The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-03-01
AMERICAN WOMEN
KILLED ON LINER
Steamship Laconia Torpedoed
Without Warning.
ATTACKED DURING THE NIGHT
Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy
of Chicago Are Victims of kaiser's
Ruthless Submarine War
Survivors at Queenstown.

Queenstown, Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Mary
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 n
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.
or the POI passengers and members
of the crew on board the vessel, sew
en- besides Mrs and Miss Hoy, are
reported missing, but it 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.
Among the American passengers not
brought here by this boat are Mrs. and
Miss Hoy, and there is grave reason
to believe that they have been
drowned.
Fifteen survivors were landed at
lonely spot at Bantry Head, and prep
arations are being made here for the
reception of seven hospital cases.
Among the American survivors is
Rev. Father Wareing of Baltimore.
Rev. Father Wall. another survivor,
said his experience was terrible one
for an invalid such as he was. He
spent part of the time rowing the
boat and part of the time attending TO
his fellow survivors.
The Laconia was torpedoed in COM
paratively calm weather She first was
struck near the stern, and later Sec
ond torpedo was sent into her and she
took violent list to the starboard.
With considerable difficulty the life
boats We're got away, but no panic
whatever took place among the pas
sengers, and the action of the officers
and crew was admirable.
The Laconia was one of the largest
vessels of the Cunard feet and the
largest thus far sunk since the new
German submarine warfare was COM
menced. She registered 1909 tons
gross and was 600 feet long, 71'feet
beam and 40 feet deep. She was built
in 1911.
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 it is feared
the large amount of mail which the La
coma was bringing from America has
been lost.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-In the absence
of official information, expected hourly,
from Consul Frost, no official would
venture an opinion on the outcome of
the sinking beyond saying that it would
gravely complicate the already critical
situation with Germany.
Whether it may prove to he the
covert act" will depend entirely on the
actual facts, expected soon.
New York, Feb. 2S.-Twenty-s
Americans, six of whom were cabin
passengers, and twenty paid members
of the crew, were on board the Cunard
liner Laconia. from New York Febru-
airy IS for Liverpool, with 70 passen-
gers and crew of PIG, when the YES
sci was sunk by German submarine
Sunday night.
The names Of the American passen-
gers are as follows:
Floyd p. Gibbons of the Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. f. E. Harris, wife of Lieut.. Col.
Frank Il. Harris United States Coast
artillery corps, stationed at Fort Du-
pont, near Philadelphia.
Arthur T. Kirby, cambridge, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary e. Hoy, Chicago.
. Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chicago.
! Rev. James Wareing of Baltimore.
The Americans among the crow
were signed here to take the places
of others whose terms of service had
expired or who had failed to appear
when the ship was ready to SAIL
No steerage passengers were on
board the ship, and those not Ameri-
can were mostly English or Canadians.
The Laconia carried mixed cargo
of about 5000 tons, which included
1000 bars of silver and quantity of
specie, and was valued roughly at
$2,000000.