Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-11-12
ITALIAN Liner WAS SUNK WITH,
OUT OPPORTUNITY FOR PAS
sENGERs TO ESCAPE, GAY
DISPATCHES,
FROM 172 TO PIP MISSING;
new YORK WOMAN SURVIVES
Submarine Fired on Ship Amid Des
perate Cries Of Passengers, and
Then Attacked Life Boats, 49,
ing to Tunis Report-Wiro-
less Gall for Help Sent.

ing to TunIs Report-"tr0-
less Call for Help Sent.
Washington, Nov. II. About q
Americans are believed to have been
lost with the torpedoed Italian liner
Ancona, according to cable to tho
state department from Ambassador
Thomas Nelson Page. The Ambassa-
dor said the probable victims of the
tragedy were Alexander Pattivo, his
wife and four children Of New York,
and Mrs. Frances Mascola Lamura,
and about &c unnamed third class pas
sengers. Mrs. Cecil l.. Griel (first re-
ported Grey was named as the ono
known American survivor among the
passengers.
No Opportunity to Escape.
Rome, Nov. 11.--AGditional reports
received here are that the Ancona
was sunk without an opportunity for
her passengers to escape. The re-
ports say that the submarine first
fired a warning shot, whereupon the
Ancona Immediately stopped. Two
shots then struck the ship, one for
ward and one aft, but it is uncertain
whether they came from a gun or
we're torpedoes, after the Ancona sent
4 wireless for help.
An explosion resulted from one of
the shots and the steamer sunk rap
Idly before the boats could be low
cred or help arrive from the wireless
call.
Exact Number Lost Unknown.
Rome, Nov. 11.-How many persons
lost their lives in the sinking of the
Italian liner Ancona by a submarine
In the Mediterranean has not been
definitely ascertained, but latest ad-
vices from Naples say 800 survivors
have been landed at Tunis ports and
30 at Malta. The number of passen-
gers on the Ancona is placed at 482
and the crew has been estimated vari-
ously from so to 100, leaving from 172
b 272 still unaccounted for.
The Ancona carried boats for the &C.
oommodatlon Of $500, and it is pos
sible that some Of the boats are still
afoat and may bring in additional
survivors in the next "a hours.
A Tunis dispatch to the Giornale
D'Italia gives dramatic, though brief,
account of the attack.
Attempts to Escape.
"A submarine approached the An
coma towards noon," says this &C.
count, "and as soon as the steamer
saw it an attempt was made to escape
at full speed. The Ancona was over
taken and stopped. Then the sub
marine fired on the Aneona, striking
her amid the desperate cries of tho
passengers.
THE life boats were next attacked,
the submarines likewise firing on
them. A woman, a man and two chill
dren were killed; their bodies are at
Bizslta.
The submarine then disappeared
Immediately, proceeding probably in
the direction Of the Aegean sea.
Wireless Call for Help.
Before sinking the Ancona was
able to send out a wireless call for
help. This was heard by the station
1T Bizerta. Aid was sent promptly
and thus 16o passengers and 10 sail
ors were saved. They were taken to
Ferryville Tin the environs of Bizerta)
where they were attended by physi-
clans and the consul.
among the survivors are a number
Of wounded emigrants, nearly all Vene-
tians and 10 Greeks. A number Of
the survivors seem to have lost their
reason as a result of their terrible ex.
periences."
The Official list of survivors, as 10
sued in Rome, includes one American
woman, Mrs. Cecile Greil Of New York,
143 Italians. 16 Greeks and one Rus
sian.
The statement is made that "a Of
the Ancona's passengers we're natural
ICED Americans. OF these, nothing ID