The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Pope Grieyed

OPC 0AiCVCu | Rome, November 1O-(Via Paris )-The
 pope, expressing grief at the disaster to
 the steamer Ancona. has sent instructions to the ecclesiastical authorities of Tuns
 to give all help in their power to the survivors.
 The newspapers, commenting on the torpedoing of the Ancona, compare its fate with that of the LusHania The Messagero sarcastically remark: .'The
 enemy's attack on a steamer loaded with
 peaceful passengers shows the chivalry of the Austro- Germans.
 Paris, November 10.-The French steamer Plaidan rescued 100 persons from the Ancona who were among those landed at Bizerta Those who took to the small boats after the vessel went down suf- fered great hardships before they reached shore
 Naples, November 10.-evia Paris. 1.-The flrst-class passengers on board the An coma include Prof. Cecil Iglereil of New York and the third-class, Alessandro Patative of New York and wife and four children. and Mrs. Francesca Mascole Paris. November 1o-A dispatch to the Havas agency from Naples gives the name of the first-class passenger as con- . tained in the Naples dispatch as Cecil fGrey.
 1 Available directories of New York do not contain any of the names referred to in the Naples or Paris dispatches. Survivors Arrive Rome, November l0.-How many per- sons lost their lives in the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona by subma- r1ne in the Mediterranean has not been definitely ascertained, but latest advices from Naples say that 39O survivors have been landed at Tunic ports and 50 at Malta The number of passengers on the Ancona is placed at 482, and the crew has been estimated variously from 60 to 16o.
 The Ancona carried boats for the ac- commodation of 2500 and it is possible that some of the boats are still afloat and may bring in additional survivors in the next "A hours.
 1 The Ancona was torpedoed Tuesday
 morning and Tunis dispatch to the Giornale D Italia gives a dramatic, though brief, account of the attack l A submarine approached the Ancona towards noon,' says this account, and 1 as soon as the steamer saw. it an at- tempt was made to. escape at full speed. The Ancona was overtaken and stopped. i Then the submarine fired on the Ancona. sinking her amid the desperate cries of | the passengers.
 Lifeboats Attacked The lifeboats were next attacked. the ! submarine likewise firing on them A woman, man and two children were
 killed. Their bodies are at Bizerta 1 The submarine then disappeared inn
 mediately. proceeding probably in the di-
 rection of the Aegean sea Before sinking, the Ancona was able
 to send out a wireless call for help. This was heard by the station at Bizerta. Aid
 was sent promptly and thus 160 passen- gers and 10 sailors were saved There were taken to Ferryville Gin the environs
 of Bizerta) where they were attended
 by physicians and the consul
 Among the survivors are a number
 or wounded emigrants, nearly all iVenetians, and 10 Creeks A number
 or the survivors seem to have lost
 their reason as the result of their ter
 rible experiences"
 { Survivors
 The official list of survivors issued
 Tn Rome includes one American woman
 Mrs Cecil Griel of New York, 143 Ital-
 fans, Is Greeks and one Russian. The statement is made that 24 of the
 Anconas passengers were naturalized
 Americans. Of these nothing is knowr lat the present time
 One of the most notable passengers
 aboard the Ancona was the Prince o1 1 Cassano, head of one of the oldest | Neapolitan families residing in Rome Additional reports received here arc l that the Ancona sunk without an op. portunity for her passengers to es- cape. The reports say that the sub marine first fired warning shot | whereupon the Ancona immediately stopped. Two shots then struck the Iship, one forward and one aft, but i, lis uncertain whether they came from a gun or were torpedoes. after the An coma sent wireless for help.
 An explosion resulted from one o1 the shots and the steamer sunk rapid Fly before the boats could be lowered ol Ihelp arrive from the wireless call. The lauthorities here declare that the dis aster is clear case of a submarine isinking a merchant ship without giv- ing adequate opportunity for the pas sengers to escape.
 Sensation in London
 London. November 10.-The renewe ec activity of German and Austrian sub. marines esnAcially those in the Medi.