New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-10
VESSEL CARRIED
Az PASSENGERS
Several Wounded Among
27O Survivors Landed
at Bizerta.
ANXIETY IN CAPITAL
Washington Fears Ancona Sink.
ing May Lead to Serious DIS.
pute with Austria.

pute with Austria.
Rome, Nov. 9.-The Italian liner
Ancona has been sunk by a large
submarine flying the Austrian col.
ors. She carried 422 passengers
and so in the crew.
Two hundred and seventy sur
vivors. some Of them wounded. have
been landed at Bizerta.
The Ancona was due TO leave
Naples for New York yesterday.
She is the first passenger liner
torpedoed since the Arabic.
The dispatches received give No
indication as to whether or not the
sinking was justified by reason Of
an effort 20 escape or any hostile
act.
"If the Ancona has been sunk by
submarine, then il is a case Of
wilful murder" exclaimed William
Hartfield, New York representative
of the Italian line, at his home, 40
Riverside Drive, last night. He said
that the liner usually carried . few
Americans on her trips from italy b
her pier at Thirty-fourth Street.
"The Ancona was due to leave
Naples either yesterday or today,
said Mr.. fairfield. Captain Z.
Massorda was bringing her across.
At this time Of the year she gener-
ally carried from 300 to 400 passen-
gers, mostly women and children, in
the steerage, coming over here IN
join their relatives. On almost
every trip she has carried . few
on her passenger hst.
al have had no official notice that
the Ancona has been sunk, but IL
the report is true. there is no pos
sible excuse for the submarine com
mander. He is guilty Of wilful mur-
der in sinking a boat carrying inno-
cent women and children and no con-
traband."
Mr.. fairfield admitted that thu
Ancona carried Italian reservis(a
on her last trip from this country.
He could not give any details about
her cargo, he said, until he consult
ed the records in his Office at AZ
Wall Street.
"This is the boat and the crew
that stood by when the SAINT Anna
was afre at sea several weeks ago.
Mr.. fairfield added. Several hun
dred passengers were transferred
from the San.' Anna TO the Ancons.
II this liner and her brave crew
have been sunk, I repeat, it's . case
Of wiIful murder"
The Ancona was comparatively
new steamship, and since the en-
trance Of Italy into the war she had
carried large quantities OF NUM-
tions. horses and reservists from
this port. She last left Now York
on October II, and arrived on Octo-
Der 20 at Naples, where most OF her
cargo was unloaded.
The Ancona was twin screw ves-
sci of 5000 tons displacement. She
was 4s2 feet in length, 81 feet in
beam and lad depth Of "a feet.
She was built at Belfast, Ireland,
in 1908.
The Ancona had been in the Italian
Line service for six years, and with
out her cargo was valued at more than
sl,000,o 900.
Rescued SAINT Anna's Passenger.
The Aneona played q prominent part
in the rescue OF passengers from the
burning Fabre liner SAINT Anna in mid
Atlantic on September II. She went
TO the SAINT Anns's aid and took on
more than 600 passengers. The SAINT
Anna carried more than 1000 psssen'
gers, but succeeded in checking the nrs
and proceeded TO the Azores withou'
further assistance. :.
For several months before ltaly's en-
trance into the war the Ancona wsi
engaged in carrying home Italian -;
servists from this country and supple,
for the Italian government On ore o.
her trips from New York to Napies
late in August last year the Aneens
Was stopped b. the British At Gioreusi
and twenty-four Germans and one Avs
,rian were taken of.
Late last summer the Aneons W.
here for Italy with $4,000 bushels g
wheat, 1000 tons Of hay and -
horses for the Italian government u
the same voyage she carried 500 ite,.
ians in ,hesstssrsss. who vent esss