The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-09-02
SUBMARINE SINKS
STEAMER ARABIC
TWO AMERICANS LOSE LlVEs
WHEN BRITISH STEAMER 70
SENT TO THE BOTTOM
Although Big Liner Went Down
Within Eleven Minutes After Be-
ina Struck by Torpedo, Eleven
Boatioads Were Saved.

Iondon.-The big White Star line
steamer Arabic, formerly a faVoilte
ship of the Liverpool Boston service
but which on her present trip was on
the way to New York. was torpedoeo
and sunk by German submarine a.
s:15 o'clock Thursday morning SCUM
east of Fastnet.
The steamer, according to state
ment OF the White Star line, was az
tackled without warning and went
down in ten minutes. OF the 423 per-
sons on board-1S1 passengers ana
242 members OF the crew-20 are mis-
sing, according to the latest cneck'
and are believed to have perisned'
Most OF those who have not been &C
counted for belong to the crew. only
six of the passengers were reported
missing on an earlier checking OF the
list.
There were 20 citizens of the Unit
ed States on board, % being in the
second cabin and four In the steer
age. Two Americans were lost. The
Arabic carried no frst-class passen-
gers, having lately been turned into
two-class liner.
The survivors who left the steamer
in the ships boats and were picked
up later by passing vessels were taken
to Queenstown. They we're accommo-
dated by the White Star line in hotels
and boarding houses in the little town,
which so short time ago cared for
the survivors and the dead OF the Lu-
sitania
Details of the sinking of the Arabic
are lacking, but that the loss OF life
was not greater, doubtless was due to
the fact that the weather was fine and
that steamers plying the German sub
marine war zone now keep their boats
swung out and otherwise are prepared
for emergencies.
The vessel had left Liverpool We'd
nesday afternoon and taken a south
erly course, we'll off the Irish coast,
doubtless with view of avoiding the
submarines which frequent the waters
nearer the shore.
When some fifty miles west Of
where the Lusitania was sunk in May,
the German underwater boat rose to
the surface and launched torpedo.
The Workmanship of the Germans, as
in the case of the Lusitania, was
deadly accurate, and like the Lusita-
MIA the big liner quickly settled down
and shortly disappeared from view.
Some Of the survivors, according to
reports received here, say that they
had just witnessed the torpedoing of a
British steamer, presumably the Duns
ley, and that this had caused great
alarm on board the Arabic In their
fright the passengers had rushed fol
life preservers and had barely adjust
ed them when the German submarine
turned its torpedo against the vessels
side.
Ten life boats and a number OF life
RATS were quickly got over the side
Of the steamer and into these a large
number of the passengers and mem
bers Of the crew scrambled. Many o
the passengers, however, fell into thu
water, but they got hold of the rafti
and later were rescued. One woman
who fell into the sea screamed pitt
fully for help. Two sailors swan t,
her assistance and succeeded in lift
ing her upon a raft
Among those who were rescue,
were Captain Will Finch, commando
OF the Arabic. all the deck officers
the chief engineer, the surgeon, tn,
purser. the assistant purser, the chic
steward, and the third class steward
Third Engineer Lugon is among tn,
missing.