SINKING OF THE ARABIC
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 20.-2:30 a. m
—The landing here yesterday evening
of the survivors of the ill-fated Whitt
Star steamer Arabic was a pitiable
scene. All of them were scantily cloth
ed and none of them had hats or head
coverings of any kind
A large number of the survivors
were suffering from injuries to theii
heads or from other wounds or shocks
and from the effects of being com
pelled to take to open boats scantily
attired.
Many of the women were In theii
berths when the liner was torpedoed
and ran to the deck In their nght
clothing. They were provided with
blankets when they were taken from
their boats and rafts by the crews of
the rescue ships. A number of those
ssved were picked out of the water and
arrived here In their sea-soaked cloth
ing. The people of Queenstown gave
them every possible attention and pro
vided fresh outfits for many of them.
Crew's Work Praised.
A. Hulme Nebeker, of Logan, Utah
who when he arrived here had only a
bathrobe on, said that the crew worked
In the short ten minutes they had to
pet ile iiassengers Into the boat, and
bn. foi the fine discipline maintained
and the excellent work of the rescuing
tug officers at least scores of persons
would have been lost. The submarine,
uecordlng to Mr. Nebeker, was seen be
fore It launched the torpedo, but there
was not time enough to escape it.
The American vice consul here as
sisted the local authorities in aiding
the survivors.
Capt. Pinch, who is suffering from
Injures in 1 is eg, Mil list night that
he did not see ‘.he submarine, hut dis
tinctly observed the torpedo approach
ing In tht water.
Too Late to Escape.
"It was then imposible to escape it,"
the captain said.
“We had only eight minutes to get
the boats away and save all on board.’
Qeorge L. Money, of Stratford, Ont..
who, with hs daughter and brother,
were returning home by the Arable, said
In an Interview that the passengers in
large numbers were enjloying the fine
weather about decks after breakfast.
Their attention had Just been attracted
to the steamer Dunsley, the boats of
which were being launched.
(The censor here evidently has delat
ed the facts concerning the Dunsley.)
The Arabic, Mr. Hooney said, wat
making toward the Dunsley when the
streak of a torpedo fired from a sub
marine lying in the wake of the Duns
ley was een making for the Arabic
There were cries of alarm and all
hands made for life belts and the life
boats.
Life Belts Ready on Deck.
“Fortunately,” contined Mr. Money
“all precautions had been taken, the
life belts being in readiness on deck and
the boats In position for launching. The
torpedo struck the ship and there was a
terrible explosion. The ship began to
settle immediately and sank In a few
minutes.
"It was marvelous how so many boats
were got afloat. It spoke well for the
discipline of the crew. I was an hour
and a half swimming.”
A member of the crew of the Arabic
said when the steamer was struck It
was going at sixteen knots, making for
the Dunsley. When the torpedo struck
a portion of the ship was torn away
and he saw the bodies of coal trimmers
and of five engineers, whose watch was
below, blownjuto pieces and into the sea.
Surivivora Afloat for Houra.
Although the steamer was torpedoed
in the forenoon, it was 3 o’clock in the
afternoon before the last of the sur
vivors were picked up by the Mongol
ian and Primrose. Charles Pringle of
the Motom Company, Ltd., of Toronto
said that most of tile passeng«rs were
Canadians.
Discussing the work of rescue, Mr.
Pringle said:
“It was really marvelous so many
persons were saved. All the lifeboats
were crowded when they were launched
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dUu sumo persons were tlnown into the
water. There were some very panicky
scenes, but Uie crew kept cool heads
and rescued most ot those struggling
m the water.”
Americans Aboard.
U nited States Consul Thompson stat
ed this morning that there were twen
ty-one American citizens among the
cabin and steerage passengers aboard
the Arabic. Sixteen of these have been
accounted for here thus far.
Capt. Finch gave the Associated Press
a detailed account of the loss of the
liner.
"We were forty-seven miles south
of Galley head at 9:30 o'clock this
morning," he said, “when I perceived
the steamer Dunsley in difficulty. Go
ing towards ner I observed a torpedo
coming for my ship, but could not dis
cern a submarine. The torpedo struck
luu feet from the stern, making terrible
havoc of the hull. The vessel begun
to settle Immediately and Bank in about
eight minutes.
“My orders tiom tile bridge about get
ting tlie boats launched was promptly
obeyed. Two boats capsized. We had
taken every precaution while in the
danger zone. There were plenty of lift
belts on deck and the boats were ready
for immediate launching. The officers
and the crew all behaved excellently and
did everything possible under the cir
cumstances getting people into the
boats and picking up those In the sea.
"1 was the last to leave, taking the
plunge Into the sea as the ship was
going down. After being in the water
some time 1 got aboard a raft, to which
I also assisted two men and a woman.’
Capt. Finch paid special tribute to
the heroic conduct of several engineers
and firemen, who remained at theii
l>ost to the last and sacrificed their
lives to execute orders from the bridge
thus insuring the safety of the passen
gers. Among those last was the cap
tain’s nephew.
The Arabia's commander spoke ap
preciatively of the kind treatment re
vived by passengers and crew aboard
rescuing vessels and likewise of tht
irrangements made for their comfort
at Queenstown. His chief regret was
that he was unable to save the lives of
every one on board.
"If I had been given a little more
time by the submarine," he said re
gretfully, "I am satisfied I could have
saved everybody.”
TO STOP WAR
STOPCOTTON
Speaking tonight at a Queen’s Hall
cotton contraband meeting Sir Charles
Macara said: "We must utilize our
command of the sea to prevent cotton
reaching our enemies. It is absolute
ly necessary that strong measures be
carried out, simultaneously but always
acting fairly and In the interests of all
neutrals.”
Sir William Ramsay said: "It we stop
cotton we stop war. Cotton is the only
substance the Germans couldn’t supply
themselves for there is no chemical
products that has been substituted for
raw cotton. Almost every neutral since
the commencement of the war has been
importing cotton out of all proportion
to its needs. It is a disgraceful state
of affairs.
Sir Charles Macara, who is president
of the Master Cotton Spinners’ Asso
ciation, of Great Britain, presided at
the meeting and Sir William Ramsay
was the principal speaker.
An inspired statement published in
one of the newspapers deprecated the
agitation to make cotton contraband
and intimated that negotiations with
the United States on this subject were
proceeding, had the effect of lessening
interest in the meeting. Both the pre
siding officers and chief speaker were
insistent, however, that immediate ac
tion should be taken.
Sir William Ramsay, who seconded
a resolution demanding that cotton be
declared contraband, asserted that while
substitutes for cotton could be used In
making nltro-cellulosc, none of them
had what was called the ‘‘holistic pow
er” of cotton, and If anything else were
used by the Germans it would necessi
tate enlarging the chambers of theli
guns and altering rifles, an expedient
which not even Germany could be pre
pared to adopt.
The estimate was made by Sir
Charles that a thousand tons of cotton
is used every day of the war. He pro
tested that it was grossly unfair to the
English soldiers and their allies that
Great Britain should continue to supply
Germany with this commodity.
"Had cotton been stopped at the be
ginning of the war,” he said, "We might
reasonably expect to see the war near
ing an end.”
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