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Show IEI1S ARE KILLED IN THE U-BOATAJTACKS Two British Steamers, the Snowdon Range and Crispin, Cris-pin, Reported Sunk Without Warning. LOSS OF LIFE IS PROBABLY HEAVY Several Boat Loads of Survivors Sur-vivors Reach Land; Others Oth-ers Are Missing; Consul Con-sul Frost Reports. WASHINGTON, March 31. Two British steamers, the Snowdon Range and the Booth liner Crispin, both with Americans aboard, of -whom a number are unaccounted for, were reported to tho state department today to have been sunk without warning by a submarine. On the Crispin the torpedo, which struck the engine room, killed five men, two of whom are believed to have beon Americans. ' Consul Frost, reporting the loss of the freight liner Crispin, says: "Crispin, 2-183 tons, Newport News to Liverpool, 686 horses, torpedoed without warning fourteen miles off Huolc Head, 7:15 p. m., 29th. Sixty-eight Sixty-eight out of ship's complement of 112 were Americans. Two boats missing, not improbable lost. "To.pedo struck engine room star board side, explosion killing five men, of whom two believed Americans. Sub-rr.iirioe Sub-rr.iirioe not seen, hut wake of torpedo seen by Americans. Vessel carried' gun and wireless. Latter was -wrecked by explosion. Weather noderate, (rind, overcast sky, very heavy swells. Vessel Ves-sel sauk slowly, but return on board net fuasible owing to heavy sea. Survivors Landed. "One boat with nineteen survivors landed at Quepu?town, including captain, chief steward, veterinarian and lu Americans. E. H. Elser, Newport News: Carl Larkcrsou, Augusta, Ga.; James Smith, Baltimore; Blanu Tinsley, Philadelphia Phila-delphia R. L. ilnys, Covington; Jams Franklin, New York City: George Kiry, lialtimo--: Goorft St. Armand, Worcester, Wor-cester, llarrv Iais, Baltimore; John "Williams, Newport News. ': Other beats believed landing Mil-t'ord Mil-t'ord Haven and elsewhere." Tho dispatch from Liverpool reporting report-ing the sinking of the Snowdon Range follows: "British steamship Snowdon Range, Philadelphia to Liverpool, with general cargo and powder, one gun aft, torpedoed torpe-doed without warning at 8:45 a. ni. March "S, thirty-five miles from Holly-heaJ. Holly-heaJ. No vessel in sight, sea calm, weather hazy, no resistance, submarine submerged at time of attack. Four killed by explosion, remainder of crew too'.; to boats, including James Carroll, Fhil.-.cieluhia; George Alexander, colored, col-ored, Wilmington, N. C; Burt Thebalt, Philadelphia, native-born Americans, end Hairy McCabe, naturalized, no permanent per-manent address. "Submarine emerged, showing German Ger-man flag, shelled Snowdon Range, then boarded and removed provisions and detachable de-tachable brass, placed bombs, vessel sunk. Crew picked up 6 p. m., taken Hollyhead." Forty-nine Americans Landed. A dispatch from Swansea said the collector of customs there reported that forty-nine Americans from the British steamer Crispin had been landed at Mil-ford Mil-ford Haven. No additional details of the sinking of the Crispin were given. A later dispatch from Consul Frost definitely established the killing; of one Amcricpn and said others probably had been 'killed. The Crispin was bound for A vonniouth. "One American negTO, probably named Hollier, " the message said, "was killed by the explosion. Total 'killed and missing now eight, of whom some besides Hollier were Americans. Some survivors landed as follows: "Nineteen at Queenstown, seventy at Milford Haven; two at Dunmore, "Ireland, "Ire-land, and thirteen are on board an admiralty ad-miralty vessel to land at Queenstown tomorrow to-morrow evening. "It now transpires that the ship's wireless did get off signals, using reserve re-serve batteries. " |