Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-07
26 LOSE LIVES IN THE
 LATEST MARINE
 TRAGEDY. CAPTAIN CHARGES VESSEL ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING Giant Ship of Canadian Line Hit Saturday Night Off Irish Coast. TWO AMERICANS ON
 BOARD WE'RE SAVED Two LifebOats Capsize as They Are Being Launched, Causing Deaths of Several of the Passengers and
 Crew of Hespcrian.
TWO AMERICANS ON
 BOARD WERE SAVED

London. Sept. 6.-The Allan line steamship Hesperian. torpedoed off the south coast of Ireland Saturday night, sank carly today, when almost within sight of land.
 Twenty-six persons lost their lives /, when 7he liner was fatally wounded on her westward voyage. They in- cluded one Erst class, six second class, six third class, and thirteen of the crew
 This statement was issued by the Allan line officials after a revision of the list. The only victim whose body ghas besn identified was Miss E. Car
 berry of St. Johns, Newfoundland. passenger. Miss Carberry died as the result of shock and exposure while
 being brought ashore Another wom-
 an, of English birth, also died in
 boat. An 11-month-old baby of Mrs.
 Jenkins, a passenger, is among the
 missing. More than 100 women and
 children were in the second-class..g ' Captain Says No Warning Given. | Captain Main and the members of |ahe crew who remained on board the vessel and attempted to bring her to port. were removed safely before she sank. and arrived at Queenstown this afternoon. .t5 eVieai s The German torpedo was fired
 against his vessel without moments warning. according to Captain Main. He refused to be interviewed until after his full report had been made
 to the Allan line officials.
 All through the night. as she was being lowed to port. the Hesperian
 sank steadily by the head. until. at 6:47 o'clock this morning, she plung- nd to her grave.
 Lookout Only One to See Submarine So far Consul Frost and Allan line messengers liave failed to find anyone
 but tho shin's lookout who can state positively that they saw either the submarine or the torpedo. The sailor
 says he raisad the form of an under- sea boat just before the torpedo struck. and shouted the warning to tho bridge
 Passeroers and ship's officers al-s
 rnost without exception corrahOrate Cartain Wain's sltatemert that the liner was torpedoed, and that no warning was given.
 Consul Frost and his assistants were
 husv all day securing affidavits from ship officers and' pasSeroers
 Mav Hfve Hit Mine. The sinking of the Hesparian> In tleen water probably will prevent an Investigation tn determine whether the disaster resulted from subma-. rirn's torpedo or from mine. | Cantain Main and a. volunteer rescue crew of twenty-five had made 2 brave fight to dring the crippled chin irFo port. During the night the
 Heenerian settled gradually bv the ewash md the liner abort to take tho final nlrnee. The captain and crew wero taken off hv rescue boats and landed leter ;n Queenstown by the steamer r,rDress
 | Two Americans Saved. ConsMl Frost has heen Mnshle to
 Ioarn more than two Americans l who were cn the Hesperian. bOth I members of thta crew. and both are rercrtef to have heen saved |. From stories told nv survivors Fhe
 Hntaite-7 account ~ the disaster era- I d,Tsflv is heiry urfolded. Most of the 1 rse sso rgers Say there is no doubt the attack was made bv German sub I la,narine- and some oF them say HAev
 hearH tho lookout shout "siibmaripA nt> Stsrhoarss a,ie rter" Thus far no
 ~tafemert Has been made nv any sur- I vivnr who saw a submarine or a tor 'fpedn-
 All aprea that the Hesneriqn wss fstruck n,Ahe starhoard side between
 tha' forewast and the bridge. I4ite-
 boats were launched ir the darkneses 'Ehnt without panic. The fourth md fifth boats were lowered uneveuly