Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
ARABIC DEATHu|ST
TOTALS TH|RTY-N|NE
Eighteen Passengers and
TWenty-One Members of
5 Crew Perished.
NO WARNING WAS GWEN,
SURVIVORS ALL ASSERT
British Officials Scoff at Idea That
Liner Tried to Ram
Submarine.

lost their lives in the sinking OF
the steamer Arabic, the White
Star line announced late last
night, after completing an investl-
cation regarding the total num-
Der of persons aboard.
It. is stated that twelve cabin
passengers, six stearage pas
sengers and twenty-one mem
bers of the crew cannot be &C
counted for and must be put down
as lost.
Two Americans Are Lost.
DR.. Edmund F. Woods and Mrs. Jo-
sephine Bruguere are the only Amerl-
cans in the list of missing passengers.
The other passengers whose names
do not appear in the list of survivors,
and are believed to have persisted. were
all British subjects.
In accordance with instructions from
the State Department at Washington
the American consulate is procuring
affidavits from American survivors,
bearing particularly upon the asser-
tion that no warning was given by the
German submarine which torpedoed the
Arabic. Statements of this nature al
ready have been taken from Mr.. and
Mrs. P. W. A. Collins leila Coving-
ton and Miss S. E. Sh -impton.
No Inquest to Be Held.
The coroner has decided that no in
quest will be necessary over the bodies
recovered. and consequently Capt.
Finch. who was waiting to give evil
dence. left for Liverpool.
The woman whose body was found in
the bottom of a drifting lifeboat was
identified last night by one of the
Arabic's passengers as Mrs. Eaton of
Bolton. Lancashire, who was on her
way to New-York to meet her husband
Her daughter, who was with her, was
saved and has returned to Bolton.
No Resistance Offered.
LONDON, August a1.-Although no
official report on the sinking of the
Arabic has been received, it is learned
on inquiry in official circles here that
the British government is satisfied
that the Arabic did not attempt to
escape or to ram the submarine which
sank her.
This conclusion is the result of state
ments made by Capt. Finch and other
survivors. All agree that the subma-
r!ne was not sighted before the tor
pedo was fired. The Arabic, instead
of attempting to escape, had been slow
ed down for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether assistance could be given
to the steamer Dunsley, previously
torpedoed.
British officials scout the idea that the
Arabic was attempting to ram the sub
marine. They say that by doing SO
Capt Finch would have been almost
certain to strike the Dunsley and
wreck his own ship.
Statements thus far received main
tain without exception that no warm
ing was given by the submarine.
Confirm Captains Story.
Numbers of survivors of the Arabic
have reached Liverpool and London,
and all those who have been seen con-
firm Capt. Finch's assertion that no
warning was given by the submarine,
and that the frothy streak made by
the. oncoming torpedo was the first in
timation o. the impending disaster.
'We're done, boys; they've got us this
time" Capt. Finch shouted to his Of
ficers on the bridge, and the next min
ute, according to survivors, the tor
pedo struck the vessel and tore her side
and bottom out.
The fumes from the explosion were
suffocating, survivors said, and a great
column of water rose high in the air
and descended on the deck with roar:
Strong men were knocked down and
washed overheard, passengers declared,
and two women were left dead on the
deck.
Pay Tribute to Crew.
All the survivors paid tribute to the
wonderful work of the officers and crew
in saving so many persons in ten min
utes' time.
The only hint heard here that the
Arabic was under convoy came from
an American. and has been contradicted
by the categorical denial of the British
government that the Arabic was being
conveyed when she was torpedoed. NJ
,nerous passengers also have attested
TO the fact that the steamers boats
rowed about for two Or three hours
before they were picked up.
AS to the other suggestion that the
Arabic possibly attempted to ram the
submarine. Capt. Finchs statement is
10 the contrary.
End of Two Romances.
SALE LAKE CITY, Utah, August 81.
Miss Mary English, whose name ap-
pears i'll the Arabic list of missing,
was young Irish girl on her way to
Salt Lake to marry T. J. kavanaugh
of this city.
Patrick Fitzgerald, also in the list OF
missing, was young 1rishman accom-
panying her to Salt Lake, where he
planned to establish home prelinl-
mary to marrying her sister. who re-
manned in Ireland.
Berlin Takes It Calmly.
BERLIN. August 81, via London, Au-
gust 22.-No statement is obtainable
in official quarters regarding the sink
ing of the steamer Arabic.
The tendency, however, seems to be
TO consider the question without excite
ment The press thus far has avoided
comment of any nature.
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