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Show AMERICAN SHIP " " " IS SENT DOWN WASHINGTON, April 12. The American Am-erican schooner Marguerite of New York was captured and presumably sunk by a submarino 35 miles southwest south-west of Sardinia on April 4, and her crew, Including one American, exposed to -16 hours in open boats. A dispatch to tho stato department today from Ambassador Sharp at Paris, forwarded forward-ed the information from tho American consul at Tunis. The ship made no attempt to escape or resist and was refused all aid by the submarine. Ambassador Sharp's dispatch follows: fol-lows: "Consul at Tunis on the tenth reports re-ports schooner Marguerite, New York, 1,553 tons gross, Caglieri to Algeria, In ballast, De Barrenchi, New York, owner, and Charles W. Willard, South Portland, Me., master and only American Amer-ican on board, reported captured and probably sunk by submarine, unknown nationality, 35 miles southwest Sardinia Sar-dinia April 4, 8 p. m. No resistance or attempt to escape. No ships in sight. Ten minutes notice. Strong wind. Tow refused. For 46 hours jn open boats, picked up by French torpedo tor-pedo boat, landed Bizerta. No casualties. casu-alties. ( Papers held by submarine. Total To-tal crew of twelve shipped at Marseilles." |