Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-20
SUBMARINE SINKS
A BRITISH LINER
WITHOUT NOTICE
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White star liner Arabic. on lie way
from Liverpool 10 New York. Early
thIs evening. when nine hours had
elapsed ainco the sinking Of the steam
ship the fate OF the 40 persons on board
was unknown
The latest word from Queenstown was
that Il was feared there had been great
loss q Size On the other hand. dis
patches received BY two news agencies IN
London said that apparently the greater
part OF those on board had been saved.
Main hope was pinned on the report
that ateamer wan proceeding TO Queens
town with about 10 persons on bonrd.
A report from the British steamer Mas
noila said that tho British stecsnship
Dunaley also had been torpedoed, but
that some time after the Arabic went
down Il was atm afloet and was picking
up survivors.
The Dunsiey left Liverpool yesterday
for Boston. II Il vessel or about 500
tons gross and was therefore of sufficient
size 10 accommodate the persons on
board the Arabic.
Captain w. Finch. lieutenant in the
royal navy reserve. was in command OF
tho Arabic He In a veteran skipper,
having sailed the Pacific for years on,
Of San Francisco.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1e.-Tho White star
line received word at f:D o'clock this
afternoon from lts Liverpool office that
the liner Arabic had been sunk BY a
German submarine at Sis o'clock this
morning off N caouth coast OF ireland.
Press dispatches from London had told
Of n eEinking an hour before.
Almost At the Same moment that the
cables we're telling Of the sinking the
line received q message from London an
nounclne that the vessel had sailed from
Liverpool yesterday afternoon. This waf
followed IN q few minutes BY another
message stating that the steamer had
aboard 10 cabin passengers and forty.
rive n the steeFaee, For nearly an hour
this vas the only information that ths
llne could nive 70 tire hundreds OF In.
quirera who besleged ths offioe in persor
and BY telephone for news.
Comes Throush slowly.
Then the story came through, a few
words at q time. Fifteen b0atloads OF sur,
vivors. an early dispatch said, were OF
their way to Queenstown. Nearly -four
hours after the first message a cable.
MNNNAAN w. A|N@ANNW +|AN4NIA "a" NM0 IN
teilieence that x5 survivors had beer
landed a. Queenstown. that only forty.
eight were 70 Be accounted for and fhai
the captain Of the liner. VIII Finch Of
The royal navy reserves had wired thai
hla ship saa torpedoed without warning
and eank la eleven minutes.
At 8 o'clock the lire had the name Of
emily one survivor, Ar. De Lcrrimer O.
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ninialeF OF marine.
War time secrecy cloaks ali sailingi
from British ports until the vessels AZ,
well On their way out OF the Gorulai
var zone. Steamers slip m and out .
British ports unheraldod with darkene.
lishts. and shrouded portholes and stoan
al TOP speed through the war some. boat
swung outward IN momontary READINGS
for a death blow, the lines represents
lives explained.
Fifteen Amstieana On.
short, after o'clock press dlspatehe
from London oontAined the Information
that The American embassy had reooivel
word that there were fifteen American
On tbs ship.
The white star line here had no wor
- q who they were o. whether the
were saved
p A. ). frankiin, receiver q the N
tcrnational Mercantile Marine compan,
ehieA operates ihe whife Star line. C.
pie1 the Liverpool agents OF the I'm
asking that All possible speed b. use
IN iorrardina the names OF passenger
70 New York Until the receipt OF N
Passenger lial the officials Of tho IN
nefc Ia possession Of only one passenger