Show u. u S S. sniP SHIP SHIPWRECKED WRECKED BY MINE Third American Steamer Is Sent to Bottom in in Dangerous Channel of of- Blockaded North Sea By CARL W. W ACKERMAN United Press Staff Start Correspondent BERLIN via The Hague April 3 3 3 The Thc American steamer steam steam- er cr Greenbrier from New York struck a mine in the North sea and sank sanka a few hours after she left Bremen yesterday rester ay according to word received by United States Ambassador Am Am- Gerard tonight Her lier crew is reported to have been sa saved cd The Tho is the third American Amen Ameri can vessel vossel destroyed h by mines in the North sea The Evelyn was blown up off oct island February 21 1 with a n reported loss Joss of three o men while en n route to Bremen with a n. cargo cargo car car- go o of cotton The was wa-l sunk I by hy a a. mine ot off Norderney February 23 3 I Gerard Sends Message I Ambassador Gerard cabled a brief briet message to Washington ton tonight telling tell tell- ing of ot the disaster to thi till the i At the tho same time he took steps to I obtain all nil possible Information re regarding regarding ro- ro I garding the winking of ot the time American Steam en r. r The Tho Greenbrier vas was a ael el vessel cl of ot I tons gross tross was waR 45 3 feet teet In length and had a breadth p of pf forty- forty five feet feL She Sho was built In 1893 and i originally wa was owned by the tho Tropical I Steamship company a British con con- con I cern corn Shortly after the outbreak of or the war she sho was bought ht h by a number num num- ber her of Americans who formed the tho rier Steamship company compan Her Herport Herport port of registry was changed to New York and she sho carried the American I flag On her first trip under tinder the tho Stars and Stripes e the left New Now Orleans December 10 with a cargo of ot cotton bound for linemen Bremen men under command of ot Captain ln Farley On December De De- cember 30 ZO according to her captain she was wan halted hailed l h by a 0 British cruiser which fired tired a solid shot across her bows hows British Board Ship Th The boarding party part from fron tho the British warship pulled down tho the American flat flag J placed a prize crew in charge charse and headed tho the steamer amer Into Kirk Kirk- Continued on 2 U. U S. S SHIP Continued from page 1 L wall wail From she was take tak i ito to Scotland and finally re released re- re leased proceeding proceedIng- to Bremen with her cargo Upon her arrival nl Captain Parley Farley sent sInt a n. long on cable cablegram of or protest protest pro pro- test to Washington which was fol followed tol- tol lowed b by a n note hote to the tho British government government gov gov- eminent Through the incapable ble handling o othe ot of tho the British prize crew Captain FarIcy FarIe Far Far- Ie Icy ley said the vessel essel was badly dam dam- a aged cd Three o booms were swept awa away when she needlessly brought about In Ina 0 a heavy hea sea SM and she was forced to lie In Bremen harbor for tOr several w weeks eks for tor repairs Tho The left Bremen yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day bound for lor Am America with a n mixed cargo cat The message to Ambassador Gerard did not indicate where she was blown Up |