The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-27

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tct.ataijsd oniy Az man. ~ did
se4& the SlxtA &r4ks We know q
"a $6IT lhr&e Amef<cAns who ret int
= - 4ffeboats Nj. nA6t Mrs Baldwin
h 800 Miss BAIdw1ns MI
r1estd ~ sailmg 49,:
g &eel6sd thAt - the ship WA apparent.
1 ~ mot ssnaxing ~ would stay with
heks After the efuai1 boats had beer
4 p1nndtnx by FOR an .h0ffr they were
i hsiled and the people brought back
81 an board. About dust sailing YES
~ sci three miles away. which had been
standing by for some time. was sig
/. nailed by rockets and waving blankets.
~ Af least thirty exploding rockets with
:. .rpIored Fares were sent up. but the
shin continued her course and dis
appeared in the distance. The wireless
renoined INTACT ihspht The operator
said It was very difiscsAt TO receive
because the forward mast was gone
ana the antennae were lost, The
boilers remain ed intact as we could
~ seer athe steam .frofa. them and the
4 sssectriu tights burned ,sntil we LEFT
- the ship. sslssss2
sssssss at il:se a French vessel came up
Aa~s took off the women and children
aAH half the men ana Miss Baldwin.
wHo was unconscious. Then four or
remaining passengers were taken on
. British ship. with us there were
seven wounded, FIVE men and two
s.tucnier. Ore man died on the way to
vilglaud Five dead were left on the
/ .huik but apparently no Americans
among them. We arrived In England
at .:so A. NJ. and the wounded were
transferred 20 a nearby hospital ship.
. Clearly Saw Torpedo. He says.
XII. The frat Officer cat least com
- ,s,siss.olaeas ofTceT9 at the rescuing
: british ship told us that the captain OF
sssshesSnNsex reported to the captain OF
= ss,e British shin that he saw clearly
h ire wake Of r. torpedo. He ported
his helm hard. and tn a few seconds
longer would have escaped II. No life
-~>ssT,fss were given to the passengers and
we found ttem with great difficulty
y after the explosion had taken place.
In our opinion the explosion took
II pace about fifty feet from the bow
2 ena apparently on the starboard side.
we solemniy swear that the above
statement is trne 10 the best OF our
kfowledge and belief
Corrected Passenger List.
!, \ ~ -, Ambassador Page algo transmitted
.tha following corrected list of Ameri-
ran passengers on the Sussex:
Gertrude w Warren. ST Louis.
Caliope Anastasia Fennell. No. 1
j East ty-fourth Street New York.
4 LILLIAN G. s.. Randen. New York.
& Edna Barden, New York
Samuel F. Bemis, Medford Mass.
gs4 Harvard research worker},
~. Henry Beer. New York.
81. ida Beer. New York.
Edward 8, Huxley, New York.
is,44 Francis f.. Drake, New York
George Herbert Croker, Jr. Fitch-
s4s~hurr,~ Msss- ''e~.-~ ~ a-'
Charles Thomas Croker. Fltchburs.
& wilder G. penaeld, Hudson. wis.
K, IRhodes scholar at Oxford.)
ILL Joshua p. Armitaga. New York --
~ Edna Frances Hilton. New York.
vM.s* Dorothy Hilton. New York
-Ienxle~ CulhEraion- -LeNtsburg, Pa.
Daniel Sargent, wellesley. Mass.
AgfEdna HALE, New York.
Edward Marshall, New York. war
4 = seerrespondeuts -. tea
III. James Mark Baldwin. Baltimore.
~ ~ lfslen Baldwin This wifel, Baltimore.
q. ssifss 'Eolszabeth Baldwin tdaughter).
10 Baltimore.
- Eaiss' Lyon. or Colorado.
a \. tsohra p, Hearley. Albany. y, Y. feor-
~ resp6ndertl.
: 9ssrtrnfe r. Batnes. New York.
saSs.s Paris Ambs ssadorss Report.
~ dor sharp. ut rarFs." wefe given out
as follows;
- The following was received from
xasK Afnsficaps consulaT agent at Diep-
T-sfsSe * s@e1% t-@.e~s- fss ~
Cross channel steamer Sussex.
coming 70 r3fepbe rorpedoei at 4;30
this afternoon, six martins miles of
syAssxeks ass paesseagers aIid IS crew.
Wireless help calls received for ten
Nfhutes. Torpedo boat has arrived on
scene
THE consular agent teiegraphed at
noon that the Sussex was lowed TO-
ward Roulosne. Two hundred and e.
10 tpassengevs landed He understood
that sixty TO eighty passengers had
sSther been ksstea ows wounded by ex-
piosion. but dld not know the names
~ any of the dead. -s.3
some of the survivors have already
reached Parts. sQnA ef .tteu, Samuel
Bemis. n Harvard 'graduste. informed
me he had seen several persons killed
hx exnlnsion-@