THE SINKING OF THE ANTILLES
LATER ACCOUNTS OF THE ATTACK. (Eec. October 20, 0.30 p.m.) Washington, October 25. It is announced that two of those who were killed on board the transport Antilles were naturalised Americans whose parents were living in Germany. The New York Sun's" correspondent at a French port interviewed tho survivors. It is estimated that from fifty to sixty are dead. The crew were preservers, otherwise the death-roll wf-cld have been heavier. Tho sea was rough, and three lifeboats were overturned. Scores of men, including a' briirtdicrgeneral, dung to the wreckage, aod were picked up after two hours' immersion. Many of those who jumped into the sta were sucked under. There were thrilling escapes. Meanwhile the convoy xnavaifingly searched for tho U-boat, the ship vas torpedoed at seven o'clock in the morning. Many were killed in their berths,; Six returning wounded men wero first lowered into the lifeboats. The stnri rose almost to a perpendicular, ai,d many jumped from a height of sixty feet. The crew displayed the utmost heroism. --Aus.-N.Z. Cable As6n.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 9
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176THE SINKING OF THE ANTILLES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 9
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