Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-23
PASSENGER Liner
GIVEN Up FOR LOST
Lamport & Hollis l1,OOO-Ton
Steamer Voltaire Now Two
Weeks Overdue.
PROBABLE u BOAT VICTIM
About One-Third Of Crew Of l47
Believed TO Have Been
Americans.
PROBABLE U-BOAT VICTIM

NEW YORK. Doccmbcr 29-The
ii.oo0-ton Lamport q Holt passenger
liner voltairc. With u crew OF l47.
is believed 10 have been sunk off
Liverpool by Il German submarine.
Tie liner is two weeks overdue in
New York. and il was learned to-day
th;t, officials Of the line have all but
given UP hope that She will ever be
seen again.
Even tho possibility that she may
have bccouie disabled and is driftiug
on the open seas was lcssened h. the
news to-day that the Nauban. OF the
same line. due IN New York. AMI
which left Liverpool two weeks after
the Noltairc. WAS heard from by wirc-
less 1T Talifax on Thursday
in Official Of the line said to might
that the company had bccu keeping
the matter quiet. hoping against hope
shat the Noltaire would eventually
turn up.
There is ono Slim chance" this Of
hcial said, that the voltaire might
nave broken her shaft and is unable
to proceed. Eu; she is equipped with
q powerful apparatus. and could easily
summon aid. Our only hope is that
she is rcfraiuing from using her wire
! less for fear she might divulcc her
position TO submarines
COULD NOT LAST LONG
IN PRESENT WEATHER
If She is lost and her crew has
been set cut in open boats. would
not give them ten minutes as the time
! they probably would survive in the
present weather.
I'VE were more hopeful until the
! New York arrived the other day after
A passage through heavy seas. Now
Nc do not believe We viii ever hear
from her"
! This official said uo>vcssel since the
war began had drifted two weeks
without calling aid, if she was
equipped with wireless
The Noltairc left Liverpool on No
vember IS in ballast, She was due
here about twelve 10 fifteen days later.
she was to have sailed for South
America Tomorrow with a cargo in
which would have been more than
! Sf.o0oeoo III gold. The sailing has
been Cancelled. il vas announced TO-
night.
No official information was obtain
ahle as 20 the exact number Of Amer
leans on board the Noltairc |, was
stated that when She left New York
early III November with a cargo OF
meat for Liverpool she had :, crew of
| III men, about onc-third of Ihem
Americans.N The crew was paid in
/ Liverpool The number of Americans
reshippinG could not be obtained. II
was stated that probably all of them
would return with the vessel
ONE OF THE FASTEST noATs
! BELONGING TO COMPANY
| The Noltairc was one OF the fastest
: "oats OF Lamport & Holt Line she
has been in the New York Buenos
! N'rss trade. and has made several trims
/ 5"u'h in the last year She was cspc-
clally desirable for this purpose be-
,ause of the big demand for steamers
] equipped with strong rooms to carry
! eoid. Gold Is being shipped in great
! Quantities by bankers to South Amer
Ca TO pay for American imports from
| there No search is being directed for
/ he vessel from this side il was stated.
bat the British admiralty several davs
/ ago hcSan an inquiry. Whether war
! shiPs nave been sent in search of her
! -, not known here
! The boat MAS built in Glasgow in
| i""i and was under the British uar