Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-31
Gs Americans on CrlspIn.

Consul Frost at Queenstown said
"Crispin, 2,483 tons, Newport News
10 Liverpool 6S6 horses, torpedoed
without warning IA miles OF Hook
hear, 7:15 p. m, 29th- Sixty-eight out
of ships complement of 112 were
Americans Two boats missing, but
probably not lost
Torpedo struck engine room star
board side explosion killing FIVE men
Of whom two believed Americans.
Submarine not seen. but wake Of tor
ped0 seen by Americans. Vessel car
ried gun and wireless. Latter was
wrecked by explosion. Vessel sank
slowly, but return on board not feaB-
ibie owing to heavy sea
One boat with 10 survivors landed
at Queenstown including captain.
/ stief steward. veterinarian, and 10
Americans Other boats believed
landing Milford Haven and else
where"
Four Killed By Explosion.
The dispatch from Liverpool fol-
british steamer Suowdon Range.
Philadelphia 90 Liverpool with general
cargo and powder. one gun aft. tor
pedoed without warning at 8 40 q. M,
March Is, 30 miles from H0llybead.
No vessel I'm sight. sea calm. weather
hazy, ne resistance, submarine sub
merged at time of attack. -Four killed
by explosion. remainder Of crew took
10 boats including three native and
one naturalized American"
80 Yankees Picked Up.
Submarine emerged, showing Ger
man flag, sheiled Suowdou Range. then
boarded and removed provisions and
brass. placed bombs, vessel sunk.
o. fE.fI
head"
a dispatch from swensea, said the
collector OF customs there reported
that - Americans from the British
cattle steamer Crispiu had been land
ed at Milford Haven. M additional
details of the sinking Of the Crispin
were given.
One known Dead.
4 late dispatch from Consul Frost
definitely established the killing OF
one American and said others prob
ably had been killed.
One American negro probably
named HoIlier' the message said.
was killed bv the explosion Total
killed and missing uow eight Of whom
( some besides Holiier were Americans.
@It now trauspires that the ships
wireless did get of signals using re-
serve batteries
Three YaBks on Snowdon Range.
Philadelphia March 81, Records Of
the British generals office here
show that three Americans, ant FIRE
men we're shipped from Philadelphia
on the Snowd0u Range They We're
a. F. Small Philadelphia Bert
ThimbauIt no address. and James Ar
miuen, Missouri.
New Raider in Atlantic.
Rio Jaueiro. March 3l.-A new Ger
man raider, slipping past the British
warships on guard i'm the North sea.
has reached the south Atlantic and
sent nine or more merchantmen to the
bottom According TO survivors from
the suuken vessels the raider is the
f SeeadIer 6Seagle1, a formidably armed
craft operating with the same success
and daring as its predecessor, the
Moewe. which recently returned To
Germany from the same waters.
News Of the activities of the raider
was brought 10 Rio J8ueiro by the
French bark Cambronne, which had on
board go men from the crews Of yes
sells sunk bv the Seeadler The Cam
bronze encountered the raider on
March z at q point Ia the Atlantic al
most on a line with Rio Janeiro and
about two-thirds of the way 70 the At
rican coast After the survivors had
/ been put on the Cambroune she was
t ordered 10 proceed to the coast OF
/ Brazil. voyage Of % days
Loaded with Mines.
According To the Jornale Do Brazil
+ the raider was loaded with mines,
which explains the destruction of yes
+ sells off the coast of Brazil. The CON-
MERGE destroyer is reported to be
armed with two guns Of 100 MILF
metres and rs machine guns. The yes-
sci has three masts and lis equipped
with wireless It's crew consists Of e.
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