Show 19 MISSING ON U. U S. S STEAMERS STEAMER SUNK BY MINE Ocean Cit City Md Id Nov Nor y rho Tho American Amer Amer- American ican steamer bound from irom a I French p port rt to Philadelphia struck a amino a. a mino t twenty five ent miles ot off tho Maryland Mary Ian land coast const at fl AOS 05 a. a m m. m toda today and sank twenty minutes later Nineteen tee tee-n members of or the crew nr are missing seven forty having be been n landed hero this afternoon and eighteen more having been taken off oft a raft at nt 3 9 o'clock tonight by a patrol boat The The chief chic engineer Charles of or Hartford Conn th wiio na way the only tine no I I I of OC tho the rescued ed who J was i Injured iu i. i Iii Ills leS' leS as crush crushed d between two life boats In tho the heavy sea that has been running running run rUn- ning toda today One of ot tho the patrol boats capsized i In the sea but its occupants pants were rescued Rafts Searched l For Tor Destroyers an and coast guard boats arc are search searching InS InS' tho the vicinity for tor traces of at rafts which mn may bo afloat with the rest of oc the crew although h It is feared that the men on duty in the tho en engine engino en- en gine gino room were killed b by one ono of or the explosions explosion Tho sinking of ot the ship was preceded precede b by an explosion a no few minutes after arter S o clock A few tew minutes later two more violent explosions fallowed Although I the ship was wag light having Just left an American con o off oft convoy the tho Delaware I Capes sho she went down within t twenty I minutes according to her master Captain Lynch o l landed at this place i Coast guard suard cutters and a number of oC destroyers rushed to the aid of the steamship which submerged before any could come alongside H However er a number of oC the crew were picked up UD in the water The explosions lons which followed the first first it is believed were the boilers Despite a 3 a crushed d left leet leg tho chief engineer was able to talk taU after ho was given ghen stimulants at a n hospital In Salisbury Md lid He lie held very cry little hope for tor tho the black watch on duty at the time lime tho the boilers exploded The Tho Snella left its convoy conc return returning from France Franc three days ago and was bound tor for Philadelphia Just twenty twenty- five o miles of off this' this place she ran Into the mine Before Detore the ship could back the first explosion throw half the crew Into tho the sea Captain Lynch Immediately ordered all hands on deck decI but before life boats could be bo lowered tho the cold salt saltwater saltwater water waiter poured In on the bOIl boilers rs caused additional explosions A few tew minutes later the ship had settled in about JOO feet of at water Rescue Launch Upsets Up ct The first rescue ship a United States coast conAt guard launch cap capsized in the heavy sea sen All An the men were J picked up upa a a. few tew eta miles off ort shore Th The Tho last sur- sur I j ors 1 of the were landed here herc sur-I sur at nt 4 I IThe The Seaside hotel has been turned over 01 to the tho local chapter O of the fled Red I gross Cross Here the thc survivors will be I fed clothed and and sheltered by the tho town with the operation co-operation of oC the Red fled Cross I Among monS' those at the tho hotel Is Captain Lynch who stood b bv by his ship to the tho thelast last The fhe only Injured member of or the crew reu I Engineer was wag taken to Salisbury where he in is suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing from a crush crushed leg |