Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-30

LONDON, March .,o.-Great
Britain is smoldering in anger
over the torpedoing by a German
submarine of the steamships Fala-
ba and Aguila, but confidence is
expressed that the latest outbursts
OF under-sea activity will have no
effect OH the movements of Brit
lsh ships. Upward Of $50 lives
were lost in the sinking Of the
falaba and the Aguila.
Details of the Losses,
The FaIaba. which was torpedoed IN
st. Georges channel Sunday afternoon.
carried crew of ninety and about
16e passengers, and of this total only
14o were rescued. OF those rescued,
eight died later from exposure.
The Aguila had crew of fortvtuo
and three passengers, and of these
twenty-three of the crew and all the
passengers are reported lost
In both cases. on sighting the SUBJ
marine, the captain tried to escape by
putting on all speed possible, but the
underwater craft overlook the steam
ers. showing that Germany now has
some of her most modern submarines
against England.
Statement by Admiralty.
The admiralty has issued the follow
ing statement:
Twenty three members Of the crew
and three passengers are missing from
the steamer ASuila.
The steamer Faiaba, which also
sank. carried a crew or about ninety
persons ana about Ito passengers
About 14O Survivors have been picked
up. eight OF whom including the cap
tam, died afterward. 1t is feared that
many persons on the steamer were
xllied by the explosion of the torpedo.
The Dutch steamer Amstel. a vessel
of s53 tons. belonging to +. A. Van Es
q Co. of hotteruam, when on a passage
from Rotterdam TO Goole, England,
struck a mine at am. the 10Th OF
borough yorkshire. England. The
crew has been landed in the Humber
by the Grimsby trawler Pinewoid.
The Amstel was a small steamer.
built in 1906 She was I'll feet long.
Her net tonnage was 4a5.
Five Minutes to Quit Ship.
The captain Of the Falaba. who was
utes to get his passengers and crew
into the boats, but, according to the
survivors, before this was possible a
torpedo was fred. striking the engine
room and causing a terrible explosion.
many persons were killed, and the
steamer sank in ten minutes.
Trawlers which happened to be IN
the vicinity rescued most of those who
were saved, others got away in the
boats which were ready for launching
and which were quickly lowered when
the order was given to abandon the
ship.
Those who were still on the steamer
when the explosion occurred were
thrown into the sea, and 1t took tho
fishermen an hour or more to pick up
the persons in the water who managed
to keep themselves, afoat-
The Aguila was attacked of tho
Pambrokshire coast. The submarine
which, in this case was the U-2S, opened
nre with her gun. shells from which
killed a woman passenger, the chief
engineer and two of the crew. Even
after the crew had commenced to lower
the boats, according to the story of the
survivors, the Germans kept up thei,
fire, and some Of the boats were riddled
with bullets.
The captain Of the trawler ottilie,
whom the commander of the subma ripe
told Of the sinking of the Aguila. went
to the rescue and picked up three
boats, containing nineteen of the crew.
The fourth boat, which contained the
other members Of the crew, could not
be found, and 1t Is presumed that she
On their arrival at Fish
guard several of the crew wore BAN
dages. having been wounded by the nrs
from tho submarine.
An oficial list supplied at the Offices
Of the Elder Dempster Steamship Com
pany shows that. SO far as Is known
at present, flfty-two first-class passsn-
gers, thirty-Sour second-class passen-
gers and forty-nine of the crew OF the
Falaba were saved.
Four Of the passengers and four Of
the crew are reported killed a1k olxty-