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room. Two other men as previously mentioned died
from exposure and burns; engineer Embry badly frozen;
other survivors with minor afflictions as bruised and
frozen ears and fingers. When vessel torpedoed there
was moderate northwest breeze on choppy sea. Heavy
snow squalls were encountered by survivors in open boats
and weather during whole night was below freezing. All
survivors have now reached Rotterdam. Of crew numbered
forty-one, thirteen were American and twentyeight
other nationalities. Thirteen members of crew
who were Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Norwegian
were drowned. Fate of Americans on board follows:
Captain Charles Christopher, home Brooklyn, saved; first
mate Otto Willrup, home New York, saved; second mate
W. Chandler, home Brooklyn, drowned or suffocated;
third mate Sludgins, home Norfolk, Virginia, drowned;
third assistant engineer W. C. Johnson, home Hoboken,
New Jersey, drowned or suffocated; oiler Emery Lee
Veaux, home Michigan, drowned or suffocated; able
seamen S. W. Smith, home Chicago, drowned; sailor
John Steiner, Pittsburg, Penna., drowned; second steward
George Healy, San Francisco, California, drowned;
chief engineer John Caldwell, New York, saved; first
assistant engineer G. W. Embry, New Orleans, saved;
second assistant engineer G. Swanson, Brooklyn, saved;
wireless operator H. Parker, Philadelphia, saved; complete
affidavits following.
File No. 300.115Az7/.
Case of the "Aztec."
EJBOGH.
Consular Agent Pitel to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENCT,
Brest, (Received) Aprils, 19.7.
Aztec sunk April first, nine p. m. Official report following
through Paris.
File No. 300.115Az7/l.
Ambassador Sharp to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
PITEL.
No. 1969.] AMERICAN EMBASSY,
Paris, April 2, 1917.
Foreign Office has just informed me that the American
steamer Aztec was torpedoed at 9 p. m. last night far out
at sea off Island of Ushant. That one boat from the
steamer has been found with 19 survivors, who were
landed this afternoon at Brest. Twenty-eight persons
are still missing and although two patrol vessels are
searching for them, the stormy condition of sea and
weather renders their rescue doubtful. Foreign Office
not informed of names of survivors. Will cable further
details as soon as obtainable.
SHARP.