Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

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bic gives a total of Is, which, with
the 81 members Of the crew who
were lost, places the number OF
dead at IS.
London. Aug. 2s.-Dr. Edmund F.
guiere are the only Americans in the
fist Of passengers. The other passen-
gers whose names do not appear in the
list of survivors, n are believed to
ave persisted, were all British subjects.
The cabin passengers were:
Miss Mary English. .
Mrs. Mary Eaton.
Mrs. Negus.
w. G.. Randall.
Mrs. w. G. Randall.
Miss Irene Tattersall.
Mrs. Frank Tattersall.
Mrs. job H. Neave.
The names Of six steerage passen-
gers, four women and two men,, also
appear in the list.
The management Of the White Star
line te~legraphed today to Captain Finch
an expression Of it's profound admira-
ton Of the excellent discipline and ex-
emplary conduct of all concerned,
which resulted in minimizing what, I'M
der other circumstances. might have
proven to be an Infinitely greater ca
lamity."
New York. Aug. 23.-The body Of
Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguiere, n of the
two Americans lost with the Arabic
has been found, the White Star line
announced today. h was based on
a conversation, it was said, with Mrs.
Marion Bruguiere, the dead woman's
daughterinlaw, who was quoted as say
ing she had received a cable message
to that effect.
Maids Body Found.
vo,,pr NErc pr,,u,,iara olro Uao
quoted by a representative Of the line
as having said that the body Of her
motherinlaw's French maid, Margaret
Boudet, has been recovered, too. M.
Boudet, one of the two maids who
sailed with Mrs. Bruguiere, had here
tofore been listed among the survivors.
1t wa said that the cablegram re-
ceived by Mrs, Marion Bruguiere con-
tanned no details.
London Aug. 23.-At least five pas
sengers, two Of whom were Americans.
and 40 members Of the crew lost their
lives when the White Star liner Arabic
was torpedoed n sunk by a German.
submarine off Fastnet. Nine other,
passengers are missing and are believed
to have persisted.
The two Americans who went down
with the ship We're Mrs. Josephine
Bruguiere, of New York. n DR.. Ed
mund T. Wood. of GAINESVILLE, Wis. Mrs.
Bruguiere was thrown into the water
and kept afloat for some time by her
son Louis, who was forced to %relinquish
his hold when he was struck by a piece
of wreckage. Nothing was seen OF
Wood after the steamer was struck.
Most of the missing members of the
crew belonged to the engineers staff.
They remained at their posts and went
down with the ship.
Captain Finch n the other officers
of the Arabic assert that the submarine
| gave them no warming. They declare
the torpedo was fired as they were go
| ing to the rescue of the steamer Duns-
ley which had just been torpedoed, pre-
| sumably by the same submarine.
That the loss Of life was not much
heavier was due to the preparations
made by the officers in view of the
! possibility Of an attack while passing
through the war zone;" to the fine
weather which prevailed and to the
splendid discipline maintained by the
crew. Life belts had been placed on
the decks and the lifeboats swung out.
AS soon as the ship was struck, RATS
| were flung over the side. Many Of the
passengers and crew who were thrown
! into the water climbed on board these
RATS or were dragged on to them by
persons already upon them.
The Americans who reached Queens
! town were cared for by the United
States consul. With the other passen-
| gers they left Ireland for England last
night. They lost all their baggage and
many of them wore borrowed clothing
until the consul had provided for them