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o'clock; and the daughter about two-thirty, after trying
to wake her mother.
The American negro, Tom Coffey, died about one-thirty
and affiant Fotheringham threw his body over about £
hour later. After this two or three bodies were thrown
over; but the Hoy ladies were not thrown overboard until
daylight, about 5.15 a. m. The total deaths were either
seven or eight. The survivors were picked up about
6.45 a. m. by H. M. S. Crocus.
F. DUNSTAN SARGENT, O. P.
JACOB FOTHERINGHAM.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of
February, anno 1917.
WESLEY FROST,
Consul of the United States of America.
[Seal of the American Consulate.]
File No. 300.115 A13.
Case of the "Algonquin."
Consul Stephens to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
AMERICAN CONSULATE,
Plymouth, March 14, 1917.
Steamer Algonquin of New York, from New York for
London with food stuffs, sunk by German submarine
sixty-five miles west of Bishops, March twelfth, six a. m.
Captain reports vessel not warned and sunk by shell fire.
Crew of twenty-seven all saved in own boats. Submarine
refused assistance. No other boats in sight.
STEPHENS.
File No. 300.115 A13/3.
Consul Stephens to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
AMERICAN CONSULATE,
Plymouth, March 15,1917.
Summary affidavit Captain Norberk Steamer Algonquin:
cargo food stuffs, copper, tin, machinery, acids,
formaldehyde, New York for London, attacked without
warning by German submarine. Algonquin flying American
ensign, American flag painted on ship's sides, weather
clear, sea calm, firing ceased only after lifeboats were
clear ship. Vessel sunk by shell fire and bombs. Captain
made no attempt escape. Submarine stopped engines
first shot. Crew twenty-seven hours in boats, no
hardships other than fatigue, none injured, no vessels
sighted after attack. Affidavits Chief Mate Frank
Kerney, Chief Engineer Charles Schultz, confirm Captain's
affidavit. Affidavit mess boy James Finnerty
confirms other affidavits with addition that crew suffered
severely from exposure to cold in lifeboats during night.
Gives name of submarine U-38.
STEPHENS.