The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-26
TORPEDOES Liner
ARABIC GOES DOWN CLOSE BY
LUSITANIA'S GRAVE
NO AMERICANS DROWNED

"mte star Liner TOrpedOed on Her
Way to New York, Thirty-Two Per-
sons Being Drowned - strI
Without Warming After seelplsi
other Ship Destroyed.
The best information available in
London Friday indicated that q score
or more persons lost their lives In the
skiing of the White Star liner Arabic
by German submarine Thursday
morning off the South of Ireland. It
had not been determined definitely
whether any Americans were among
the dead. DR.. Edmond F.. Wood Of
GAINESVILLE, Wis, and Mrs. Josephine
Il. Brugiere, an American, who had
lived in Europe for q number of
years were missing.
The White Star announced FRIDAY
morning that all except exight pas
sengers had been landed at Queens
town. Four were said to be Amert-
cans. According to information ca
Dled to Washington by Lewis c.
thompson, American consul at
Queenstown, however, DR.. Wood and
MIS-. Brugiere are the only missing
Americans. The other two-James
Houlihan, of Philadelphia, and Thos.
Elmore Of New York-were reported
by Mr.. Thompson to have been saved.
In all about four hundred of the
four hundred and twenty-three per-
sons on board the Arabic had been
accounted for. The fate Of the others
still was in doubt, but as the hours
heightened since the Arabic met with
swift destruction, hopes that the
others may have been saved faded.
The announcement that only eight of
the passengers were supposed to be
lost bore out earlier reports that the
great majority Of the missing were
members of the crew
Captain William Finch gave testi-
mony to the heroism of his engineers
and fremen, several of whom re-
mained at their posts to the last and
probably sacrificed their lives. 9th
er survivors said the torpedo killed
outright several men in the boiler
rooms. 1t struck on the starboard
side about one hundred feed from
the stern, near the boiler rooms.
The torpedoing Of the Arabic has,
stirred England from end to end, al
though on account of the compara-
lively small loss Of life, public feel i.
ing does not show signs of running
as high as in the days following the
a.
That such large proportion Of the
passengers and crew should have
been saved in a short time is regard
ed as better fortune than might have
been expected. Apparently it was
due to the GOODNESS and courage OF
the officers atd crew, from Captain
Finch who remained at his post until
just before the Arabic took her final
plunge down to the fremen, who fac
ed death, to perform their duty.
Fine weather and calm sea also
contributed to the outcome In
Queenstown everything ,ssible was
done to assist the survivors, many
of whom were without clothes or
money. AS in the case Of the Lusi-
tania disaster, the citizens Of Queens
town went to the assistance of the
sufferers. number of the survivors
were suffering from minor injuries,
but so far as is known none Is in a
serious condition.
With the main facts Gf the disaster
established, the English public turn
ed its attention to the possible effect
upon relations between the United
States and Germany. Definite word
whether American lives had beer lost
was awaited with more eagerness
than any other detail Of the Arabic's
story yet to be told.
The White Star liner Arabic was
torpedoed and sunk on her way to
New York by a German submarine
at 9.15 o'clock Thursday morning
southeast of Fastnet
The steamer, according to the
White Star line, was attacked with
out warning and went down in ten
minutes. or the 423 persons on
r1
members of the crew-32 are miss
ing and are believed to have perish
ed. Most Of those not accounted for
belong to the crew. Only six passen-
gers are reported missing.
Whether any Of those not account
ed for are Americans has not yet
been determined. but there were only
26 citizens OF the United States on
board, % being in second cabin and Z
four in the steerago. New York
reports that g careful checking
Of the various lists OF survivors
Of the Arabic as given out in Lon
don, Washington and New York
showed that all passengers listed by
the White Star line as Americans on
board the vessel had been saved II
is possible that some Americans
boarded the liner as she was about
OF sail and were carried in the list
given out by the White Star line as
Of other nationalities. The Arabic
carried no first class passengers. hav-
ing lately been turned into two
class liner.
Survivors left tho steamer in the
ships boats and were picked up by
passing vessels They arrived In
Queenstown Thursday night and are
being cared for by the White Star
line in hotels and boarding houses In
the littlc town which short time
ago cared for the Lusitania survivors
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