New Britain herald., 1916-10-09
AMPLE WARNING IS
 GIVEN PASSENGERS
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(COntinutd from First Page. ) Commander Miller observed a sub- marine about a mile distant and al- 1 most imm ediately heard three shots from the bow gun of the submersible. Through the haze he could dimly make out the Stephano, the object of attack. None of the shots struck 1 the ship and probably none was 1 aimed directly at her. The Stephano hove to immediately and sent mes- sage to the Ericsson saying "Please take off our passengers"
 Before Commander Miller could get his boats to the side of the steamer she had loaded all her passengers in her own boats, from which they were taken on board the destroyer within five minutes. The Stephano was still afoat when the destroyer left, but was ] reported later as sunk.
 The Ericsson brought here twenty | five women and ten children, while the destroyer Balch brought sixty-nine 1 others from the Stephano, including 1 passengers and members of the crew. Eighteen of the women were land- 1 ed at the government pier by permis- ! sion Of the health officers and were 1 taken in automobiles to the homes of Gov R. Livingston Beeckman, Mrs. French Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius ! Vanderbilt and Arthur Curtiss James, ] former comm odore of the New York 1 Yacht club
 Proper Warming Given. Dr. Andrews. who is connected with ] the Grenfell mission in Labrador, was one of four Stephano passengers talk 1 en to the home of Mrs. Cornelius Van 1 derbilt. pr. Andrews was on his way 1 to New York. In describing his ex 1 periences pr. Andrews declared that the Germans gave the boat proper warning and then stood by until all of the passengers had been taken off. "Off1cers of the United States tor , pedo boat destroyer which had arrived in time to take care of the passengers of the Stephano visited the steamer" he said, ito make sure that all of the i passengers and crew were safe. Then 1 members of the German crew boarded l her and opened her water cOcks.' He i said no torpedo was discharged. While the Germans were engaged i in disposing of the Stephano, Dutch l vessel, probably the Bloomersdjik, 1 was standing a short distance away, ''like a steer waiting to be slaughtered' in the words of Dr. Andrews. She had been warned by the submarine to hold up, as her turn was coming next.
 pr. Andrews praised the work of the American wars12ips which went to the assistance of the distressed ves- ! sells. He said they gave every possible ] assistance to the distressed passen gers ] and when they were taken aboard the i oestroyers, showed them every court l esy.
 The other passengers taken to the home of Mrs. Carnelius Vanderbilt 1 were Flora Saunders, who was on her way to New York; Mary Goss, who has relatives in Bridgeport, Conn.,, and Michael Carew, of New York
 Mrs French Vanderbilt and her | son, William H. Vanderbilt, who were waiting at the government landing l long after midnight, cared for five wo- men passengers at their residence, Harbour View. They were: Miss Caro- line Ulrich and Miss Marion Gutter, both of Brooklyn, N. Y; Mrs. Henry B. Wilson and Miss Jessie Wilson, both of Wi1liamstown, Mass, and Miss An derson of New York, who recently came to this country from Sweden.
 Shots Halt Stephano.
 
 gers were going to dinner when some one told them that there were destroy CTS all around the steamer and that a submarine was nearby. They thought all of these were American boats un- til the German flag was seen on the undersca ship. Three shots were fired across the bow of the StephanO, Mrs. Wilson said. The steamer was stopped and all were ordered to take to the boats. The passengers did not have time to go to their stateroOms and saved none of their personal belong ings. The sea was calm and all were transferred to the destroyer Ericsson
 without difficulty The Ericsson, she
 said, was nearly out of sight of the l Stephano when the liner sank.
 Mrs. Wilson and her daughter had
 Teen making an extended visit to the
 Grenfell Mission station in Labrador
 Capt Fred s. Riley, connected with 1 the Moran Towing and Transportation
 Co. of New York, who was on board