The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
GERMAN U.BOAT
OFF IRISH COAST
TorpedOed Steam Ship
. Without Any Warning.
FULL INVESTIGATION ORDEAE7.
Fifty United States Citizens
Believed On Board
the Vessel.
aiAYREDpFN lssrEWITH BERLIN

London, Oct. 80 C4:ao p. m.D-A
private Telegram received at the
American consulate this afternoon
from Crookhayen says that a num-
Der of Americans were drowned
when the British steamship Marina
was torpedood by a German sub
| marine.
In reply to an inquiry from the
| American Embassy the Admiralty
said to-day that there were forty
nine Americans in the crew Of tie
| Marina. ....
LEMON, Oct. 80 G1:C5 a. m.D-
The American Embassy to-day re-
ccived report frcm Wesley frost
American Consul at Queenstown.
that the British steamship Marina
had been torpedoed without warn
Ing. 1t is believed number of
Americans We're on board
Only thirty-four members of the
crew of 1O4 have been picked up
and landed at Crookhayen. Ireland.
Mr.. Frost is now procuring an-
dayits from survivors.
A report of the sinking on Octo-
Der 26 Of the British steamer Ro~-
anmore also was made to the Amer
lean Embassy to-day BY Mr.. Eros.
who states that the vessel was torpc-
doed. Seven Americans, including
five Filipinos, We're on boa-d the
Rowanmore. Several of them have
given Mr.. Frost afIidavits Stains
that a submarine shelled life boats
while they We're being lowered ana
after they We're clear Of the ship.
without causing loss of life.
The Marina. which has been en-
gagged in transatlantic service. was
a vessel of 5.204 tons gross, built IN
1900. She was last reported as hay
ing arrived at Glasgow on Octob,r
10, after having sailed from Now
port News on September q.
Washington 20 INVESTIGATE.
Washington, Oct. O.-Dispatchps
to the State Department say the Ma
rina. when sunk had q mixed grow
of British and Americans and that
she was sunk by gun-fire without
warning.
Consul Frost, ar Queenstown,
specified that the information he
transmitted was provisional" III
vestigation will be made az orce to
determine the status of the Marina
and the nature of the attack to de
termine whether any Of Cermany's
pledges to the United states have
been violated.
The State Department issued this
summary OF Consul Frost's dispatch.
"The British horse transport Ma
rina with mixed crew of R-itish
and Americans, was reported sunk
without warning by German subma-
rine gun-iire at 3 p. N. October IS,
100 miles west of Cape Clear, in an
Official report received at the State
Department to-day from Consul
Frost at Queenstown. ThiIty-fOur
Of the crew OF lO4 have been landed
at CroOkhaven, while seventy 2.hcrs, /!
those in boats Nos. l
and S. are missing. Consul Frost
says his information so far is purely
provisional.
Destruction of the British horse
transport Marina by a German sub
without warning, with DOS
sible loss Of American lives. and tho
of the lives ct seven
American citizens in the submarine
attack on the British freighter Row
reported from Queenstown
to-day by American Consul Frost.
contain possibilities of reviving the
submarine issue between the United
States and Germany.
Investigation, OFF cials realize, may
disclose that there has been no vio-
lation of German pledges to the
United S,'tes. Nevertheless. thu
first reports. inconplete and trans
mitted by the American Consul as
provisional" caused some uneas!-
ness.
The report on the destruction of
he Marina refers to the ship as
British horse transport" IL II
Lnrrs ont that shn uas in fnc In the