The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-09-03
TWO AMERICANS
LOST WHEN ARABIC
WAS TORPEOOED
British Liner Sent TO Bottom by
Submarine.
IS U. S. CITIZENS RESCUED
Germans Fired Missile ~ Steamer
Without Warning as Sne Was
Seeking to Aid Another Which
Had Been Hit

night saying that u passengers OF the
Arabic, which was toTpedoec on Thurs
day By a German submarine. were
missing. and tha. il was feared they
were lost
Ambassador Page has sent a cable
gram 10 the state department al Wash
ington. saying that eight Americans
are among the missing They are.
Mrs. Josephine L. 5rusiere Of New
York.
Or. Edmund 2. Wood Of GAINESVILLE.
Wis.
Torpecoec While al Rescue.
AL the information that is coming
10 London and which was allowed 10
become public confirms the fragmen-
tary stories that the Arabic was tor
pedoed without warning As a matter
OF fact she was sunk by a German sub
marine when proceeding 10 the aid OF
a Wilson liner which shortly before
had been assailed by a German under
sea boat. This vessel had been shellec
By the submarine ard was slowly sink
ing when the Arabic hove in view.
The testimony Of officers. crew and
passengers is unanimous that no sub
marine was seen The torpedo was
sighted Just before il struck the ship.
Heroisn1 Saves Arabie's Many.
The heroism displayed by the en-
gine-room stan IS solely responsible
for the large number OF persons saved.
Captain Finch OF the Arabic whistled
down 10 the engine room. ordered full
speed astern 10 check the way Of the
ship. and in less than three minutes
she came 10 a standstilL This three
minutes spelled death TO the engineers
who stuck 10 their post. but II made
possible the launching OF the lifeboats
and the saving OF such a large percent
age Of the human beings on board
Survivors Drift Five Hours.
The life5oats. most OF them. were
not picked up for five hours Captain
Finch was the last man TO leave the
boat. He jumped as the vessel. which
went down stern foremost. capsized-
Wreckage kept him afioat until he was
picked Up by a boat. He said al
Queenstown that II he had only a few
minutes more time not a life would
have been lost
The survivors. some OF whom were
in their night clothes. suffered severe
ly before they reached Queenstown.
There was little panic among the pas
sengers. A number Of them were tax
ing advantage OF the beautiful weather
10 have breakfast on deck
Captain Finch Tells Story.
The first official statement from an
officer Of the boat came from Captain
Finch
We were forty-seven miles south OF
Galleyhead at $3.50 in the morning" he
said. when perceived the steamer
Dunsley in difficulty Going toward
her ] observed torpedo coming for
my ship. but could not discern a sub
marine. The torpedo struck 100 feet
from the stern. making terrible havoc
Of the hull The vessel began 10 set
tie Immediately and sank IN about
eight minutes.
My order from the bridge about
getting the boats launched was
promptly obeyed. Two boats capsized.
We had taken every precaution while
in the danger zone. There we're plenty
Of life belts on deck and the boats were
ready for immediate launching. The
officers and crew behaved exceIlently
and did everything possible in the cir
cumstances. getting people into the
boats and picking up those in the sea.
Il was the last 10 leave. taking the
plunge into the sea as the ship was
going down. After being in the water
some time got aboard a raft. 10
which | also assisted two men and
women"
Captain Finch paid special tribute TO
the heroic conduct OF several engineers
and firemen who remained al their
posts to the last and sacrificed their
lives TO execute orders from the
bridge. thus insuring the safety OF the
passengers. Among those lost was the
captains nephew
Fifty in Rerths When Hi.
Most OF the passengers were m
ueIA OF at ultdhAdht NUeu We were
struck said Joseph c. De Lorr,mer.
Montreal lawyer and son.in-law Of a
former Canadian minister of marine
Possibly fifty OF the passengers ere
still in their be-ths.
1t was about nine O'Clock. or a 1T
tie after. when several OF US sighted
what we thought was a submarine
quite a distance TO starboard. an.
preaching a steamer we later found
out was the Dunsley OF London. While
We were watching we caught the
faint sound OF an explosion and TOOK
II for granted that the Dunsley had
been torpedoed.
our course was taking rs over in
the direction OF the DunsIey. We ire
pared for an attack at once. The crew
ran about distributing life presorvers
and swinging out the boats.
Il adjusted my life preserver and
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