Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-01
Fifty One Reported Saved in
Telegram Received by United
States Consul Frost at
Liverpool.
TWO MORE ARE INJURED
Ship Attacked Without Warn
ing and Goes Down in Rough
Sea in Ten Minutes.
BREAKS INTO TWO PARTS
BULLETIN,

Long Brahch, N. j., oct. ol.-h1ter
receiving unofficial information that
six Americans had lost their lives by
the sinking of the British steamship
Marina, President Wilson communi-
Gated with Secretary of State Lansing
tonight and directed that all possible
haste be taken in obtaining the facts
concerning the sinking Of the vessel.
Secretary Lansing informed the
president that in addition to asking
the American embassy in London fo-
information, informal inquiries had
been sent to the German government.
London, Oct. Sl.--Six Americans
were killed in the sinking Of the Brit
ish steamer Marina, according to
telegram received by American Consul
Frost at Queenstown. says the Press
association. The telegram declared
that fifty-one Americans had been
saved. #s
The Americans reported killed, the
Press association says, were two men
named Brown, two, named Thomas
and one NAMED Middleton and one
named Robertson. Men named Miller
and Davis, it is added, were injured,
Included among the Americans OH
board the Marina, according to list
issued October 80 by the United
States Shipping company of Newport
News, Va, agents for the vessel,
were: P. D. Brown, Upperville, Va;
]. c. r. Brown, Washington D. C.;
H, B. Middleton, Fredericksburg, Va;
Daniel P, Thomas and John r
Thomas, both OF Wilmington, Del.
Andrew G, Robinson, Baltimore; Ed
gar Miller, Baltimore; F. C.Npayis,
Wake Forest, N. G., and Jack Davis,
Roanoke, Va. All were classified as
horsemen. F
London, Oct. 3l,-The number Of
missing from the British steamship
| Marina. which was torpedoed by
Submarine off the Irish coast, has now
been reduced to thirteen. according
| to d telegram received at the Amcri-
can embassy today from Wesley
Frost, American consul at Queens
town. I'ifty-two more Survivors
have been landed. Mr.. Frost reports
that among the thirteen there prob
ably will be American fatalities.
The British steamship Marina sank
within ten minutes after being torpel
doed, Wesley Frost, American consul
at Queenstown, reported to the Amer
lean embassy today. He said sur
vivors state the vessel was torpedoed
without warning.
Survivors state the vessel was tor
pedoed without warning in a heavy
sea and sank within ten minutes,
Mr.. Frost is obtaining affidavits
and ascertaining how many Ameri-
cans are among the Castleton sur
vivors.
The American embassy today re-
ceived telegram from the American
consul at Glasgow, stating that the
Marina left Glasgow October Is for
Baltimore and Newport News, with
fifty Americans aboard.
Hit by Two Torpedoes.
London, Oct. 3l.-A private tele-
gram received today from Crook
haven by Robert p. Skinner, Ameri-
can consul general, says that among
the survivors from the Marina, who
were landed at Crookhaven, are six
teen Americans. One of them is
Frank Howard Smith, veterinarian.
According to the telegram received
by Mr.. Skinner, survivors report that
two boats containing sixty-three men
left the Marina at the same time and
have not been accounted for. (This
telegram evidently was sent before
news had been received that ffty-two
more survivors had landed at Cas-
tleton). The weather was unusually
severe at the time the Marina was
sunk, and has been since then.
The Marina was first struck amid
ships. A terrific explosion occurred
on the starboard side. The second
torpedo struck the. bow and the
steamship went down almost immedi-
ately in two parts. 1t is reported
seven men were killed while attempt
ing to get into boats.
Sailors saw the wake Of torpedo,
according to these advices, and until
the ship was struck thought it was a
fish.
- Lansing Asks Affidavits.
Washington, Oct. 31.-Secretary
Lansing said today that his reports
on the destruction of the Marina with
probably loss of American lives were
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