The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-15
i. 5. STEAMSHIP
ALGONQUIN IS
VICTIM 0F SUB
MANY AMERICANS IN
CREW OF THE VESSEL
Owner Demands That the
Government Resent This
Overt Act

l.DNIJON, MaTGH Ia Ae hiitC''-
can steamship Algonquin with. ten
on board was sunk by
,German submarine at o'clock on the
morning of March y. All members
Of the crew and officers were saved.
The Algonquin carried no passengers.
According 10 the report from j. G.
Stephens, American consul at Ply
mouth. the captain of :he steamer
stated that his ship was sunk by
; bombs which were placed aboard the
vessel after twenty shells fired from
n distance Of 1000 yards failed to sink
her.
There are two American steamships
ALGONQUIN. The one sunk was re-
Gently transferred from British res
iSlry. She was Il ves' Il Of 1906 tons
gross, 435 feet lonG and 40 feet Of
beam. She was buii in 1883 at Glas-
.ow and was owned in New York.
she was a single screw steamer.
Owners Informed.
NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Amer
ican steamship Algonquin with ten
Americans aboard, was sunk by d
German submarine on March II, with
Il loss OF vessel and cargo valued at
81. 700. .00u. a cable message received
here today by her owners, the Amer
lean star line, and dispatches from
London, told of the apparent safety OF
all the officers and crew, twnnty-seVen
iot whom have been landed.
The message To the owners said the
vessel was torpedoed but did not In
idicate where she was ut the time.
According To a consular report from
Plymouth. England, the AlgonQuin's
captain stated his ship was sunk by
shell fire without warning.
The Algonquin sailed from New
York on February 20, with foodstuiIS.
Her destination was London. She
Was one Of the first American ships
to leave the United States after Ger
many established her submarine
blockade.
-Four of the Americans on the Al
ronulin were born In the United
States and The other six are natural
iznd American citizens. according TO
the record on ne. here.
Asks t5r Action.
ALBANY. y e. March l+.-.Iohn
steamship Algonquin, first heard the
news uf the sinking of his ship by L
German submarine when lie arrived at
the capitol on = business crrand this
afternoon.
If this does NOT constitute an overt
act" he said Il ,io not know what does.
expect To 90 20 Washington tomorrow
Ia take up the matter with President
wilson aud. Secretary Lansing. | am
sorry il the destruction Of my shin must
h., Il casuS brli hut I believe that this
occurrence must be the subject Of ac-
lion OF some Kind against the German
government.
, "'rh. Algonquin carried TO munitions.
I'M w.ts laden with fnndStuifS. She
FLEW the American flag and tho flag
was also painted on her sides"
Tile Captains Story.
PLYMOUTH. via London March i,
$50 y. m.---C'aptain 4. Nordherg. of the
American steamship Algonquin. which
was turp.cocd ny Il German submarine.
, - now at I'"nzance. He will arrive with
his crew in Plymouth tomorrow morn
ing In in Interview. Captain North
berg said that til" Algonquin was
hound from New. York for London with
fouGSlutfs.
after daylight ! WAS on the bridge. II
was the mates watch. saw two
steamers. apparently colliers; $f"AminG
west. one on III" Starhoarh ANA IN"
later the mate called my attention 10
another object and at once SAID Il
think that is Il subniarin"
The submarine WAS about three miles
distant. a$ ais" wore tn" ships lhinr-
dj"inlv | SAW 4 flash of 81 gun and n
she'll icll short At once ! stopped the
engines and then went full speed a$l"rm.
indicating this by three blasts on thr
whisil" Tn" SuhmHrlr" Kept on !lrInE,
The fourth shot throwing up column
Of water wh!'h .dr"nchcd me and INC
man at the wheel. | was close ihinE
"rh. nr,h shot struck thr ships SidH
and III" next went aft. IN" Shbmarlne
was using two gums. Twenty Shn.a
| ordered tup crew