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Show Ill Steamship Lncia Stink by U-Boat jj In the Atlantic 8jj NEW YORK, Oct. 19 The American mh steamship Lucia, equipped with buoy- mll' ancy tanks and supposed to be uns'mk- nl able, has been sunk, according to word SJjj! received here today In shipping circles, hi She was torpedoed by a submarine in the Atlantic but details as to the date M of the sinking and the fate of the crew dw are lacking. Sot The Lucia, formerly an Austrian WLA freighter of tho same name, left an j Atlantic port with cargo on October S I The freighter had made several M;jj trips without incident and the subma- jU !j rine attack which sent ber to the bot- ja m torn was the first attempt to sink her. flji The Lucia, a vessel of 6,774 gross 111 Ions, was built in Austria ,in 1912. i WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 Tho navy 3 i department had no official Informa- M tlon today regarding tho reported S j sinking of tho "unsinkablo" American steamship Lucia. The vessel was a cargo carrier and Is understood to have had no one on board except her crew. fn |