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j. S. CONSUL LOST;
. ANOTHER AMERICAN
AMONG RESCUED
Tension Increases in Wash
ingtOn as Meager De-
tails Arrive.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AWAIT FULL INFORMATION
Generally Felt, However, That
U. S. Is at End of Rope in
Diplomatic Negotiations.
FINAL DECISION WITH WILSON
Austrian Charge Asks for Suspension
OF Judgment Until Facts
Are Known.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AWAIT FULL INFORMATION
FINAL DECISION WITH WILSON
Austrian Charge Asks for Suspension
OF Judgment Until Facts
Are Known.

LONDON, January 2-Unof'icial dis
ish steamship Persia. sunk IN the Mod
iterranean on Thursday. was torpedoed
without warning, and sank in five min
utes Survivors to the number Of So
Reuters Cairo correspondent MAKES
the unreserved statement that Robert
y. McNcely. American consul at Adcn.
Arabia lost his life. Charles II. Grant,
OF BOSTON. was saved.
Details Of the sinking Of the Persia
came in slowly to-day, but such In
formation as was received made 1t ap
pear that the number Of persons who
escaped in the four boats which were
put off was larger than was hoped
when the first news was received yes
tcrday. The Pcninsular and Oriental
Company, which owned the Persia, an
nounccd this morning that 1853 sur
vivors had arrived ut Alexandria.
The survivors comprise the chief Of
Rcer. second officer, seven engineers,
twcnty-sevcn seninen. three Las
cars and fifty-nine passengers.
LLOYD'S DISPATCH GIVES
ONLY IJ3 AS SAVED
\ I.loyd's dispatch give the number
rs 1853, maze up OF ffty-nine pa ssen-
gers. Of whom seventeen are women,
AMI ninety four members Of the crew,
including hfty-nInc Lascars
The survivors include ten military
officers and eight persons who are not
British subjects.
Nobody or board saw the submarine
The first intimation OF the vessels doom
was the wake o: the torpedo. sighted
by n ships officer an instant before she
was struck.
The ship was struck amIdships on
the port side Mt 1:10 r. NJ" says Reu-
tcr's correspondent at Cairo. "She had
disa ppeared completely by 1:15.
Survivors say 1t was little short Of
n miracle that any ona was saved. There
waa no panic. Four boats w ere launched
with the utmost promptitude.
The captain was drowned. When
last seen he was swimming. after tho
liner had plunged beneath the surface"
Roth the Peninsular and Crirnta, Com
pany and Reuters correspondent say
that Mr.. Grant has been landed at
Alexandria. The steamship company
this afternoon had received no news of
| hc.>ttiS I1te
Edward Rose, Of Denver. left the Per-
sia at Gibraltar. is was reported yes
tcrday
COMPANY GETS TELEGRAM
FROM ONE OF SURVIVORS
The Peninsular and Oriental Company
tonight received the following tele-
gram from Colonel c. c. BEham. who
was among the survivors of the Persia
disaster:
"A torpedo struck the ship on the
port how at EOS o'clock in the after
noon when about forty miles south of
the east cId of the Island of Crete
No warning was given. nor any attempt
to assist. Within five minutes the ship
had sunk.
1T was impossible to lower the star
hoard boats, on account OF the heavy
list. Six small boats were lowered on
the pert side. ! did not sec this myself
as was washed overheard when the
boat capsizcd.
The conduct OF the passengers and
crew was splendid: there was no panic
and struggling. Four bonts, after thirty
hours ut sea. were picked up by n
warship."