New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-20
Six Passengers Believed Lost with
20 of CreW-TWO Americans
Among the Missing.
BRITISH VESSELS TAKE
SURVIVORS TO QUEENSTOWN
Those on Board Watch Another Ship Being
TOrpedoed When Order Comes To
Take to the Boats Themselves.
IBy Cable to The Tribune.l


London, Aug ia German submarine torpedoed without
warning to-day White Arabic Liver
pool for New York Thytwo persons missing and several
of these probably killed There twentyeight Amer
board of whom have yet been accounted for
They Mrs Bruguiere of New York and Edmund Woods
Details of the sinking lacking but that the loss of life
greater doubtless due the fact that the weather fine
and that passing through the German submarine
keep swung otherwise prepared for
emergencies.
about eighty miles due of
Head of Knsa Ireland and the vessel sank eleven minutes
according another in six minutes She had 423 pas
sengs and these put off in twenyone boats Of
which picked up four hours afterward by British
vessels landed Queenstown p
m large number of them being badly injured
Several Of those injured engaged in watching another
ship being torpedoed when their vessel This
was British steamship Dunsley which, though injured
keep aoat and to afford assistance the pas
sengs the Arabic after the aes boats had
lowered.
RUSH FOR LIFE PRESERVERS.
In their fright passengers had rushed for life preservers
barely adjusted them when the German submarine turned
its torpedo against the Arabcs side
The ships and number Of life RATS quickly got
the side of the and into these and
scrambled Many of the passengers however fell into the
but they got of RATS and cung them and
rescued who fell the pitifuly for
help The tidal conditions being favorable sail
her assistance and succeeded lifting her raft
The had left Liverpool Wednesday and had taken
southery course well off the Irish doubtless with view
TO avoiding submarines which frequent the
the shore
When fifty miles Of where the Lusitana sunk
in Nav the underwater boat the surface and
launched torpedo The craftsmanship of the Germans the
case Lusana deadly and like the Lustan
the big quickly settled and shortly disappeared from
EIGHTY MILES FROM LAND.
The persons board consisted Of 1873 second cabin passen
gers including twelve Americans serage passengers
and 243 officers and including sixteen Americans The
carried no first passengers All the
have been accounted TOR
The White Star Line issued the following tonight
The Arabic left Liverpool at yesterday She
,doed to-dav at latitude so so north longitude 1882
st This point eighty miles due south of the Old Head
s K;nsae and about miles northwest OF the Scy sands
she had aboard passengers and AS far be
375 SURVIVORS, 1t Is understood that only
six passengers unaccouned for
The passengers arrived Queenstown in practically
condition. fright and None able to
a belongings order take the boats being issued
~ tim. before the torpedo actually hit the vessel The sur
ors are being cared tonight Queenstown, and will be
obt 70 London morning Besides the twenysix Amer-
readv referred brought Queenstown include one
sr,nard one Belgian three French and three Russians
Capan Finch commander Of the Arabic, who suffering
from injuries leg said last night that ne did not see the SUD-
but distinctly observed the torpedo approaching the SHIP
inpossible it, the captain said. we