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Show oo DREADNOUGHT IS SUNK BY MINE New York, Dec. 20. A report that the British dreadnought Thunderer was sunk in the North sea on November Novem-ber 7 by coming into contact with A mine or being hit by a torpedo, was brought here today by George Rottweiler Rott-weiler of Chicago, a passenger on the steamship St Louis from Liverpool. According to Mr Rottweiler, the sinking of the dreadnought was witnessed wit-nessed by eight men, members of the crew of a small Swedish sailing ship railed the Soefjord that put into Liverpool Liv-erpool with survivors from the dreadnought dread-nought on board "These men were taken in charge by British officers and were kept un- der surveillance at an out of the way sailors' mission." said Mr. Rottweiler. Rottwei-ler. "I heard of the report in a roundabout way and through a friend I managed to talk with one of the crew. He told me that the Thunderer Thun-derer blew up and sank in full view of himself and his mates on the Soefjord. Soef-jord. The crew hastened to the scene and a dozen or so men were picked up from the water." Mr. Rottweiler said he is the European Euro-pean representative of the Western Metals 1'roducts company of Chicago. He was a passenger on the steamship Xoordam leaving New York for Rotterdam Rot-terdam the early part of September He and thirty-five others were taken from the ship by British authorities at Plymouth and detained eight d.iys pending investigation as to their being be-ing Germans, but were released on proof of Identity. He spent ten days in Germany, and since that time bus been in England and France. His passports covered with Indorsements, indicating that he visited many of the prominent cities of England and the continent. The Soefjord is not listed in the maritime register, but this may be due to her being a ;mall boat, as indicated indica-ted by the small number of the crew. F. V Pethlck Lawrence, husband of the wldel known suffragette leader, also was on the St Louis. He said he came to New York to meet bis wife. |
