Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-29
MANY AMERICA Ms ABOARD.
KcpOrttti Several u. =. Citizens Miss
ing-rwO Ships Sunk.

W
with disaster from a mine or subma-
rinc yesterday afternoon. Two Amer
leans are known to have been injured
seriously. They are Miss Elizabeth
Baldwin, daughter Of Prof. J. Mark
i5a aldwin. Il resident Of Paris, and Will
der G. Pcnficld, OF Hudson, Wis, Il
Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.
Whether any Americans were kill
ed or drowned has not been ascertain
ed, but American passengers say that
young American was standing
where the explosion occurred and
! could not be found afterwards.
While the loss OF life was cOnSid-
cradle, according to passengers. il is
believed the greatest sufferers were
members of the crew.
a British destroyer landed some
passengers at Dover early to-day and
/ majority came to London. The
other survivors were taken by 4
French trawlcr to Boulogne. Hence
it is impossible to obtain accurate IN
formation here whether any Amcri-
cans were killed.
The American embassy issued a
notice to-day asking American survi-
vorS who have reached England to
report themselves.
The Sussex was towed to Bouloync
to day. No evidence has bccm OBJ
tanned to indicate whether sho was
struck by Il mine or a torpedo. but
officials believe Il submarine was re-
SponSiblc.
Samuel T.. Bcmis, an American
passenger. declared positively he saw
the wake Of Il torpedo.
The explosion was terrific. 1t Oc-
CURED just ahead Of the captains
bridge and tore the front part OF the
steamer to pieces. killing or injuring
IA number OF persons. Many were
wounded by flying splinters.
The admiralty states that 25O sur
vivors have been landed in France
and between 90 and 100 at Dover AS
there were 3S6 passengers and about
30 men in the crew. rs or more per-
sons arc still missing.
Many passengers jumped over
board. Gratings and pieces Of furni-
tire were thrown to them. More
than half OF them arc believed to
have lost their lives.
The forcnmsts and wireless appa-
ratus were blown away. The wire
| less operator attempted unsuccess-
fully to rig Il substitute. Persons who
, embarked in the boats returned to
the Sussex before dark. Rockets
| wore fired. and about midnight a
| trawler came to the rescue. 1t took
as many rs ii could rarry to Bou-
loGnc.
\ British destroyer came up and
took on the other passengers. convey
ing rhcm TO Dover Five bodies were
lcit aboard.
May Cause Controversy.
Washington. March 25.--Destru=.
! ton Of the British ship Englishman
with the possible loss Of American
lives. and the explosion on the chan
| mel liner Sussex. carrying American
passengers, coming close on the al
! legged attack on the Patria and the
Sinkin" OF the Tubantia. have served
| to nnscttlr the submarine situation
again and raise possibilities OF more
| complications with the central DOW
| crS.
American Consul .Armstrong's pre-
! liminnrN report. received to-day from
| Bristol. that the F.n 4lishman was tor
| pedocd, and that four Americans
were missing from the rescued. pre-
scntcd the most serious aspect Of the
! situation.
The fact that the missing Ameri-
cans were workers on a horse ship
and not passengers on a liner does
not lessen the interest OF the Amcri-
! can government in the case The cir
cumS'anCrs are acccntuatcd by the
| Fact that the ship was bound away
| from Europe and carried no contra
band.
As Consul ArmStrong'S dispatches
| did not say upon what proofs he
! based his statement that the En"-
! liShnlan WAS tOrpcGOcd, further in
! NcSiiSatiOn will be made before the
ease advances
Secretary Lansing made il plain
that all the reports received to-day
were OF preliminary nature and that
| more were expected.
| Ambassador Sharp 1T Paris, trans
mitt"d report from the American
| consul at Dieppc saving the Sussex
was totpcdOcd and that 60 to so per-
sons were wounded or killed by the
explosion. The ambassador added
that the ship had been tOwcd to l5ou-
loSnc ana 2'O persons landed.
No Warning, Say Survivors.
| Washington. March 26.--rhc cX-
| Ii''''' " iiIsli ut iiIt HSI!Sn
! Channel steamer Sussex, upon which
| - American citizens had taken pas
! sage. occurred "withOut the slightest
warning.' according to stories told
by American survivors to consular
| representatives in England and ca
| hlcd to-day to the state Department.
Survivors also declared one or six
! liieboats launched after the explosion
| had capSilcd. throwing its Occupants $