Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-31
TWO VESSELS SUNK;
AMERICANS ABOARD
One on British Liner Crispin
Known Dead-Others on
SnoWdon Range.
REPORT BY CONSUL FROST

Two British steamers. the
Snowdon Range and the Booth
liner Crispin, both with Ameri-
cans aboard, of whom number
are unaccounted for, were re-
ported to the State Department
today to have been sunk without
warning by a submarine.
On the Crispin the torpedo
struck the engine room, killing
five men, two of whom are be-
lieved to have been Americans.
| Consul Frost at Queenstown, report
ing the loss of the freight liner Crispin.
| said:
"Crispin, 2.4SS tons. Newport News to
Liverpool; 6S6 horses; torpedoed with
out warning fourteen miles off Hook
Head, 7:15 pm. 29th. Sixty-eight out
! of ships complement of 112 were
Americans Two boats missing, not i'm
probably lost.
Torpedo Struck Engine Room.
Torpedo struck engine room star
board side, explosion killing five men, of
whom two believed Americans. Sub
; marine not seen but wake of torpedo
seen by Americans. Vessel carried gun
and wireless. Latter was wrecked by
explosion. Weather moderate, wind.
overcast sky, very heavy swells. Yes
sci sank slowly, but return on board
not feasible owing to heavy sea.
One boat. with nineteen survivors.
landed at Queenstown, including cap
tain chief steward veterinarian and
| ten Americans-R. H. Elser. Newport
News: Carl Larkenson. Augusta, Ga.
James Smith. Baltimore; Bland Tinsley,
Philadelphia: r. L. Hays. Covington:
James Franklin. New York city: George
Killy, Baltimore: George st. Armand.
Worcester: Harry Davis, Baltimore. and
John Williams. Newport News.
"Other boats believed landing Milford
Haven and elsewhere
Death of One American Established.
A later dispatch from Consul Frost
definitely established the killing of one
American, and said others probably had
been killed. The Crispin was bound for
Avonmouth
"One American, negro. probably named
by the explosion. Total killed and miss
ing now eight, of whom some besidsa
Hollier were Americans. Some survivors
landed as follows: Nineteen at Queens
town, seventy at Milford Haven, TWO at
Dunmore, Ireland, and thirteen are on
board an admiralty vessel to land at
Queenstown tomorrow evening.
1T now transpires that the ship S
wireless did get off signals. using re-
serve batteries
Report on the Snowdon Range.
The dispatch from Liverpool. reporting
the sinking of the Snowdon Range, fol-
lows:
British steamer Snowdon Range, Phil
adelphia to Liverpool. with general car
go and powder, one gun aft, torpedoed
without warning at S:45 am, March 2s.
thirty-ave miles from Hollyhead. No
| vessel in sight,. sea calm. weather hazy.
no resistance, submarine submerged at
time of attack. Four killed by explosion.
remainder of crew took to boats. includ-
ing James Carroll. Philadelphia; George
Alexander, colored, Wilmington, N. c.;
Burt Thebalt, Philadelphia. native born
Americans, and Paddy McCabe, natural
lied, no permanent address.
submarine emerged. showing German
flag, shelled Snowdon Range. then board
ed and removed provisions and detachable
brass. placed bombs, vessel sunk. Crew
picked up pm, taken Hollyhead.'
dispatch from Swansea said the col
lector of customs there reported that
forty-nine Americans from the British
cattle steamer Crispin had been landed
at Milford Haven. No additional details
of the sinking of the Crispin were given.
Records Show Three Americans.
PHILADELPHIA. March 31.-The rec
ords of the British consul generals office
in this city show that three Americans,
Philadelphia on the Snowdon Range.
They were A p. Small. twenty-thr
years old, Philadelphia; Bert Thimbault
fortN-tWo. no address and James Ar