Arizona republican., 1915-11-18
COLLIER IN WAKE
 ALSO DESTROYED
Disaster Causes Great Anx- iety in England as It was Supposed All Mines Re moved; Think Must Be German Mines
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] lTcPuDIiCd1 "A. F. IedSeO "lreJ 1 DOVER, Nov. 17-The hospital ship Anglia with about three hundred men on board, in addition to the crew, nurses and attendants, bound from France for Dover, struck a mine in mid channel today and sank in a very short time. Nearly 100 men, most of them seriously wounded and therefore in their cots, lost their lives.
 The collier Lusitana, which was nearby at the time of the accident, inm ediateIy went to the assistance of the AngIa and her boats had just been lowered when she also struck a mine and foundered. All her crew were saved.
 patrol vessel succeeded in res- cuing three hundred of the AngIias passengers and crew, including some nurses. A number of bodies were re- covered.
 Unaware of Mines
 LONDON, Nov. 1S.-The sinking of the Anglia. although the first case in the war of a hospital ship meeting disaster while carrying wounded has caused great anxiety in the house, as it had been supposed that the English Channel was entirely free of danger from mines
 The newspapers indulge in much speculation, some of them offering the explanation that they must have been German mines.
 The Anglia had 200 cot cases aboard. When the rescuing vessels reached her. she was badly down by the head and her propellors were racing. Her stern was SC high above the sea that one of the rescuing vessels was able to pass under her and forty men dropped aboard.
 The crew of the Lusitania gave a vivid narratives of the disaster, ac- cOrding to which, after a terrific eX- plosion, the bows of the Anglia seemed to melt away until the sea lapped her rails. She surged forward however. in violent attempt to reach shore.
 Soon many boats came to the rescue. including those sent by the Lusitania Those watching the scene saw the soldiers coming up from below, as- sembling on the deck and calmly waiting the order to pass into the boats.
 A rescuing vessel ran right under the sinking steamers stern and i'm mediately the crew set to work under great difficulties to transfer the wounded.
 Every moment the stern of the domed vessel rose higher and the hull veered sidewise and seemed about to turn turtle, but still the crew worked ahead
 Some of the wounded, unable to keep their footing on the sloping deck fell into the sea and were picked up by the rescuers. Others jumped over board All the while the nurses worked with splendid devotion with the crew to transfer their patients to the boats.
 The difficulties were augmented by the racing propeller, which gave q circular motion to the anglia.
 The end came with dramatic sud denness. With wounded soldiers and doctors, nurses and sailors still cling ing to the stern. the vessel appeared for a moment to stand on her bows. then suddenly went under. but left the Red Cross flag flying at her mast six feet above the water.
 The following official communication concerning the disaster was made public:
 The war office reports that the hospital ship Anglia struck a mine in the channel today and sunk. The
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