The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-03-10
AMERICAN WOMEN
KILLED ON LINER
SUNK BY GERMANS
Steamship Laconia 7 -pedoed
Without Warning.
ATTACKED DURING THE NIGHT
Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy
of Chicago Are Victims of kaiser's
Ruthless Submarine War
Nearly Three Hundred
Survivors Are Landed
at Queenstown.

| SURVIVORS Are Lanoeo
| at Queenstown.
Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy, wife and
daughter of DR.. Albert ii. Hoy, for
merly Of Chicago but now of London.
are missing and are believed to have
been lost when the Cunard liner La
COMA was torpedoed and sunk late
Sunday night off the coast of Ireland.
A dispatch received In this city at a
late hour says that Mrs. and Miss Hoy,
who were coming back to England
after visit to their old home in Chi
cago. were drowned by the swapping
| Of boat.
Seven Other Passengers Missing.
OF the POI passengers and members
Of the crew on board the vessel, sew
en- besides Mrs. and Miss Hoy, are
reported missing, but 1t is not known
definitely whether any Of these Is an
| American.
A steamer bringing 267 survivors
arrived here late Monday night. They
were picked up in eight boats.
Fifteen survivors were landed at a
lonely spot at Bantry Head, and prep
arations are being made here for the
| reception of seven hospital cases.
Wesley Frost, American consul at
Queenstown. telegraphed the American
embassy here:
"Cunarder Laconia torpedoed. Two
hundred and seventy-eight survivors
landed. Details lacking. but known
some missing, one dead"
1t is stated authenticity that the
Laconia was torpedoed without warn
ing.
The Central News says 1t Is feared
the large amount Of mail which the La
coma was bringing from America has
been lost.
The horror of the Laconia's destruc-
ton grew as the stories of its surviv-
ors We're pieced together. And with
it came to light a story of women's
Queenstown to it's depths.
When the rescuing patrol steamer
brought the survivors into this port
there was defiant sound of voices
from its deck.
Eager observers made out the pic
ture of disheveled women, snatched
from death in the cold waters of the
sea, standing forward on deck and
leading in the singing Of Rule
Britannia"
Mrs. Harris Heroine
One of the first passengers TO land
was an American woman, Mrs. f. f.
Harris, who was accorded this honor
by the captains order because of her
heroism In supervising the departure
of the women and children from the
sinking ship.
Although the passengers showed the
effects of the ordeal, they put n merry
face on the misfortune for the most
part, and nearly all were able to enjoy
the meal with a good grace. Their
sufferings had been intense.
Cedric =. watts, theatrical mana
ger, who was passenger on the La
coma. died of exposure. Mr.. watts was
resident of London.
After the Laconda's survivors had
taken to the boats, the German subma-
rine which apparently sank the Cunard-
er. approached one lifeboat, inquired
for the captain and asked the nature
of the cargo. Receiving the informa-
ton from the second officer of the La
coma, the German officer remarked that
a British admiralty boat would reach
the survivors shortly, and then de-
parted without offering assistance.
American Consul Frost reported the
incidents to Ambassador Page.
According to stories gathered from
passengers from the LacOnia who en-
tered Queenstown, the steamship was
torpedoed ut about 10 80 o'clock Sun
day night. The passengers and crew
had taken to the boats when the sec
ond torpedo was fred into the sink
ing vessel.
Four passengers are among those
sent to hospitals. Their injuries are
slight. Among the four Is Doctor
Hawke. resident of San Francisco.
He said that the first torpedo struck
the liner aft on the starboard side and
everyone made for the life preservers.
The passengers previously had been
instructed In boat drill and got into
the boats without panic. Doctor
Hawke said that all behaved we'll and
that discipline was truly good.
"The submarine returned after we
had been In the boats and fired anoth-
er torpedo. which put out the lights
and was followed by terrific explo-
sion, and the ship must have sunk
soon after" he continued. "Tbe Sec
ond torpedo, mind you, was fred al
though the Iifeboats were close 10 the
vessel, and the crew Of the submarine
could not have failed to see us, as it
was moonlight.
1T was about $3.50 p. m. Sunday
when we took to the boats. and about
three O'Clock on the following MORN
ing we were picked up by a British
patrol steamer"