The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25


not been seen since that time and is
supposed to have been lost.
The explosion occurred at about 3
o. m. when the Sussex was an hour
and a half out of Folkestone. The
wireless apparatus was destroyed and
no help arrived until nearly midnight.
Had it not been for the water tight
compartments the Sussex would have
sunk with a heavier loss of life.
Declares Torpedo Did 1t.
According to official information
from the admiralty this morning be-
tween 80 and 100 passengers of the
Sussex have landed at Dover and
about $50 passengers and members of
the crew in France.
Twenty-Five Americans were aboard
the cross channel steamer, Sussex,
which was seriously damaged yester-
day near the French coast and was
towed into Boulogne early today, ac-
cOrding to the London, Brighton and
South Coast Railway company Off
Gals. who say that the passenger list
of the Sussex shows that there were
that many Americans aboard.
Miss Baldwin, daughter of prorni-
nent American resident of Paris, was
injured seriously on the Sussex.
Miss Baldwin's father and mother
also were on board the vessel. All
| have been taken to Boulogne. In ad-
dition to other injuries Miss Baldwins
leg was broken. Miss Alice Ruiz of
Colorado and Wilder G. Penfield of
Merton college, oxford, are other
Americans who were saved.
Loss of Life Heavy.
| Edward Huxley, president of the
| United States Rubber Export COM
pany, and Francis E. Drake, European
manager of the company, are among
/ the Americans rescued from the Sus-
sex.
They report that there was a heavy
loss of life, including probably several
Americans.
The following Americans were
aboard the Sussex:
| Joshua D. Armitage, j. n. Baldwin,
Helen Baldwin, Elizabet Baldwin, Ger
| trude Barnes. c. T. Crockett, Samuel
Bemis. Henry Deer, Ida Deer, Lillian
C. S. Harde, Edna S. Harde, Edward
| Huxley, Dorothy Phillips Hilton and
Edna Frances Hilton.
Is Probably Lost.
The dispatch to the state depart
ment was from American Consul
Armstrong at Bristol, and said the
Englishman was torpedoed at an I'M
known place and time and that 33
survivors had been brought into an
unnamed British port.
The American citizens known to be
aboard the ship were not among the
survivors.
The consul also reported that sixty
)
ship were believed by the British au-
thoritieS to have been saved, although
no definite information on that point
was available Sixty more persons
unaccounted for. according to the dis
patch.
Salybia Sunk, All Saved.
London, March 25-Lloyds' report
says the British steamship Salybia has
been sunk and the passengers and
crew were saved.
The Salybia was 342 feet long and
4 6 feet beam. 1t was built in 1904 and
was owned by Scrutton & Sons of Lon
don. In the last available shipping
records the vessel is reported as hav-
ing left Barbados on March 3 for Lon
don.
Consul Reports Drowned.
Washington, March 25-ConsuIar
reports to the state department today
say the Dominion line steamer Eng
lishman, sunk near the British isles.
was torpedoed and that four Ameri-
was horse ship.
The missing Americans are Peter
Mcdonald, a horse foreman of So
Cherry street, Boston George MacDon-
aid, trimmer at 81 Common street,
Lawrence, Mass; P. Buckley and NJ
A Burke, address unknown.
Believe Many Persisted
London, Eng, March ,25-The Nor
wegian steamer BIaaklakken was tor
pedoed in the North sea, a week ago,
while on a voyage from England to
Norway, according a Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
company. Four survivors were picked
up off the Dogger bank and landed at
Copenhagen today. The other mem
bers of the crew are believed to have
persisted
The BlaakIakken was a small vessel
of ESQ tons