The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-26
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and dead.
Details of the sinking Of the Ara
bic are lacking, but that the loss of
life was not greater doubtless was
due to the fact that tho weather was
fine and that steamers plying the
German submarine wGr zone now
keep their boats swung out.
The torpedo that sank the Arabic
struck her on the statboard side 100
feet from her stern. The vessel had
left Liverpool Wednesday afternoon
and was on southerly course, we'll
off the Irish coast.
When the vessel was some so
miles west of where the Lusitania
was sunk in May, the German under
water boat rose to the surface and
launched torpedo. The marksman-
ship OF the Germans YVES deadly ac-
curate and the hig liner settled quick
ly and disappeared from view.
Some survivors,, according to re-
ports, say that they had just Witness
ed the torpedoing of British steam
er, presumably the Dunsley, and that
this hcd caused great alarm on board
the Arabic. In their fright the pas
sengers had rushed for life preserv-
ers and barely had adjusted them
when the German submarine turned
its torpedo against the Arbaic's side.
Ten lifeboats and . number of life
RATS were got over the side of the
| steamer and into thcso many pas
sengers and members of the crew
scrambled. Many passengers fell into
the water, but they got hold of the
| RATS and later were rescued. One
woman who fell into the sea scream
ed pitifully for help. Two sailors
swan to her and lifted her on to a
raft.
News Of the sinking of tho Arabic
caused tremendous sensation in
London. The first reports stated that
1t was feared large number of the
passengers had been lost. Reassur-
ing news came shortly, however.
1t was that some Is or 16 boats
! and life RATS had left the steamer
safely and had been picked up and
were being towed into Queenstown.
Latest private kilograms brought the
news from most of the passengers
that they were safe, although some
were injured. The Arabic is the larg-
est vessel yet sunk by the Germans
except tho Lusitania.
Washington: Ncws Of the torpedo
hSo VI thS " hlIS oIdt llhcl AIdDlC, IL
British ship, with Americans on
board came as a shock to American
officials, who had hoped since the
dispatch of the last note to Germany
there would be no further aggrava-
tion of an already tense situation.
What the course OF the United
States would be no official would pre-
dict. 1t must be established authOri-
tatively whether any warning was
given and whether the steamer at
tempted to escape. If no American
lives were lost, 1t was thought in
most quarters that drastic steps were
improbable, but il Americans were
drowned rupture in diplomatic re-
latiOns was discussed as likely.
The attack on the Arabic came in
the face Of reiterations in German
quarters that in the future passenger
vessels would be given warning. The
incident, therefore, caused wide
spread surprise, especially since the
ship was bound for the United States
and had no contraband. In some
quarters there was a disposition to
think the German submarine COM
mander might have exceeded his or
ders or made mistake.
President Wilson was startled by
the news. He spent the entire after
noon and evening trying to get de-
tailed information. Though obvious
ly worried, he took the position that
judgment should be withheld until
official details were received.
The president had just finished a
conference with Attorney General
Gregory and was preparing to go
golfing when word of the sinking OF
the steamer reached him. He imme-
diately abandoned his pl':ns and gave
orders that all information be for
warded to him as quickly as possi-
BILE.
The decision of the United States
to refuse all claims for life or proper
ty lost aboard ships tOrpcdoed with
due warning was made clear when
IL became known that claim in the
case of John Wall, a muleteer killed
when the Armenian was sunk, would
not be taken up by the state depart
ment