The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
AMERICAN Liner
HITS A Mine BUT
REACHES HARB0R
The New York Meets Disaster
Near Liverpool.
So Passengers and 234 Crew,
However, Are Safe.
is HUGE 1O,OOO-TON VESSEL
Left New York Port With Guns
and Naval Crew.
ISL Americans Among Ships
Passengers and Crew.

New York, April 10.-The New
York docked safely at Liverpool at
1 a. m. (English time) and all pas
sengers are safe, according to a cable
gram received here today by the
American line. The damage to the
vessel was small, the message stated.
Washington, April 10.-The Ameri-
can liner New York struck a mine at
7:40 p. m. last night five miles off
Liverpool bar No casualties were re-
ported. The vessel later proceeded
to Liverpool
Consul Washington at Liverpool re-
porting the incident to the state de-
partment today, says:
The American liner New York
struck a mine at 7:4O p. m. last night,
! five miles off Liverpool bar Company
| reports passengers landed at Liver
pool except four who are still on the
ship. No casualties. Vessel proceeded
under her own steam and is now q
o'clock this morning) entering her
dock. ---,
Trained Gunners Man Guns
The American line steamship New
York left this port on March % for
Liverpool with So passengers and mail
The passengers included seven Ameri-
can citizens. She carried a naval crew
of gunners and was armed The ships
crew of 234 men included IA Ameri-
cans.
The New York is steel screw
steamer of 10,799 tons built in 1888
by j. G. Thompson of Glasgow and
owned by the International Mercanti
Marine company. (the American Line)
The vessel is 517 feet in length and IS
feet beam. She is registered at the
! port of New York.
| Carried First Glass List.
| New York, April 10.-The New
| Y ork sailed March 81, from an Ameri-
can port. Her first class passenger
list, as announced by the American
line follows:
| Barker, H. Granville, New York
Clayton, Edward, England
Curtis. John NJ. american citizen)
New York.
Bowling, Mrs. Maude Augusta,
! (American citizen). New York.
Gamble, r. H, american citizen),
New York
Greatorex. Arthur. England
Hazlitt, w. A. V, England.
Jones. Archer G. (American citizen)
| Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Jones. american citizen)
Richmond, Va.
| Richardson, T. G., England.
| Richardson, Mrs. England.
| Southwell s. A, Great Britain.
| Todd. Irving, Canada.
| Todd, Mrs. Canada.
! Wanostrocht. D. V. Great Britain.
| Sowed Mines Near Harbor.
| New York, April 10.-The New
York was the third armed passenger
| ship of the American Line to sail
! The St. Louis. the first. returned
yesterday. The st. Paul is now on the
! other side.
The New York carried seven Ameri-
cans. Her passenger list included Is
first, % second and 81 third class
| passengers.
! Passengers on the American liner
| St Louis, just arrived. brought word
/ of the extra ordinary German activity
and daring in sowing mines off the
entrance to Liverpool harbor. 1t is to
one of these that the New York must
have fallen victim, since she was prob
! ably proceeding under pilot at the
time she was struck and the British
pilots are carefully appraised of the
location of the British mine fields.
! Capture a Mine Sower.
Passengers on the st. LOUIS told of
how hundreds of German mines had
been scattered just before the st. Louis
sailed on her outbound trip by a
dingy little Norwegian steamer
British patrol ships finally decided
| the Norwegian was suspicious, over
/ hauled her, found mines aboard and
| according to reports. promptly took
| the captain and crew ashore for exc
| cution.
The mine sweepers under control of
the British admiralty swept the chan
mel clean of these menaces to navi-
| CATION several days ago but the Ger
! mans have perfected a submarine
mine layer and have succeeded in re-
leasing flowing packs of explosive
undetected. The favorite German
| trick heretofore has been to release a
large number of floating mines at that
| time when the tide will sweep them
| in toward the inner harborS and into
| the deep channels
1t was stated here that so strongly
| is the New York built in the eonstruc-
| ton of its bulkheads that whenever
| a plate is removed for repair purposes
it has to be dynamited and to this
strength is attributed the small dam
age caused by the mine.