New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-08
Crippled Liner Fails
to Reach Shore.
SAY VESSEL WAS NOT
WARNED BY GERMANS
Passengers Declare Submarine
Did Its Work Rapidly.

London, Sept. THE Allan line
steamer Hesperian sank within few
miles Of Queenstown after Captain
Main and a volunteer rescue crew of
twenty-five had made a brave fight to
bring the crippled ship into port. Dur
ing the night the Hesperian settled
gradually by the head. Daylight
showed the decks awash and the liner
about to take the final plunge.
The captain and crew were taken
off by rescue boats and landed later
In Queenstown by the steamer EN-
press.
The sinking of the Hesperian in
deep water probably will prevent an
investigation to determine whether
the disaster resulted from the subma-
rine's torpedo or from q mine. Pas
sengers and crew assert positively
that the vessel was struck by tor
pedo. but thus far no statement has
been obtained from any one who saw
a submarine or a torpedo.
The American embassy is receiving
reports from Wesley Frost, American
consul at Queenstown, on the Ques-
ton whether warning was given to
the liner. Persons 80 far seen by Mr..
Frost state that no warning was given.
Many Not Accounted For.
The list of identified survivors still
leaves a considerable number of per-
sons unaccounted for The Allan line
is confident the final checking UP
will show no loss of life. except for
the death Of one or two persons after
reaching Queenstown.
A Chronicle dispatch from Queens
town says that Miss Carberry, an eld-
efly passenger on the Hesperian, died
from shock after being rescued and
that another woman succumbed a
short time after being taken aboard
the rescue ship.
Mr.: Frost telegraphed to the Amer
ican embassy that the admiralty au.
thorities had not been informed off.
cially that the Hesperian had been
torpedoed without warning, but that
they believed this was the case.
None of the officers Of the Hesperian
except an assistant purser had yet ar
rived in Queenstown. This man and
various passengers interviewed by Mr..
Frost agreed on the statement that
no warning was given.
Mr.. Frost's message also said that
forty-five unoryanized Canadian
troops were on board. most of them
invaded. and that the Hesperian had
Two Americans Aboard Saved.
The consul had been unable to learn
Of more than two Americans who
were on the Hesperian, both members
of the crew. and both reported to have
been saved.
Some passengers say they heard
the lookout shout. Submarine on star
board quarter" All agreed the Hes
per1an was struck on the starboard
side between the foremost and the
bridge.
Lifeboats were launched in the
darkness, but without panic. The
fourth and fifth boats were lowered
unevenly and overturned, the occu-
pants being thrown into the water.
Some Of them were injured.
AT the London Office of the Allan
line It Is stated that all passengers
reached Queenstown safely. Some Of
the rescued. however, say they
heard cries for help from persons in
the water.
A woman in one of the lifeboats
stopped a small leak by removing a
stocking and stuffing it into the hole
Three Sisters Of Mercy were among
the last to depart from the Hesperian.
One OF the passengers asserted that
sixty persons were crowded into q
hfeboat having capacity of forty.