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Show DUBLIN, Oct. 11 It is believed that six hundred lives were lost in the ! sinking of the mail steamer Leinster i by a torpedo in the Irish sea yester-j yester-j day. it was stated today at the office i of her owners. Only about 350 per-i sons, it was added, were saved. After the Leinster had been struck I by the first torpedo, the submarine I fired a second torpedo. This missile struck the vessel amidships, entered the engine room and caused an explosion ex-plosion of the ship's boilers. There was some confusion as the passengers tried to enter the boats and many persons were thrown into j the sea. j As soon as information regarding j the Leinster's plight reached Kings- j I town tugs and destroyers hastened to I the place. Survivors said that the submarine fired the two torpedoes without warning warn-ing from a range of about 150 yards, i Details of those saved have not yet ! been obtained- Captain Lynch, the 1 (Leinster's commander, was among the I I lost. Fourth Engineer Jones said if the second torpedo had not struck the Leinster all on board except those who had been directly killed by the first torpedo probably would have been saved as there was plenty of time to launch the boats. The explosion of the second, torpedo, he said, blew the ship up like match-I match-I wood. Jones saved himself by jumping. He was in, the water one hour and was clinging to a raft when rescued by a destroyer. The rescuing ships picked up scores of persons from the water where they wero still clinging to upturned boats, rafts and broken timbers. The survivors sur-vivors were brought to Kingstown. All were in a desperate state as a result of their hour's exposure in the rough sea. A number of dead bodies also were landed. The Leinster was the fifth channel boat sunk by submarines. NO AMERICANS ON BOARD. LONDON, Oct. 11. So far as reported report-ed there were no Americans on board the mail steamer Leinster when she was torpedoed. Among the missing is Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton, daughter of the Duchess of Abercorn. DUBLIN, Oct. 11. Leinster.) Cap-lain Cap-lain H. It. Cone, in charge of the naval airship service, was among the passengers pas-sengers of the steamship Leinster which was sunk by a German submarine. subma-rine. Captain Cone is suffering of a broken leg. |