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Show 43 OF MINIUM'S CBEWjEF DEATH News of Sinking of Transport Trans-port Liner Confirmed; American Ship Sunk. NEW YORK, Sept. 1 4. Confirmation of the destruction by a German submarine of the big Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha, Minne-haha, "with a loss of life, was received by the line late today from Us offices in England. The cable message eaid that forty-three members of the crew perished and 110 were saved. Chief Officer Albany, C. A. Wills, purser; Dr. J. K. Barrett, surgeon, three other officers and three engineers were among t hose who lost their lives. Captain Cap-tain Frank Claret, the Minnehaha's commander, com-mander, and First Officer Pierce were saved. The cable message did not contain the date or circumstances of the sinking. Unofficial Un-official reports of her loss, which became known Wednesday, said the Alinneha ha was sunk a. week, aao today a short, distance dis-tance off the coast of Ireland. She was struck, it was said, near the engine room on the starboard side, the explosion killing a number of the crew outright. Others were reported to have been drowned in getting away in boats. The Minnehaha was returning to this port after having delivered a huge cargo of munitions in England. LOXDON, Sept. 14. The American ship Wilmore was sunk by a German submarine sub-marine on September 12, according to an announcement made today by the British admiralty. All the members of the crew of the vessel were saved. Further details have not been received. The Wilmore was a steamship of 5399 tons gross register, built in in 1 4 at Quincy, Mass., and was formerly known as the Atlantic. She sailed under command' of Captain James Brewer from Philadelphia August 26 with a cargo of coal, locomotives and crude oil for a French port. Her owner was the Berwlnd-White Coal company uf New York. The Wilmore was armed. |