New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
Philadelphia Arrives
at Liverpool With
out Flag.
HAD LIFEBOATS
READY TO LAUNCH
Passengers Wore Pre-
servers While Passing
Through Danger Zone.
CAMBANK WARNED
CAMBANK WARNED
German Submarine, After Warm
ing, Sinks Irish Coasting
Steamer Off Calf of Man.

London, Feb. PA dispatch from
Bremen by an indirect route says:
The American steamer Evelyn, which
sailed from New York on January 2s,
with a cargo OF cotton. for Bremen
struck mine yesterday off Borkum
Island, in the North Sea. The ves-
sci sank. Her captain and twenty
seven Of her crew were saved.
The nationality OF the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been es-
tabished.
The Evelyn is the Arst American
vessel to meet disaster as a result OF
the sea warfare of the European ma
tions. She did not sink within the
war zone included in the German Ad-
miralty's decree Of February 1, which
went into effect on Thursday. Borkum
Island lies directly of the German
coast. at the mouth of the En-. River,
and is German territory.
The American liner Philadelphia.
with lifeboats ready TO be launched and
all lights extinguished, steamed into
the Mersey early this morning, and only
when she had anchored did the nervous
Passengers take 70 their beds. Some
passengers, it was said, he'd strapped
on life preservers during the last hours
Of the voyage.
American Flag Flown on Open Sea.
According to J. B. Mclaughlin. a
horse dealer, who is going to France TO
see French army officials, the PhIla-
delphia flew the American flag all the
away across, but he added: "She had no
flag flying when she was going through
the danger zone. It is the first Ameri-
can vessel | have ever been on which
failed TO fly its own flag"
Wireless reports were received that
submarines were active in the Irish
Sea. and according TO some passengers
the Philadelphia warned tho steamer
Cambank, which later was torpedoed Oft
Holyhead, TO beware of submarines.
c. $. Rosenthal. who is also going to
France to execute contracts, said:
Signal lights were shown on the coast
of the Isle of Man which il was re-
ported on the ship meant that II was
safer for US 70 put in there at once, but
We kept on our course
None Of the passengers saw any sub
marines, but during the daylight hours
in the Irish Sea a sharp lookout was
kept by the ships officers, and the pas
sengers most Of the time we're on deck.
When the passengers reached Euston
Station there were affecting scenes be-
tween the passengers and relatives who
awaited them. Several Of those at the
station said that when the word came
last night that the Cambank had been
sunk off Holyhead after she had been
in communication with some liner IL
was felt that the liner was the Phila-
delphis and she might suffer the same
fate.
Crew Given Five Minutes TO Leave.
The small Irish coasting steamer
Downshire was sunk last night by
German submarine off Calf Of Man, an
island in the Irish Sea. The Germans
gave the crew five minutes in which TO
leave their ship. The crew landed last
night at Dundrum. County Down, Ire
land.
The submarine which sank the Down
shire was the U-12. The Germans fred
three shots at the steamer before her
captain hove TO. After the crew Of the
bONHsNht Hdu ldhtn 10 inc DOdtS tho
Germans placed q bomb amidships Of
the steamer and exploded IL, and the
Downshirc sank in a few minutes.
Zig-zsg Course Steercd.
The chief engineer Of the Downshire
gave the following account Of the sink
ing of the vessel:
THE submarine was sighted two
miles away by the lookout, and tho
captain thereupon ordered me TO push
my engines all IL was possible. Hs
steered zig-zag course, but the pur-
suer had greater speed, and over
hauled US in a short time and fred
three shots. The aim was so good
that we stopped Immediately.
"The submarine drew up, fully above
the surface OF the water. hundred
feet away. Its captain hailed US in
good English and told US TO get into
our boats with haste.
"Then the waste steam began to
blow out Of our exhaust pipe. The
German captain got excited at this,
thinking we were trying TO signal for
help, and ordered US TO shut OFT tho
steam pipe, saying that otherwise ha
would open fire.
%! counted nineteen men on the SUBJ
marines deck. When our boats came
alongside the submarine we waited
there while five German sailors board
ed one of our lifeboats, carrying a
bomb. which was in hollow brass can
ister about eight inches long and four
inches wide. This they placed in tho
water under the side OF the boat amid
ships. The canister foated nicely. and
the Germans lighted fuse and then
rowed back toward the submarine.
suddenly there was an explosion.
In the dusk IL seemed 10 have done
little damage, but three minutes later
the ship began to settle and then went
down head first.
Before the submarine departed we
talked with the captain, who was most
affable.
"Why do you trouble about a little
boat like ours?" we asked him.
why did you make war on u.s." tho
captain replied.
"whs dOn't you tackle those aaAin~