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Show EIGHT LIVES LOST WHEN STEAMSHIP LA NEGRA IS SUNK AN' ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. 22. The British steamship l.a Negra, on her way from I'.uenos Aires to Havre with H cargo of Argentine beef, was sunk bv a German submarine September li, forty-five miles off Plymouth, according accord-ing to survivors of the crew who arrived ar-rived here today on an American steamship. T,e Negra, S.'!12 tons gross, was owned by tho British & Argentine Navigation company of West Hartlc pool. She was torpedoed twice within three hours, the survivors said, and ei'.dit members of her crew of ninety-eight ninety-eight lost their lives. |