Show LACONIA SANK IN 45 MINUTES SAYS CONSUL CUr B A fins Ie to Tb J LONDON F Feb b 27 27 Wesley eh Frost tho the American consul at nt Cork Corle has sent ent to the tho American embassy here hero the following report regarding tho the sinking or of the Laconia Laconia La La- conia conlu The Tho Laconia was torpt torpedoed without warning at nt 1030 p. p m. m In hh InI a a. hea heavy sea rea while the ship was vas making seventeen Ic knots knol The first torpedo tI struck ruck on the starboard ab abaft the tho engine room Tho en engines tn en- glues gines stopped and the tho ship turned I listing to starboard most of or t the h hI boats were launched from the I starboard side Twenty minutes later laler aftermost after I most of the boats were 01 clear 01 r. r a second torpedo was fired striking the en engines on tho the port side Tho The ThoI ship sank forty five minutes after I the firing tiring of or the first SKYROCKETS USED I IThe The ship wan armed with IUt two to I 4 Inch 7 gun guns The Tile ships ship's wireless wireless wire wire- less les was kept pt In continual action I until the last minute Skyrockets ts were cro also sent up and all nn the lifeboats lifeboats lifeboats life life- boats were equipped with an ample am ion plo supply of or flares Clarc The cargo carO consisted of oC cotton and foodstuffs Tho submarine was not seen cn from tho the Laconia but hut after aCter th the tho j pon torpedo had hut been lieen fired and th the boats launched a n. submarine appeared on the the- surface came me alon alongside the boat bont containing the tho second officer and aSKed the tho ca captain The submarine commander told the people In the second cera boat bolt that a British admiralty patrol had caught the w and was Wl coming to the tho rescue The submarine made mall no offer OttI of ot aid and submerged immediately im hn j mediately titter after 13 BOATS LAUNCHED Thirteen en boats were launched from Crom the th Laconia The rho Hoya 1108 Mrs trA l Ia Mary bar I 1 K Hoy and Miss hiss Elizabeth Hoy Lloy Chicago were In InNo No 8 S. S which was WUi swamped 1 Its Us life lite b belted p passengers being picked up by h other r boats out who suf sut fr d severely as S the result of oC ex exposure exposure ex- ex ur In the cold water The boats boat after leaving the Laconia Laconia La La- conia onla had to scatter catter rather widely In n order to a avoid the danger r ange-r of collision In tho the twelve foot toot swells We which were running Flares Flare were k kept Pt alight by most of or th the boats during th the five tl hours houm of ot anxious waiting for tor the patrol to arrive The The- patrol began picking up the boats at nt 4 o'clock In the lh morning but hut had not finished until until until un un- til after atter daybreak |