Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-10-24
US. TRANSPORT is SUNK.
Disaster Game on Return Trip.
Some Seventy Lives Lost,

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Washington, Oct 19.--The Ameri-
can army transport Antilles, home-
ward bound under convoy, was tor
psdOed and sunk by German SUBJ
marine in the war zone on Wednes-
day. About 70 men are missing and
probably lost.
All the army and navy officers
aboard and the ships master
were among the 167 survivors. The
missing are members Of the crew,
three civilian engineers, some enlist
ed men Of the navy and II OF 33 'sol-
diers returning home for various rea-
sons. Neither the submarine nor the
torpedo was seen, and the transport,
n MT squarely aYidship, sank in Ave
This tragedy or the sea, the first In,
which an American ship engaged in
war duty has been lost, Is tho hrst
of It's magnitude to bring home 20 the
people OF the United States the rigors
Of the war In which they have en-
gagged against Germany. It carries
the largest casualty list Of tho war so
far Of American lives and marks the
first success Of German submarine at
tacks on American Transports
That the loss of life was not greater
is-due to the safeguards with which
the navy has surrounded the trans
port service, and the quick rescue
work of the conveying warshlps. ~
Secretary Daniels announced the
disaster tonight In statement
based upon brief dispatch from Vice
Admiral Sims, which gave few de-
tails, and did not say whether 1t was
a day or night attack, An accurate
list OF the missing cannot be issued
until Gen. Pershing reports the
names Of the armysmen on the vessel
and the list Of. the merchant crew.
Survivors Landed in France.
A French Port, Oct. 81 Survivors
Of the United States transport Antil:
les, which was sunk by a German
submarine last week while being con-
goyed on her homeward trip by
American warships, were landed here
to-day by auxiliary vessels, and are
being cared for by the American con-
sulate. Some OF the men have been
lodged In local hotels and few have
left for Paris. sg
The torpedo struck the ship at
uartertss clock Nv ednesd days
$ni0rnirig g. Many or "a hoae ION board
were killed In their berths, while oth-
ers were dressing. The explosion
killed the engineers, oilers and me-
chanics and those of the crew who
were in, the bunks-below.
All the survivors praise the cap
tain Of the Antilles and the members
Of the gun crew, who stuck to their
posts while the officers searched with
field glasses for the submarine until
the waves closed over the ship.
When the Antilles sank 40 orr SO
men were at the stern. Most Of them
leaped SO feet or more into the sea
as the stern rose to a perpendicular
position and some we're drawn down
by the suction OF the sinking vessel
The submarine was not sighted
either before or after the explosion.
The sea was running high at the
time, making it difficult to save the
crew and passengers. Some surviv-
ors, clinging to debris, were in the
water an hour before they were
sighted by the life boats.
Sixty-Seven We're Lost.
Washington, Oct. 22.-Sixty-seven
lives were lost when the Antilles
went down by German torpedo. The
official casualty list forwarded by
Gen. Pershing also shows one unac-
counted for and ITO survivors.
Among the dead Is Neptoin Bobin, of
Savannah, Ga.
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