The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-09
NEWPORT HOMES
 GIVEN OVER TO
 MANY REFUGEES
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Of the passengers of the Stephano, 30 were American tourists returning from Newfoundland and the Canadian maritime provinces. All came through their rough experience without injury, according to officers of the American destroyers, but lost nearly all their eff fects. Some were able to save a few valuables but their baggage went down with the ship
 Lieut.. Commander Miller, of the Ericsson, which picked up some of the boats from the Stephano, said that no attack was made by the submarine on this vessel until after all ondboard had left the ship. When the Ericsson ar- rived at the lightship Commander Mil Ter observed a submarine about a mile distant and almost immediately heard three shots from the bow gun of the submersible. Through the haze he could dimly make out the Stephano, the object of the attack. None of the shots struck the ship and probably none was aimed directly at her. The Stephano hove to immediately and sent message to the Ericsson saying Please take off our passengers
 Before Commander Miller could get his boats to the side of the steamer she had loaded all her passengers in her own boats from which they were taken on board the destroyer within five minutes. The Stephano was still af1oat when the destroyer left, but was reported later as sunk.
 The Ericsson bought here 25 women and 10 children while the destroyer Balch brought 69 others from the Stephano, including passengers and members of the crew. Eighteen of the women were landed at the govern ment pier by permission of the health officers and were taken in automobiles to the homes of Governor Beekman, Mrs, French Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornell jus Vanderbilt and Arthur Curtiss James, former commodore of the New York Yacht club. pr. Andrews, who is connected with the Grenfell mission in Labrador, was one of the four Stephano passengers taken to the home of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. pr. Andrews was on his way to New York. In describing his experiences, Dr.. Andrews declared that the Ger mans gave the boat proper warning and then stood by until all of the pas- sengers had been taken off.
 officers of the United S.otes tor pedo boat destroyer which had ar- rived in time to take care of the pas sengers of the Stephano visited the steamer" he said, "to make sure that all of the passengers and crew were safe. Then members of the German crew boarded her and opened her water cocks.''
 He said no torpedo was discharged. While the Germans were engaged in disposing of the Stephano, a Dutch vessel, probably the Bloomersdijk, was standing short distance away Hike steer waiting to be slaughtered" in the words of Dr. Andrews. She had been warned by the submarine to hold up as her turn was coming next
 Dr. Andrews praised the work of the American warships which went to the assistance, of the distressed ves- sells. He said they gave every possi- ble assistance to the distressed pas sengers and when they were taken aboard the destroyers showed them every courtesy.
 The other passengers taken to the home of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt were Flora Saunders, who was on her way to, New York; Mary Goss, /who has relatives in Bridgeport, Conn.,, and Michael Carew, of New York.
 Mrs. French Vanderbilt and her son, William H. Vanderbilt, who were long after midnight, cared for five women passengers at their residence, Harbour View. They were: Miss "a Ilrio Mo rsin mt ter, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. son, both of Williamstown, Mass, and Miss Anderson of New York, who re- gently came to this country from Sweden.
 Mrs. Wilson said that the passeng- CTS were going to dinner when some one told them that there were de- stroyers all around the steamer and that a submarine was nearby. They thought all of these were American boats until the German flag was seen on the undersea ship.
 Three shots were fired across the bow of the tStephano, Mrs. Wilson said. The steamer was stopped and all were ordered to take to the boats. The passengers did not have time to go to their staterooms and save their per- sonal belongings. The sea was calm and all were transferred to the de- destroyer Ericsson without difficulty. The Ericsson. she said, was nearly out of sight of the Stephano when the liner sank.
 Mrs. Wilson and her daughter had been making an extended visit to the Granfell Mission station in Labra- dor.
 Captain Fred S. Riley, connected with the Moran Towing & Transporta- ton Go. of New York, who was on board the Stephano, said that the submarine moved about in no appar- ent haste within easy sight of the destroyer Ericsson. while the latter was picking up the Stephalno's passen- gers and crew who were adrift in four boats.
 r 'It was 6 o'clock Sunday night when the submarine fired two shots across our bows," Captain Riley said. "One was a blank, I believe, the other a shell. Captain Smith of the Stephano ordered decks cleared and lifeboats lowered and all was placed in read mess without undue excitement. We were given ample warning for safety, fully 15 minutes, I believe.
 ''The passengers were unusually calm, women and children conducting themselves splendidly. The man de- voted them selves to assisting the chil-