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Show i E n 4 German Armed Forces Are Being Rapidly Increased on the West Front $ StrucK by Four Torpe- 1 does Off tlie Irish I Coast. I LONDON, March 6. Official an- B I nouncement was made by tho admir- B alty today that the British armed mer- cantilo cruiser Calgarian was torpe- B doed and sunk on March 1. Two offi- B cers and forty-six men were lost. B 650 Persons Aboard. n BELFAST, Ireland, Saturday, March 2. Tho British liner Calgarian haa B been torpedoed off the Irish coast. U There were 650 persons aboard, nearly B 500 of whom have been landed at Irish B ports. The Calgarian was struck by B 1 four torpedoes. B It was possible to take off nearly all B tho crow except men in the stokeholds B and others who had been injured by B the explosions. B Most 'of the rescued men were H brought here. If The Allan liner Calgarian was a ves- B 1 sel of 17,155 tons, 588 feet long and B : 70 feet of beam. She was built in I ; Glasgow in 1911. I There aro no public records of the recent movements of the Calgarian, which for some time has been in the service of tho British government. The last report given out concerning the liner was in April, 1916, when she sailed from Halifax for England with Canadian troops. I A most unusual circumstance in I connection with the sinking of tho Cal- 1 garian is the fact that sho was struck I by four torpedoes. So far as published I reports have shown, in no previous I case has a merchantman been sub- I jected to such a heavy attack by sub- H ; marines. Evidontly the Germans con- centrated U-boats to insure the sink- I , ing of tho liner., fl Served as Cryjser. fl LONDON, March C. The Allan liner B Calgarian, torpedoed off the Irish B coast, has been for some months serv- m ing as a British cruiser, converted B from the status of a merchantman, I convoying merchant ships between I British ports and Nova Scotia, nc- 2 ; cording to officers here of the Cana- 1 dian Pacific Ocean service, limited, 1 owners of the Allan line. The head I offices of this company are in Mon- I treal. fl PEOPLE AID 500. ffl AN IRISH PORT, March 5. The fl people of this town who a few days ago won the gratitude of the American s people by their kindness to the sur- I vivors from the Tuscania, have ex- I ' tended their hospitality in the last I few days to nearly 500 men from the I L Calgarian, one of the finest auxiliary 1 cruisers in the Atlantic service. The I Calgarian was torpedoed in tho late afternoon, not far from tho place 1 where the Tuscania met her dqprn. Sj 1 Tho ship's bell had just sounded 4 fl o'clock when a torpedo struck. The m shock was so slight that it was thought B 1 the vessel had merely touched a mine fl astern. It was hoped to get her safe- B ; ly to port, ' fl 1 A considerable time later a second I , torpedo struck her, followed quickly fl by two more. By this timo there were fl several trawlers and patrol vessels in fl - ; the vicinity and the work of disem- H 1 barking the crew was hastened. By B good fortune the Calgarian remained B j afloat on an even keel for some time, H ! notwithstanding the four torpedoes. I |