The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
Two Dead. Eighteen Missing
In Unwarned Sinking Of
Steamship Crispin
VIRCINIANS WOUNDED
IN MEDITERRANEAN
Four Americans On Steamship
Range Escape When Ship
Il Sunk-Ruthless Warfare
Pressed to Limit


0f death and destruction which the
German submarine zone has taken
Midened steadily today as the state
department received a flood of con-
eular reports on the sinking of ships
bearing American citizens Two
Americans dead In the sinking of the
British ship Crispin. eighteen Ameri-
cans unaccounted for in the SAME dis
nS&er. and Incidental reports OF Amer
i6an lives jeopardized marked the
days record
Consul Washington at Liverpool to-
night told OF the death OF two Ameri-
can negroes. and of the fact that
eighteen Americans are unaccouuted
Tor in the Crispin sinking. His dis
patch, experimenting earlier reports
TO the department. said:
American Testimony.
'Joint affidavit of four American
Seamen--Charles Smith, ~ Chelsea
street. Everett. Mass. Frank Brooks
+ 1915 Marshall street, Baltimore. Md. 4;
James Fitzpatrick. has Monroe street.
Chicago; Albert Grieve. s34 State
street, Observation-Disclosures two
Americans. colored firemen. names so
Tar unknown. Killed in the Crispin ex-
piosion.
Eighteen Americans SO far unac-
counted for in captains boat.
There were ixiy-nine Americans on
the crispin--ten hremen, two seamen.
Mfty-seven cattlemen. Carried one
EflH aft, Submarine was German
The submarine ordered "a rescuing
trHwicr To leave the vicinity under
threat that she would torpedo the
resruh ship"
A previous cable from Consul
Moorehesd III Swansea had reported
tho sinking OF the c'rispin and had
Indicated that the boat i'm charge of
The captain ~ the C'rispin had at
tempted "a make the Irish coast
This cable stated that the Crispin was
sunk without warning and that the
snbnarine was not seen.
Five Killed ny Explosion.
Consul Frost at Queenstown. re-
ported hat the explosion OF the tor
pedn which sunk the rrispin. killed
Hve inep. TWO Of them Americans, and
Ne transmitted the names OF tho
/ fictnh beers OF the crew who were land
I'd 1T Queenstown
The destruction Of the British
steamer Snowden Range. likewise
torpedoed without warning. resulted
\ ~ the death Of four men. Four
americans who were among the crew
we're saved, Consul Washington re
ported. The Snowden Range was
fcrpedoed. After the crew took to
the boats the ship was shelied by the
submarine. Tho crew wac taken into
uoflyhead
From the Mediterranean war zone
i came the news Of the destruction of
the British steamer Eptafolo. reported
BY Consul Gauiin. AT Marseiiles
The Eptafoio. which carried three
American flremen. was sunk without
warning After she had been tor
Z pcdOed. The submarine. without nag
4 Or amy indication of her nationality.
approached the boats after the crew
had left the ship The captain of
the Hnnken vessel, the FIRST and Sec
y md officers. four engineers and a
gunner who manned tho single gun
aboard the Eptafolo. were made
/ prisoners The remainder Of the
crew was then ordered To steer the
boat for Malta, where they arrived
after suffering from exposure from
Friday afternoon until Sunday morn
2inx.
James Dennis. OF Hampton Va,
on@ at the Americans on board, was
injured In the torpedo explosion. The
ether Americans on board were Roy
AdamA Of Elberton, Ga, and Edward
Ryan. Of Suffolk, Va.
Three colored American yeamen
are tinaccounted for in the destruc-
ftpH Of the Portuguese sailing ship
go. bound from New Orleans to
I.cridon. March 20. Consul Armstrong
sr6Dorted from Bristol.
William Pitts and Spencer Ken
snAdy. colored. American seamen.
Portuguese sailing ship Argo, from
New Orleans for London. carrying
general cargo. swear Argo shelied
without Intentional warning by sub
1 marine flying German flag, three hum
#sired miles off Gravesend o'clock
h March a. said the Armstrong cable.
Weather rough. cold: occupants life
8QAts at sea four days: suffered from
exposure. when picked up by British
hospital ship and brought TO Avon
mouth. One iifeboat with three col
@ered Americans unaccounted for: their
names unknown. Two other Ameri-
I rams, Troy Thomas, Charley Jackson.
srn1rued. suffering from exposure. No
hitler boats nearby Submarine offera
id no assistance, Argo no resistance"