Evening star., 1916-10-31
Sailors Thought Missiles of
Destruction Were Fish
Swimming Toward Them.
thirteen OF CREW
STILL.ARE MISSING
Consul Frost Declares There Prob
ably Have Been Some Ameri-
can Fatalities.

bers of the crew of the British steamer
Marina are reported missing as the re-
suit of the sinking of that vessel off
the Irish coast. after having been tor
pedoed by a submarine Saturday after
noon. In reply to an inquiry from the
American embassy the admiralty said
today that there were forty-nine Amer
leans in the crew of the Marina.
The Marina sank within ten minutes
after being torpedoed. Wesley Frost.
American consul at Queenstown, re-
ported to the American embassy today.
He said survivors state the vessel was
torpedoed without warning in heavy
sea.
Mr.. Frost is obtaining affidavits from
survivors and ascertaining how many
Americans are among the Castletown
survivors.
The American embassy today received
a telegram from the American consul
at Glasgow stating that the Marina
left Glasgow October 25 for Baltimore
and Newport News with fifty Ameri-
cans aboard.
Fifty-two more survivors have been
landed Mr.. Frost reports that among
the thirteen missing there propaoiy
will be American fatalities.
Mr.. Frost's Telegram.
Mr.. Frost's telegram to the embassy
follows:
"Fifty-two more survivors of the
Marina landed at Castletown pier Only
thirteen now missing believed dead.
No less than thirty-six Americans
a aboard, of whom sixteen were saved at
Crookhaven. There probably Will De
some American fatalities.
The admiralty has Informed the
American embassy that the Marina was
torpedoed, but that it had not been
n oivnd "
given.
No official information is available
whether any Americans were drowned.
although only thirty-four SURVIVORS
have been landed at Crookhaven. The
Marina, which was outward bound. was
torpedoed twice and broke in two. II Is
reported that men, were oIownso
while attempting to lower boats. MT
available information in regard to the
Americans on the vessel
The admiralty says the Marina was
not under government charter.
According to the telegram received
by Consul General Skinner, survivors
report that two boats containing
sixty-three men left the Marina at the
same time and have not been account
ed for (This telegram evidently was
sent before news had. been received
that ffty-two survivors had landed at
Castletown) The weather was unu-
sually 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 in two parts.
1t is reported seven men were killed
while attempting to get into boats.
Sailors saw the wake of torpedo
according to these arvices, and until
the ship, was struck thought 1t was
fish.
Asking What q. S. Will Do.
Basing their comments on the earlier
news that a large number of Americans
lost their lives when the British steam
er Marina was sunk by a German sub
marine. the London evening NEWSPAPERS
are again asking what the Onlteo
States government will do.
I'VE as yet are without informstion
as to the status of the Marina and the
precise nature of the attack In the
absence of such information it would
hardly be profitable to discuss ques-
tions which the sinking of the Marina
may or may not raise.
The Globe says: Germany in her
new submarine campaign apparently
has thrown to the winds all consldera1,
ton for neutrals and such pitiful
shreds of international law as she still
professed to maintain
The Pail Mall Gazette says if the
facts pear any TeSeElD 10 lne
versions it is clear that President Will
son will be confronted by an awkward
dilemma.
Referring to President Wilson's
"strict accountability" note and his
election appeal of having kept Amer
ica out of the war;" the Pail Mall Ga
zette says: Even his firmest support
ers may feel some anxiety as to the
possibility of reconciling his diplomat
ic notes with his election posters in
such an incident this. Whether
fer upon her subjects at all is a ques-
ton which the Marina case may carry
to a final answer"
Four Lived in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, october 31.-Of twelve
Americans aboard the Marina, whose
addresses were given as Baltimore,
only four had homes here, far as
could be learned. Edgar Miller and
Charles Horky, each nineteen years
old, have been missing from their
homes for about six weeks and their
parents had no knowledge of their
whereabout until their names were
listed among the Marina's crew.
Harry F. Jones. jr., nineteen years
old, disappeared from his home last
month and later wrote to his father
twenty-five years old. also left his
home last month and nothing was
heard from him until today, when his
mother received a letter dated Glas-
gow in which Hunt said he expected
to return home in November.