Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-04-14
RELIEF
SHIP BLOWN Up
HarpaIyCe Lost With Crew of
TWenty-Six.
SUNK BY MINE OR TORPEDO
Vessel Chartered in New York De-
stroyed in North Sea-Had
Given Up Red Cross Flag
and Protection of U. S.

Rotterdam, April 12.-The British
steamer Harpalyce, the first relief
boat of New York state and under
charter to the commission for relief
In Belgium, has either been torpedoed
or sunk by a mine in the North sea.
The Dutch steamer Elizabeth on
its voyage from Rotterdam for New
York, picked up % Of the crew of the
Harpalyce seven miles northeast of
NoOrhinder lightship and brought them
back to Rotterdam. Among the res
cued were the second mate and the
second engineer, the latter in a wound
ed condition.
The Dutch steamer Constance Cath
erina. picked up five men and took
them to Nieuwe Waterweg. The
steamer carried a crew Of So men, 26
of whom, it is feared, have been
drowned.
Immunity From Attack Assured.
The Harpalyce under its charter to
the Belgian relief commission had
permit securing immunity from at
tack
The Harpalyce, which was of 1851
tons, was a comparatively new steam
er owned by J. & c. Harrison of Lon
don. 1t sailed from New York on
March with more than eleven thou
sand individual gifts for the relief Of
the Belgians and arrived at Rotter-
dam on March 80.
1t is presumed that the Harpalyces
cargo had been unloaded and that it
was on the return voyage. The vessel
was commanded by Capt Frank
Wamm, who, prior to his departure
from New York, declared that he was
not worried about mines or subma-
rines.
Had Completed Engagement.
New York, April 12.-Lindon w.
Bates, who has had charge of ship
ment Of supplies for the commission
for the relief Of Belgium, said that the
Harpalyce had completed its engage
ment with the commission when it
landed its supplies at Rotterdam.
I am sure, he said, that on the
outward voyage from Rotterdam the
Harpalyce was not under contract
with the commission or with the Red
Cross society. Its Red Cross flag and
its safe conduct from this government
protected it only until it reached Rot
terdam. 1t was probably engaged by
some other concern on it's way out.
Before leaving Rotterdam it was
obliged to give up it's safe conduct
and its Red Cross symbols, so that it
was subject to the same risks as any
other ship after it had finished it's
work for the commission"
Eight Trawers Are Missing.
Grimsby, England, April 12.-Eight
Grimsby steam trawlers overdue in
the North sea were given up as lost
in shipping circles It is believed all
have been sunk by German subma-
rines. Each carried a crew of from
nine to thirteen men.
The missing trawlers are the Rio.
RAPID, Reto, Sterling, Furet, Mercia,
Horatio and Argentia, vessels of from
100 to 400 tons. All were operating
through regions traversed by the sub
marines and reported thickly strewn
with German mines.
Eighteen fishermen's homes in
Grimsby were draped in mourning,
when owners of the trawlers an
nounced that in all probability they
had gone to the bottom Sobbing
women moved away from the ship
ping offices after an all-day vigil at
the docks
Two More Ships Are Sunk.
London, April 12.-The steamer
Guernsey sank off Cape La Hague,
according to a Lloyds dispatch from
CherboUrg No details were given.
The Guernsey was a small steamer
of 534 tons, owned by the London
and Southwestern railways.
The French bark Chateaubriand,
bound from London to New York, was
tOrpedOed and sunk off the Isle of
Wight, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here. Captain Grondin and its
crew of "a men landed at the French
watering place of lie Treport, 16 miles
northeast of Dieppe, after drifting
more than twenty-four hours in Sc
we're weather.
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