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Show j White Star Liner Arabic Sent to I Bottom by German Submarine I WITHOUT Great Ship Goes Down 11 Minutes After Being Be-ing Torpedoed. RESCUE SHIP STRUCK Boats Quickly Launched Save 375 of 423 Lives Aboard. London, Aug. 19, 8:05 p. m. The White Star company says that 375 persons on the Arabic were saved. This leaves 48 unaccounted for. London, Aug. 19. A torpedo from a German submarine sent to the bottom bot-tom of the Atlantic at 9:15 o'clock thia morning off the south coast of Ireland , the WJilie Star liner Arabic. )on her way from Liverpool tocw York Early this evening, when nine hours had elapsed since the sinking of the steamship, tho fate of tho 423 persons on board was unknown. The latest word from Queenstown was that it was feared there had been a great loss of life. On the other hand dispatches received by two news agencies in London said that apparently appar-ently the greater part of those on board had been saved. Main hope was pinned on the report re-port that a steamship was proceeding to Queenstown with about 400 persons per-sons on board. A report from the British steamer Magi-olia said that the British steamship steam-ship Dunslee also had been torpedoed, but that some time after the Arabic went down, she was still afloat and was picking up survivors. The Dunslee left Liverpool yesterday yester-day for Boston. She is a vessel of about 5000 tons gross and was therefore there-fore of sufficient size to accommodate accommo-date the persons on board tho Arabic Captain W. Finch, a lieutenant in the royal naval reserve, was in command com-mand of the Arabic. He is a veteran skipper, having sailed the Pacific for years out of San Francisco. New York, Aug. 19. The Arabic tonnage is 15.801 gross and 10,062 net. She is 600 feet long, 65 feet beam and 47 feet in depth. She was built In Belfast In 1903 by Harlan and Wolff. On her last eastward trip the Arabic arrived in Liverpool on August Au-gust G from New York. Following the receipt of a cablegram cable-gram announcing her safe arrival, the bureau of combustibles of New "iork City allowed the fact to become known that two sticks of dynamite had been discovered on board on July 27, the night before she sailed from New York. Once before, since the beginning of the war, the Arabic had a close call. A cable message from London, on March 27, said the steamer had been pursued by a German submarine In the Irish sea, on the voyage which ended on that day. According to this account, a perl-scope perl-scope was sighted as the steamer went in from St. George's channel and it soon became obvious that a hostile submarine was in pursuit. The Arabic put on full steam and out distanced dis-tanced tho submersible. Attack by a German subamlron apparently ap-parently was feared when the boat left New York for around her steering steer-ing gear were piled numerous sand bags as a protection against gunfire. This was also taken as an indication that in case she was sighted by a U boat the big liner Intended to take a chance at getting away, trusting to her speed. The crew usually consisted ,of about 240 men. It was assumed to-day to-day that she had this number aboard when she left Liverpool yesterday. All the crew. It was said, were of foreign for-eign citizenship. Captain Will Finch commanded the ship, Tlfteen boatloads of the Arabic's paL'renger8 and crew were rescued according ac-cording to a cable dispatch received here at 2:30 this afternoon by tho White Star line. Tho dispatch follow?: fol-low?: "The Arabic sailed Wednesday afternoon aft-ernoon with a cargo and mails and 175 passengers and was sunk by a German submarine at 9:15 o'clock this morning off tho south coast df Irolaud. Hopeful that all passeugers and crew have been saved as fifteen boatloads were rescued." The Arabic, one of the tew large White Star vessels remaining in the trans-Atlantic service, sailed on her last outward voyago from this port on July 2S, last. She had aboard 188 passengers and approximately 16,000 tons of cargo, almost all of which was war supplies. Aeroplanes and automobiles formed tho chief portion of the cargo. On the occasion of the apparent attempt at-tempt to dynamite tho Arabic last month, the explosive which was discovered dis-covered by a private detective, was concealed under a settee in the women's wom-en's parlor in the cabin amidships. A thorough search of tho liner was made by detectives before she sailed on her last eastward trip, on July 28, but no explosives were found. On her recent trips the Arablo has carried Tar fewer passengers than on' normal voyages in times of peace. Thero were 105 passengers in the cabin, of whom five were Americans and 80 in the steerage on the last voyage voy-age to Liverpool. The Arabic has been utilized to carry great quantities of war munitions muni-tions purchased in the United States for Great Britain. Fostnet, off which the Arabic is reported re-ported to have gone down, lies close to the lane of steamship traffic between be-tween England and America. It is about 40 miles west of Oldhead of Klusale, near which the Lusitania was sunk. German submarines have been active in these waters since the declaration by the German government gov-ernment in. February of a naval war zone around the British Isles. The Arabic, a twin screw steamship, steam-ship, arrived in New York on her maiden trip on July 5, 1903, having been launched at Belfast, on December Decem-ber 18 of the previous year. At that time she was one of the largest steam-shlpe steam-shlpe engaged in trans-Atlantic trade. Announcement also was made of the sinking of tho British steamer Serbino of Hull, 2,205 tons gross. Her crew was saved. Liner Is Sunk. - - London, Aug. 19, 12:10 p. m. The Wilson liner Grodno of Hull, 1,955 tons gross, has been sunk. Her crew was saved. London, Aug. 10, Monday, 0:03 a. m. (Delayed by censor.) The Danish Dan-ish motorboat Jutlanda from San Francisco for Gothenburg with a cargo car-go has been detained at Kirkwall by authorities for examination. Without Warning. London, Aug. 19. A message from Queenstown to the Press Association says that the Arabic was torpedoed without warning. Washington, Aug. 19. At 3 p. m. a dispatch was received from Consul Thompson at Queenstown, saying: 'Arabic sunk at 9:30 this morning, fifty miles from Queenstown. Sunk In 11 minutes. Eleven boats being brought here." |
