The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-10
AMERICAN SHIP
BUMPED MINE
Liner New York Struck Float
ing Bomb While Outside
Liverpool Bar and is
Damaged.
NOBODY IS INJURED
Armed Liner Was Third to Sail From
America and Had Seven cIti-
zens Of United States
on Board.
NOBODY IS INJURED

WASHINGTON, April TO- The
American liner New York struck q
mine last night while outside Liver
pool bar, but her passengers are safe
and she is now entering the dock.
according to state department cabte-
gram today.
The message said:
THE American liner New York
struck mine at 7:4O p. m. last night,
five miles outside Liverpool bar.
Passengers transferred to other YES
sells and landed, except four still on
ship. No casualties. Proceeded un-
der own steam. Now entering dock"
The message came from Consul
Washington at Liverpool.
The New York is a steel screw
steamer of 1O.79S tons, built in 1885
by J. and G. Thompson, Of Glasgow,
and owned by the International Mer-
camille Marine company (the Ameri-
can line). The vessel is SIT feet in
length and sixty-three feet beam. She
is registered at the port of New York.
Her Passenger List.
NEW YORK, April 10.-The New
York sailed March 81 from an Amer
ican port. Her passenger list. as an
nounced by the American line, fol-
lows:
First class-Barker, H. Granville.
New York; Clayton. Edward, Eng
land; Curtis, John M. american
citizen) New York; Bowling. Mrs.
Maude Augusta. (American citizen)
New York; Gamble, r. H., (Ameri-
can citizen). New York; Greatorex,
Arthur, England; Hazlitt, w. A. ",
England; Jones, Archer G., (Ameri-
can citizen), Richmond, Va; Mrs.
Jones, (American citizen) Richmond,
Va; Richardson, T. G., England;
Richardson, Mrs, England; South
wei, S. A., Great Britain; Todd, Irv-
ing, Canada; Mrs. Todd, Canada;
Wanostrocht, D. W, Great Britain.
Second class-Carotto, F.. New
York; Caswell, G. H, Great Britain;
Mrs. Caswell Coleman, Mrs. Gracia
NJ, New York; Farrell, Mrs. Maria
B., New York; Ford. Miss, Youngs-
town, Ohio; Forester, F.. Halifax;
Gale, Charles E., (American citizen),
Philadelphia Geryl, j., New York;
Hin, c. F. N, New York; Jeffries,
W.. G., New York; Jones, David:
Lawrie, Captain. (American citizen),
Elizabeth, N. j.; Lindley, Edgar,
Great Britain: McElroy, Miss,
Youngstown, Ohio; Moon. oliver.
New Haven, Conn; Parker, Benja-
min, Montreal; Renter, C. ]. L., st.
Louis; Rawling. L., New York;
Syter, Captain J., New York; Tar
ling. Rev. Frank R., Jary, N. Y;
vandenkerchove, A., New York.
Third class-Anker, Miss. Eliza
beth J., New York; Brain. Horace,
West Frankfort, ILL.,; Chapman, Miss
Louisa, Boston; Collins, Frederick,
Cleveland. Ohio; Cranchi, Basilio,
New York; Dave, Charles D.. Cleve-
land, Ohio; Finch. Thomas H; Aus
tralia; Garde, Mrs. Helena, New
York: Henshall, F. B., Ottawa. Ont.
Hooten. J. T., st. Catharlnes, Ont;
Jones, David. Chicago; Mackean,
Phil, San Francisco; Matsuda, Militia,
japan: Melville, Mrs. Mary Boston;
MINIS. Nicholas, Johnson, Ariz:;
Powell. Arthur A., Boston: Puttock,
Frank E., Montreal: Webb. Agnes,
Great Britain; Whalen. Timothy, !
Halifax: Whittle, Charles. --;
Wright. Thomas j., Toronto.
Many Mines Sown.
NEW YORK, April 1O.-The New
York was the third armed passenger i
ship of the American line. to sail. |
The ST. Louis, the first, returned yes !
terday.
The st. Paul is now on the other !
side.
The New York carried seven Amer !
leans. Her passenger lists included !
fifteen first, twenty-five second and |
twenty-one third class passengers.
Passengers on the American liner
st. Louis, just arrived, brought word |
of extraordinary German activity and /!
daring in sowing mines off the en- |
trance to Liverpool harbor.
It is to one Of these that the New
York must have fallen victim, since
she was probably proceeding under
pilot at the time she was struck and /
the British pilots are carefully ap- |
prised of the location of the British |
mine fields.
Passengers on the ST. Louis told of |