Evening star., 1917-03-19

found Capt. Borum, who briefly con-
versed with him. do not know what
| was said.
The weather was not too bad, but
there were heavy swells. We kept the
| boats together and during the evening
we rowed together toward the coast
The night closed with a biting wind
ana some OF our young chaps were very
SICK. Our nared lights were seen be-
tween and o'clock in the morning
| by the patrol vessels, which rescued
two boats crews. The other two had
become separated. We lost everything
we possessed"
The following American officers are
known to have been landed: Chief Of
hcer c. G. Laird, Chief Engineer w. I.
| Percy, Assistant Engineer F. Beyfll
Third Engineer W. NJ Thompson. Third
Omcer NJ Dfer1and. Wireless Operators
| trician Phillips
Captains Boat Picked Up.
The statements that the steamer Citv
OF Memphis was sunk by gunflre and
also that she was torpedoed apparently
are cleared up by the statement Of
Third Engineer Thompson that she was
first shelled and was sinking when "a
terrific explosion. which caused the
vessel TO tremble all over" occurred.
rms seemingly would indicate that the
steamer was torpedoed after she had
| been shelled.
| Capt: Borum and the eight men who
formed the complement of his boat are
among these missing from the sunken
| american steamer City Of Memphis.
-Four of the eight sailors are Americans
Ihe boat was picked UP at 10 o'clock
sunday morning empty, and 1t Is hoped
by patrol boat or by a vessel carrying
no wireless, and landed at some out Of
the way port
The survivors say that the captains
| boat became separated from the others
| about l o'clock on Sunday morning.
The City of Memphis left Cardiff with
nfty-eight persons. of whom twenty
| nine were Americons. The survivors
who have thus far reported to the
| american consulate number thirty
| three. The steamer carried no guns. She
was equipped with wireless, but did not
| use 1t after the submarine appeared.
The survivors say the weather was
squally and there was a heavy south
west wind.
Carried Cotton to England.
NEW YORK. March 1s.-Forty-eight
men, who were Americans by birth
or naturalization. and nine others,
several of whom were believed to
be naturalized Americans. comprised
the crew of the American freight
steamship City of Memphis, reported
| from London yesterday as having been
| sunk by shellfire. The vessel itself.
| valued at 100000, had weathered safely
| many adventures in European waters
on previous voyages since the war be-
gan.
Owned by the Ocean Steamship Com
pany. commonly known as the Savan-
nah line. the City of Memphis, of $3.50
| tons gross. sailed from New York Janu-
ary %. CARRYING $3.50 bales of cotton.
| valued at 100000. This she delivered
at Havre, France, and was on her way
home In ballast when sunk.
Her captain was L. P. Borum of Nor
folk. Va, where he was born of Ameri-
can parents. Her other officers. all
American born except one. were:
First officer, C. G. Laird, Savannah;
second officer, A. Carroll, born in Nova
Scotia, naturalized American; third
officer. NJ. Dierland, address unknown
here; W. I. Percy, chief engineer, Sa-
vannah; F. Bevill, first assistant engi-
! neer. Savannah; F. Mcpherson, second
assistant engineer, New York, and W.
NJ. Thompson, third assistant engineer,
address unknown here.