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TWO AMERIC ANS VICTIMS OF LINER TRAGEDY TORPEDOED LAQOHIA There were six American passengers on the torpedo«l Cunard liner Laconia oi whom twu-Mrs. Mary Hey and Mis. P.r,;zal i;Cih Hoy, oi Chicago—are bflicved to ?;,a g,?ir c tD have died in one of the Laconia's boats. fourteen Americans were among the crow The Laoonia, bound from New York, with passengers, and probablv mails, was torpedoed without warning on Sunday night. passengers arc dead Sfcft three missing Six of the erl;,r are missmg, and six «re in hespita!. There wers about 7f or M "passengers, of whom I about one-half were firat-cla.-s, and the crew numbered h01n 2ilO to 220. SURVIVORS LANDED AT BANTRY HEAD Mueenstown, Monday Night.-The pas- sengers, it is reported, numbered 75, 'the rest of the complement of the vessel con- sisting of the crew. The Laconia had ac- commodahoT for upwards of 2.000 pM- Mnger? and 3M crew. Oae batch of ?r- viyors, variously stated at 15 to 5,)' ha IZn ?. n a?ho'-e at Bantrv Head 267 SURVIVORS LANDPn The Exchange states that when the Laeonia was torpedoed on Sundav night she had 75 saloon passengers and'a crew of :!17, out of which 267 have been landed, and two boats with 22 persons on bo.ard have reached Bantry Bay. Eight of the I 22 have died from exhaustion. STRUCK THREE TIMES. I Dr. Ilawke, of San Francisco, stated he was playing bridge ?hen thirst tor- pedo str('k the 6bip. ?e second onea' also hit her on the starboard side j Iterrific lefollowing. The last torpedo struck her. he sa'd m tae engine room, and caused utter darkness on the ehip. The night was moonlight, and gave is light on the ocean, and enabled a rescuing steamer to see and save us." A PROFESSOR'S STORY. I -? ine Kev. Joseph F. Waring, a prof.>  f St: ???h'? Co»^o. Baltimore. I U.S.A., stated in an interview that the crew consisted of 217 ?.u. and there w?rc 75 passengers, saloon and second ca,bin. there being no steerage. The voyage from 7 York was -eventful up to Thursdav la.>t. when the was struck by a heavy while the passengers were dining. The Laconia listed heavily over to the port side, hut no damage was done except the breaking of some ware. There was a sup- pressed feeling of dread among some of the passengers that when we got into the danger zjone we would run a grave risk of boing torpcdo-d; The Rev. Waring added that he was hav in- arhal with. Dr. Kennedy, the ejurger-ri of the S5UP' nt p.in., "heD ouite the, linei- was 'stiijek by a tor, hade. J he shock was not verv Violent, but 't capsized everything in the doctor's room. Dr. Kennedy tcmarked. 1 fear we hare been torpedoed," and went on deck on duty. NO PAABOARD. While tl-,ere excitement, there was certainly tl-&.cP21tic. The pas- sengers were got into the .boats, which c leared a way from, the side of the ship. rir. d were rowed come distance away It was then th?t t:? second torp<? ws discharged. He beloved there ?as an nitervai f) about 20 minutes b?twFCn tbp bring or tho two torjjedoes. The explo- sion was terrific-, a-d the nob!e vessel turned over on her port side and d ic," P- pea red. Ihe. Rev. Waring paid tribute to the admirable conduct cf the women. THE U BOAT'S REQUEST. He had almost forgotten to state that tho German submarine camo up to their boat and requested to be informed of the name of the steamer This was given, and she disappeared, ihe boats, eight in number, he thought, got separated during the night, but liiippil.v «H were picked up when the urder- stood that Capt. Irvine, thp chief officer, the first officer, ihe chief engineer, second engineer, and fourth officer, with the wire- less operators O'Donoran n«d Taylor, were the last to leave the Laconia. As a mat- ter of tact, some of them had to plunge into the but were picked up. He paid :1 high tribute to the captain, officers, and crew for the splendid discipline main- tained. to which he attributed the fact thnf the of life wa.s not much greater Anions* memhe-Tsof the crew in hospital Firnriii David Evans and WilliamI1 Griffiths.

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