Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — FRENCH LINER SUNK; 45 DIE [ARTICLE]

FRENCH LINER SUNK; 45 DIE

Steamship Sontay Torpedoed While on Way to Marseilles From v ' Saloniki. Paris, May 25.—The French destroyer Boutefeu was mined and sunk in a naval engagement between Austrian and French, British and Italian naval craft. There were 42 survivors of the Boutefeu rescued. It is officially announced that the French liner Sontay, bound for Marseilles from Saloniki with 344 passengers, was torpedoed on April 14 with a loss of 45 lives. Captain Mages went down with the ship. The Sontay was a vessel of 7,247 tons.