Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-20

Nth the loss OF seventy lives. Six,
ien of the navy were included In tl
NJ ADMINISTRATION officials were await
511 today. amplification Of the meager
Ills cabled to the navy department.
kerday by Vice Admiral Sims.
: Mines of. most of the victims are
lkihg, yesterdays dispatches giving
NV those OF four naval seamen' and
:tee officers Of the transport.
List. Of Dead Unavailable.
ssN was impossible early today to as
sftain the identity Of the casualties
hong the Grew and soldiers The
l cannot be completed until the
muster roll, made UP at the French
! I: of embarkation. can be compared,
th; the roster; Of survivors. -. Is.
While the deepest sympathy was
Dreased in oflictal circles for those
5lo lost their lives, relief was general
Ut the fact that the vessel had not
81 troops: jad.s tho atkaHKs been
syered Wits the & Antilles was on
ef' trip, to- Francs, sltli6s loss Of life
pblhiy would have boon Hing.
plunged below 20 swiftly. that few
hid have survived. \. t@s, ,s.' s
Myste1;yi in Attack. !.
sfaterest is, Intense in the manner
submarine managed to elude the
btecting convoy The fact that the
3p went down in q few minutes,
1Gpled with the necessity Of rescuing
l1vivors, made impossible, it Is be-
Ned. any attempt to locate the u
Tie heaviest loss, of life. it is
SArstnS t4A ~ OH NJ
"a crew Of the engine room. Stunned
explosion that virtually broke the
MP. in two these men must have had
little time to reach the deck. The alb
nee Of. casualties among the army
4 II navy officers aboard is attributed
t4afhe fact that their staterooms lay
kng the decks from which they
Ahld jump to the waters below in
lQe Of being picked up.
is believed that the attack was
H6de well out at. sea, since it took
zach Washington. Survivors are
fy0ught to be safe ashore.
laSsThe loss Of the Antilles marks the
ut impairment Of transport serv-
d that has operated successfully
G6ce Americas active entrance into
f9 war. AZ
Daniels Announces Disaster.
ssS ecretary Daniels announced the
aater last night in q statement
1lad upon a brief dispatch from Vice
mlral Sims which gave few details
sEa did mot say whether 1t was a day
ssnightE attack. Following is the
I
1.-THE department is in receipt Of q
Datch from Vice Admiral siml
3ach states that the steamship An.
t1ltAs. an army transport was tor.
Hdoed on October II. while return.
to this country from foreign serv.
4 This vessel was under convoy OF
herican patrol vessels at the time.
Tho torpedo which struck tn
titles was not seen. nor was thu
&maxtnes which fired 1t. The tor.
10 hit abreast Of the engine room
akhead and the ship. sank withtr
rs minutes. One hundred and sixty
ron persons out of about 237 OF
Ard the Antilles were saved. Abou
1mensj ire missing.
asSss,ssAll the naval officers and omceri
N the army who were on board thu
ip fat the time were saved as were
le odicers Of the ship with the ex'
Sptipn Of the following: s.-
sWa1keF. third engineer omcer
a gle. junior engineer ofiicer and
Rourke, junior engineer officer. 4
M The following enlisted naval per
mnel wore lost: .>.a /,
'.E. Z Kinxie. seaman. second class
It of kin Thos. M. Kinzie. father
q I5IGtsSwallsy. Miss; ]. w. Hunt. sea
n, SECOND class. next Of kin. lsaaa
INT. father. Mountain Grove. Mo.
+. No. 3, Box -: C. L. Ausburn
oio electrician. first class. next tol
=. r. Austin. brother, 2800j Louisi,
y avenue, New Orleans. La, and
SF watson, radio ioselectrtcian, thirt
-. next of kin, Mrs. w. Z. Seger
i Rher. Rutland. Mass. .iS3a
H. Thero; were about 33 Of the arm!
\ Diated ,pefsonnel on board Of whom
1, N qWere saved. The IiameH OF tn
ling " the army enlisted person
Y sss1d sof the merchant crew Of tn
is cannot be Eiven until the music
a n France of. th0ee on board hAl
: Sn consulted. Az soon ~ the Dc
N ftmeHt is n. receipt Of further de
& n. Il concerning the casuAltieS the!
{ 1IsbsH1ade public imrpsdiAtely.",1 !, 1s
Y Few Troops on .1soard. @
Y fJpon irsceipS 81 the cablegraxn from
\ Sniir6l 1iina. the ag0vernmsnt skep
nruf1siss not t0 withhold bad new
m &he public. 4. The issuance ct tn
4 snsist N1aS delayed only until tn
"a copld tslalts to the familie
i ~ men kHoylr p shaye BEEN lost "a
I ecrsf ap1ale eAsFisd wprdA 2
\ xIoes III tie 1kntille "A The Whit
.hsn y. vent tlssrs Siats II
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