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Show LEE lie OF PASSENGERS on mm Many American Tourists Aboard British Steamer Sunk Off Nantucket by the U-53. i 4 NEW YORK, Oct. 8. The Sfce-phano Sfce-phano carried forty-four first, 'cabin and thirty-ninq second cabin passengers and 3000 tons of general gen-eral carfio, it wag announced by the agenta of the line here tonight. NfcuTORT, Ot. 8. The British e i ph mer Htepba no, oa rryiiiff nearly one hundred first and second cabin pasfien-t'"is pasfien-t'"is including many American tourists, was sunk oft' Nantucket lightship at 1 p. m. today, presumably by the ( H'rman submarine i : -o-'i. The linked states torpedo boat destroyer Raich reported re-ported the loss of the liner by radio to the naval station here, stating that the ship bad been torpedoed. The m escape from the destroyer said that the crew and passengers were safe aboard the Bah'h. Confirmation of thn resell a was eon-t eon-t ained in ;i later message sent by the destroyer to the naval station here. H was said that she h ad pi eked up t h e passengers and later had transferred the AmericaiiH to the destroyer Jenkins. Jen-kins. Tfear Admiral Knight, commandant of the Xarraganett naval district, said tha t. the passengers who so desirpd would be allowed to remain on the warship until morning. At the same time, lie said, if any of those picked up wanted to be set on shore their wishes would be complied with as promptly as possible. Proffers to Help. Members of the so-called Newport society set were prompt to extend proffers of help to tho shipwrecked passengers through Admiral Knight Slrn. Robert L. Beeckman, wife of Governor Gov-ernor Becekman, and Mrs. French Van-derbilt Van-derbilt volunteered to take care of as many refugees as possible. Many of the passengers on the Ste-phano Ste-phano are residents of N.ew York. The cargo loss of the 9 tephano, it was expected, would not bo very heavy, as on her westbound voyage she usually usual-ly carried little freight. This is made up largely, as a- rule, of fish oil and other fish products. The vessel was in the regular service serv-ice of tho Red ('roV line and was bound from St. Johns. X. !, to New York. She was due in New York tomorrow morning. Ber agents were Bowring Sc Co., Ltd., of Battery place, New York. Sold to Russia. The salt of the Stephano to the Russian Rus-sian government, which had planned to use her as an ice breaker, was recently announced. Her sister ship, the Florizel of the same line, also has beeu sold to Russia for ice work. It was expected in marine circles that this wiia intended as one of the laet of the regular sailings of the Stephano Ste-phano prior to her sailing for the White sea. The liner was under command of Captain Cap-tain Sin it h, who had been in the com-puny's com-puny's employ for a number of years. Be is 48 years old, and he is known as a skillful navigator. Shipping men here conjecture that Captain Smith had taken the outside course in rounding round-ing "Nantucket lightship and had thereby there-by fallen like a ripe plum into the grip of the undersea raider. Ordinarily, the Stephano takes the inside in-side course, if the weather is favorable. This takes her in water too shallow for a submarine and brings the ship within easy reach of the neutral three-mile three-mile limit. Afc this time of the year, however, nights are foggy, Hud in order or-der to avoid navigating in thick weather weath-er near shore in a we 11-traveled shipping ship-ping lane, the Stephano, it was thought, took the outside course. The Stephano was a steel screw-steamer screw-steamer of 2143 tons, built in Glasgow in 1911. At 8:30 o'clock Rear Admiral Knight received word that, several des trovers were on their way in with passengers and crew of the Stephano, Vet Point and Strathdene. |