possible the is the eleventh although there still teems seems to be ome some doubt as to whether hether this vessel went down after aCter being being- torpedoed tor tor- Westerner Describes Scene Queenstown Aug AuS 21 a a. a m. m m- m Zellah Covington of Los Angeles the playwright who was a passenger on the Arabic In describing last night the scenes aboard the steamer after the torpedo struck highly pr praised the manner manner manner man man- ner In which Captain Finch had prepared pre pro pared for or a torpedo torpedo attack and the skillful w way ay In which he navigated his ship from the moment he saw the thc projectile projectile pro pro- Mr 11 Covington and his wife had Just breakfasted when a steward told him that a vessel essel nearby had met with an accident Immediately Immediate afterwards he said there was an awful explosion and I Immediately Immediate guessed the cause We Wo got life lire belts and walked to the boat deck where we jumped Into a boat and reached tho the water safely Mr Ir Covington Co said one of the striking striking striking ing features of the exodus from the ship was the coolness of the officers and crew and the absence of panic among mong tho the passengers A faint moan was hoard heard occasionally from some woman woman wom wom- an nn but nothing that could be bo called a scream Tho The fact that the ship was running running- at a a. speed of about 16 knots and that only two boats were capsized spoke volumes he said for Cor the captains captain's captains captain's cap- cap tain's aln's orders to go so astern Mr Covington Coving- Coving ton asserted emphatically that no warning was vas given before tho the torpedo WOoS was fired tired Three Americans Surprise was occasioned here bore last night b by the announcement of or tho the hUe Star line officials that the they had now found that the following cabin passengers passengers gers sers of ot tho the steamer Arabic were missing miss miss- ing In ng and that It was feared they were lost lost ost Miss Margaret Boudet Maurice Davis Miss Mary Man English Mrs Fisher P P. J. J Fitzgerald Ellen Mella Melia Mrs Irs Neave Mrs Negus Mr Randall W W. E E. Ramsdell Ramsdell Ramsdell Rams- Rams dell Mr Ir Sano Mrs Tattersall Tatter all Miss Irene rone Tattersall and Edmund Wood It was wan thought by the company that there here might be a few other othor passengers lost oat whose whoso names were not on the tho cabin lit Hit issued before the tho steamer loft Liverpool Liv The above list It will be noted does docs not contain tho name of Mrs Bruguiere an American woman who ho hohas has lived abroad for some years Body DodT In Boat Dont- Seven lifeboats of the Arabic were towed owed in here lato late this evening They had iad been picked up in the tho vicinity of the dl disaster In one boat th the c bod body of or ofa ofa a n. well dres dressed ed woman was found It has lias not yet ct been boen Identified Another body hody apparently t that of a n steward was found on a raft W. W 1 C. C Ramsdell and Edmund Woods roods are Americans Americana Available lists of the tho Arabic Arabic Ara- Ara bic do not contain the names 0 oJ of Maurice Davis Mrs Fisher and Mr Ir Sano Company Says Two ho New Kew York Aug 20 Although Although the tile state tato department at Washington has lias received consular advices ad that Americans still are unaccounted for among among- tho the Arabic's passengers the tho White Star line offices here reported tonight that only two Americans were among the missing These Mrs Josephine E E. Bruguiere and Dr Edmund F F. Wood The White Star lines line's latest advices from Liverpool James Houlihan and Thomas Elmoro In the list of ot survivors Since tho the first report o of tho the sinking of the Arabic on Thursday White Star officials havo have made malic every effort to obtain by bJ cable eabie an accurate list of oC passengers passengers passengers passengers' pas pas- and survivors By careful checking they had reduced the number number num num- ber of missing to fourteen at a n lato late hour tonight hl When Informed later of the message o received bv by the state department department department de de- de- de tho the company compan immediately beSan began began be be- gan San to revise Its list although there was nothing on hand at that hour to Indicate how errors had made a dif lIf- ference of or six six- In the two lists of or Americans unaccounted for hard to Reconcile White Star lists cabled last Jast night contained the names of Mr 11 and Mrs Fr Fred d Bur Burgess as among amonS' the tho survivors Officials were unable to explain the error If accord according InS InS' to consular reports they are arc missing Burgess and anel Mrs Burgess were in Mrs Brugiere's employ cm- cm ploy and were coming comins to this country countr with her There were man many persons aboard the Arabic whose names did not appear in the lI list t of passengers There also were discrepancies in the names The company's com corn pangs pany's message from tram Liverpool tonight mentioned five survivors who had sailed at the last moment and whoso whose names name were not on the list cabled hero Thursday night When hen the White Star offices closed close late tonight it was announced that the list WIt then stood at nt fourteen missing two of whom were Americans rhe The list shows Mrs Irl Josephine L L. Mrs Mary Iary English Patrick Fitzgerald erald Mrs Irs John H II IL Nevo Neve Mr 11 and Mrs ll's W. W G G. G Randall Mrs rank Frank Tattersall Dr F Ed Edmund Edmund Ed- Ed mund F. F Yoo Wood Miss Mary Harrington Mrs Irs I I. I Hermans Thomas McMahon Miss Mary Raddington Cornelius Sullivan Sul Sul- livan and Florence Thomas A message from the n company's 8 J. J Liverpool Liver pool office stated there was some uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty un un- certainty concerning the tho safety of Miss Irene Tattersall Her name was not noton noton noton on the th nailing sailing list lIt and It wa was not definitely known if she oho was wa among amons the passengers According to unconfirmed reports current In the tho financial district tho the Arabic carried from to 7 i- i of American securities man many of ot which had already been beon sold In Inthis Inthis this market for future dell er delivery It was again denied today that the Arabic carried un any gold but the value of her registered mall aside from the lost securities Is understood to have been very cn large |
