Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-30
Steamer Sussex Has 1856 Passen-
gers Aboard, Some of Whom
Are Said to Be Americans
Few Details Obtained.
Vessel IS STILL AfL0AT
Steamer Englishman Bound
from AvonmOuth, England to
Portland, Me-, Is Sunk-L0ss
of Life Probably Slight in
Both Cases.

London, March 24.-1t is reported that
cross channel passenger boat from
Folkcstone to Dieppe was sunk this after
noon.
Nothing is obtainable from any reliable
quarter here concerning the Folkestone
but she is understood to have been carry
ing 24o civilian passengers in addition to
a crew of sixty men.
1t Is rumorcd tha! the steamer sank at
four o'clock this afternoon.
The continental traffic Office of the
Brighton railroad says that according to
reports received by it all persons on board
the steamer were saved and the vessel
is still anoat.
The Central News says the steamer
was the Sussex and that she was tor
pedoed off Beachy Head. The agency
gives the number of passengers rs $50
a few of whom were British. The vessel
was under the command of Captain
Mouffet while the crow number 40. mostly
French.
"A later report-tmed 1890 p. m.-says
the Sussex is still aioat and in charge
of tug.
Il think 1t probable that there were
number Of Americans among the pas
! .
Skinner. the American consul general, in
reply TO question by the Associated
Press because In the last few days ms
office has viscd passports for many
Americans going to Franco.
! At both the American embassy and
the consulate general there were ru-
mors that the Sussex had been tor
pedoed, but neither had received any
details.
! The Sussex left Folk estone at 20
o'clock this afternoon flying the French
flag and met with mishap somewhere
off Dieppe at seven o'clock tonight.
When the alarm signal was sent out
a number of vessels in the vicinity
hurried to her assistance while others
rushed under full steam from Dieppe
! harbor.
The Sussex is owned by the French
state railroads, but is mana ged by the
| Brighton railroad. Before the war she
was employed in the night service be-
| tween New Haven and Dieppe. but fol-
| lowing the outbreak of hostilities her
run was changed from Folkestone to
! Dieppe.
The Brighton railroad tonight issued
| the following account of the accident OF
the Sussex:
THE Sussex, sailing under French
flag in the Folkestone Dieppe service
met with a mishap somewhere off Dieppe
on her passage to-day. There were 3St
passengers aboard and a crew of abou,
So but 1t is impossible at present to
give further particulars nor is the pas
senGer list available. At $50 O'Clock this
evening the vessel was still a1oat in
| charge of tug. 1t is assumed. there
fore, that all the passengers We're saved -
| London, March 24-The steamer Eng,
| lishman Of the Dominion line has beer
sunk, according to Lloyds. 1t is stated
that thus far 6S survivors have beer
accounted for
The last record Of the steamer English.
man shows that she sailed from Port.
land Maine, February Il. for St
Nazaire and Avonmouth. The English
man was a vessel of 5,257 tons and wa.
owned by the Mississippi and Dominion
Steamship company of Liverpool Sh,
was build in 1892 at Belfast.
Portland Me. March 24-The Dominion
line steamer Englishman, which wa.
reported sunk in a despatch from Lon
don tonight, was bound from Avon
mouth for this port to obtain horses fol
the entente allies forces Agents OF
the Dominion line here said the Eng.
lishman left Monmouth Wednesda,
night The 6S men reported saved, ir
their opinion, constituted most, If no.
all those aboard the steamer The Eng
lishman was commanded by Captain
| Morehouse