The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-03-15
AMERICAN STEAMER
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
ALGONQUIN, CARRYING FOOD TO
LONDON, WAS DESTROYED
BY SHELL FIRE.
CREW OF VESSEL RESCUED
Ship Had Recently Been Trans
ferred From British Registry and
Status Was in Question-Cap-
tain NaturaIized American.

London, March 1.-THE American
steamship Algonquin has been sunk
by German submarine. The crew
was saved.
The Algonquin was destroyed at
o'clock on the morning Of March u.
The submarine refused assistance, &C.
cording to the report of J. G. Steph-
ems, American consul at Plymouth.
Twenty-seven men have been landed.
Consul Stephens reported that the
captain of the Algonquin said his ship
was sunk by shell fire without warn
ing.
According to later advices from
Plymouth, the German submarine
opened fire upon the Algonquin from
distance of 1000 yards. firing about
20 shells. These were not sufficient
to sink the steamer, so she was board
ed by men from the submarine, who
placed four bombs, and the Algonquin
then was blown up. The crew had
plenty of time to leave the vessel.
The Algonquin. owned by the Amer
lean Star line, sailed from New York
for London Feb. 90
New York, March 1.-THE Ameri-
can steamship Algonquin, with 10
Americans aboard. was sunk by a
German submarine on March u, with
a loss Of vessel and cargo valued at
s1,700,000, according to a cable mes
sage received here by her owners, the
American Star line.
The message to the owners said the
vessel was torpedoed, but did not in
dictate where she was at the time. Ac-
cording to a consular report from Ply
mouth, England, the Algonquin's cap
tain stated his ship was sunk by shell
fire without warning.
The Algonquin sailed from New
York on Feb. 90 with foodstuffs. Her
destination was London. She was one
of the first American ships to leave
the United States after the German
announcement of unrestricted subma-
rine warfare.
Formerly Canadian-owned boat
under British registry, the Algonquin
was transferred TO the American flag
last December, when she was pur-
chased by the American Star line.
She was vessel of 1886 tons gross,
245 feet long and 40-foot beam. She
was built in 1888 at Glasgow and was
owned in New York. She was a sin
gle-screw steamer.
She carried about 1000 tons Of car
go and was commanded by Capt. A.
Nordberg, a naturalized American Of
Norwegian birth.
When she left here, on Feb. 20, her
owners expected her to reach the sub
marine zone about March s. 1t was
assumed here that she went consid-
erably out of her course.
Prior to sailing the Algonquin's cap
tain said he had no fear that his YES
sci would be torpedoed.
81 feel safer in sailing through the
war zone on a vessel flying the Amer
lean flag than do trying to make my
way about. New York streets and
lodging ~taxicabs," he said.
Among the American citizens on
board were William T. Holmes of Chi
cago, mate, and Charles Schultz Of
Brooklyn, chief engineer. Her own
ers agreed to give the officers a war
bonus of so per cent in wages and the |
crew a bonus of % per cent, with the |
proviso that in case. the vessel was |
captured or destroyed the men were |
to be paid the bonus with their wages
until they returned to the United
States