DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

TORPEDOING OF THE ITALIAN STEAM­
SHIP "ANCONA," BY AN AUSTRIAN SUB­
MARINE.
File No. 865.857An2/5a.
The Secretary of State to Ambassador T. N. Page.
[Telegram.]
No. 375.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, November 10, 1915.
Reported Italian steamer Ancona sunk by submarine
and surviving passengers landed Bizerta. Telegraph
facts available and whether any Americans among
passengers.
File No. 865.857An2/1.
LANSING.
Ambassador T. N. Page to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
AMERICAN EMBASSY,
Rome, (Received) November 10, 1915.
Reported here one American first-class passenger, Cecil
Grey, and twenty-six American third-class passengers
conjecturally naturalized lost on Ancona.
File No. 865.857An2/2.
NELSON PAGE.
Ambassador T. N. Page to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
No. 427.] AMERICAN EMBASSY,
Rome, November 10, 1915.
Later report Americans believed lost on Ancona: Alexander
Patattivo of New York, his wife and four children;
Mrs.' Francis Mascolo Lamura; also about twenty other
third-class passengers believed Americans. Mrs. Cecile L.
Greil, first called Gray, now reported safe.
File No. 865.857An2/47.
NELSON PAGE.
Official announcement of the Austro-Hungarian Admiralty. 1
Official Austro-Hungarian Admiralty reports foreign
press spreads false reports about sinking Ancona, which
took place as follows: submarine fired one shot before
steamer's prow, upon which steamer fled full speed, according
order Italian authorities, which runs flee or sink submarine.
Submarine pursued steamer and continued firing.
Steamer stopped only when hit several times.
Submarine allowed 45 minutes abandon steamer, where
panic reigned, but only small number boats were lowered
1 Transmitted to the Department of State by the Austro-Hungarian Charge
November 15, 1915.
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