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Show DECK LOAD CAUSE DF LICl5 LDSS The "Unsinkable" Steamer Floated 24 Hours After Submarine Attack. By Universal Service. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. A deckload of army trucks was responsible for the loss of the "unsinkable" steamer Lucia which had remained afloat for nearly twenty-four twenty-four hours after a German torpedo had wrecked her engine room. The true story of the loss of- the Lucia was learned today when several members of the crew arrived here from Newport News to purchase a silver cup to he presented pre-sented to the officers and men of the United States destroyer No. 93, which picked them Up after the Lucia hud foundered. foun-dered. The men said they owed their Uvea to the fact that tho ship hud lived up to all the Inventors had claimed for her. Despite De-spite the great Rash In tho midship section, sec-tion, caused by the torpedo, the vessel retained re-tained her buoyancy until the atmyj trucks on the deck became loosened from their fastenings in a heavy storm. The heavy trucks were shot here Bf)d there, smashing the superstructure and finally crashed through the deck to the hold and through tho bottom of the ship. Tho U-boat that torpedoed the Lucia was not seen by anybody on board. |