The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-11-02
8 AMERICANS LOST
ON BRITISH SHIP
Consul Frost Says 81 Were
Saved From the Marina.
NO WARNING GIVEN STEAMER
Survivors Declare They Sighted Two
Submarines - Secretary Lansing
Sends Inquiries to Berlin
President Asks Facts.

London, Nov. six Americans were
killed in the sinking of the British
steamer Marina; according to tele-
gram received by American. Consul
Frost at Queenstown. The telegram
declared that 81 Americans had been
saved.
The Americans reported killed were
two men named Brown, two named
Thomas and one named Middleton and
0ne named Robertson. Men named
Miller and Davis, it is added, were in
jured.
Consul Frost has arranged to take
the dispositions of % American sur
vivors of the Marina arrived, says that
Thirty-four additional survivors, in
Guiding 10 Americans, are expected to
arrive at Cork.
An Exhange Telegraph dispatch from
Skibbereen, where some of the sur
vivors of the Marina arrived, says that
the steamer was attacked by two SUBJ
marines.
! Say Ship Got no Warning.
The Marina sank within ten minutes
after being torpedoed, Consul Frost re-
ported to the American embassy earlier
in the day. He said survivors state the
vessel was torpedoed without warning.
The number of missing, the message
added, has now been reduced to ID. Mr..
Frost's telegram to the embassy fol-
lows:
| "Fifty-two more survivors of the
Marina landed at Castletown pier. Only
10 now missing believed dead. Not
less than SO Americans aboard, of
whom 16 saved are at Crookhaven.
There will probably be some American
fatalities. Survivors state the vessel
was torpedoed without warning in
heavy sea sank within ten minutes"
Sailors Saw Wake Of Torpedo.
Other advices say the Marina was
first struck amidsbips. A terrific ex-
plosion occurred on the starbOard side,
The second torpedo struck the bow
and the steamship went down almost
Immediately, in two parts. 1t is re
lported seven men were killed while at
tempting to get into boats:
Sailors saw the wake of torpedo
according to latest advices, and until
the ship was struck thought 1t was d
fish.
Included among the Americans on
board the Marina, according to a list
issued October 80 by the United
States Shipping company of Newport
News, Va, agents for the vessel
we're: P. D. Brown, Upperville, Va.
]. c. r. Brown, Washington, II. b
Middleton, Fredericksburg, Va; Dan
lei p. Thomas and John ?. Thomas
both of Wilmington, Del; Andrew &
Robinson, Baltimore; Edgar Miller
Baltimore; F. c. Davis, Wake Forest
N. c., and Jack Davis, Roanoke, Va
All were classified as horsemen.
Reports to President.
Long Branch, N. j., Nov. 1.-After
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
and directed that all possible haste be
taken In obtaining the facts concern
Ing the sinking Of the vessel.
Inquiry Sent to Berlin.
Washington, Nov. 1.-Germany has
been asked to furnish the United
States any information the imperial
government may have concerning the
sinking by submarines Of the British
steamers Marina and RowanmOre
The request was forwarded it became
known, through the American embassy
at Berlin.
1t may be week or more before the
German reply is. received, as the sub
marine or submarines which made the
ATTACKS probably would not return tC
their bases and report under severa
days.