Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-20 | Page 3 | Five Americans Still Remain to be Accounted For

FIVE AMERICANS STILL REMAIN TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR QUEENSTOWN Aug 20 3 40 a rain ra-in ed b a es Consu Thompson stated th s morn ng that therg wee renty one Ame can c sens among the cab n and s ee age pa sengers aboa d he Arab c S x een of these ha e been accounted fo here hus far Capta n F nch pa e he Asoc a ed Press a de a ed a on of he osa of the 1 ner as fo ows e we e fo ty m es sou of Ga eyhead a .9 30 o oc s morn g when I pe- e ved a o pedo om g for jn s p bu cou d not a e n a subma ne The orpedo st uck 100 feet f on e ste mak ng te f c ha oc of t e hu The esse began o se t e n med a e y and sank n about e gh m nu es Order Obeyed !My o d r f om be bridge about ge ng he boa s aunched was promp obe ed Two boa s caps zed We ad oken e er p e aut on wh e 4 n the danre zone Tee were ' p e y of fe be s on de k and he ea k e e ead fo n med ate a n h ng The off ce s and crew u eaedeee addle er ng poss be e umstan es ee t ng peop e Into the boa s and p ck tnc p o e n he sea T was e ast to eave tak ng ho p unge n o the sea a tne ah p was gol g down After being In the wa r son e ire go aboard a aft o w h a so ass s ed two men and a w ma ar a F n pa d espe al r b e o he h o c ndu of s veral e us neers j and f e nen to xecu e orde s f on the I br dge hus surlng th safe y of the ' passengers Among hose lost was the capta n a nephew I Hoped to Save Lives The Arab c s commander spoke appre u e y of the k nd rea men received by passeng rs nd crew aboard rescu ng esse h and kew se of e a range men s , made o he comfort a Queenstown. H h ch ef egret was tha he waa not j ab e o save he IveB of e eryone on board I If I had been given a t le more t me ; by the submarine he said egretfully I am sat sf ed I could have sa ed ev , erjbody The assistant purser of the Arabic said The orpedo hi near the e glne room and he boilers of the steamer exploded This ac ounts for the rapid ty of her sinking The aptain was he last man lo eave the ship The boats were rowed about for four and a half hours bef e tbey were p eked up