Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
Attacked By Submarine in Irish Sea Yesterday Mail Clerks Killed Outright-Two Missiles Struck Craft Which Sank Within Fifteen Minutes
 Passengers Saw Projectile
THOUGHT NO AMERICANS WERE PASSENGERS
 NO CHANGE AT ALL TO LAUNCH LIFEBoATs
Two Recent sinkings Indicate Beginning of New Sub marine Campagn-Results of Which Were First Noted Ten Days Ago-Activity Notable Along
 Routes of Boats Carrying Yankee Troops

Dublin Oct 41-t is believed six hundred lives were lost the sinking of the mail steamer Lenser by torpedo n the Irish yesterday stated today at the office of her Only about 15O saved was added TWO 1or pedoes fired at the steamer One struck the bow The steamer sank within fifteen minutes.
 The passengers, including many and some chll- $50 and the boat carried of seventy
 An incoming mail steamer reports that she passed through the wreckage but not permitted to stop to do any rescue work accordance with the orders of the British admiralty
 Her passengers counted forty dead bodies floating in the water
 Of the twenty-one mail clerks board the Lenster twen- killed outright by the explosion and the twenty first blown through the side of the ship being picked up at sea
 So far as reported Americans board the mail steamer Lenster when she torpedoed Among the missing is Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton, daughter of the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn
 passenger board the mail steamer Leinster the fatal torpedo approaching the ship He informed he captain but the torpedo that escape impossible The prece struck the side of the boat between the forecase and the compartment set aside for postal clerks The weather was fine but the rough following recent storm
 After the Lenser had been struck by the first torpedo and in her disabled condition easy prey the subma fired second torpedo This missile struck the vessel amdshp entered the engine and caused explosion of the ships boilers.
 confusion the passengers tried to ter the boats and many persons thrown into the As information regarding the Lensters plight reached Kngstown fifteen tugs and desroyers hastened the place.
 Survivors say the submarine fired the two opedoes with out warning from range of about 450 yards
 Details of the lost and saved have not yet been obtained Captain BlrCh LelnSter commander those lOS It is known that two stewardesses drowned
 Fourth Engineer Jones said that the second torpedo had not struck the Lenster all board except those who had been directly killed by the first torpedo probably saved there plenty of time to launch the boats The poson of the second torpedo however he said blew the ship up like matchwood.
 Jones saved himself by jumping He in the water hour and cnng to raft when rescued by destroyer
 The Lenster the fifth channel boat sunk by German submarines The rescuing ships picked up persons from the water where they cngng to upurned boats ifs hrOknn tiTohn Kingsown All in desperate state a result of their hours exposure in the rough number of dead also landed
 member of the says the explosion second pedo blew the tunnels to pieces Some of the wreckag the deck and killed several persons majority the the forward deck thrown into the according the witnesses who said of the smash ed in being launched and that others capsized Francis Os- borne judge of the High Court of the Sudan the sengers said he the first torpedo approaching When struck the ship the vessel began to settle by the He went over the side and slid down rope others entered boat While the life boat was tossnc close to the ship the second torpedo fired.