Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — SHIP TORPEDOED; 101 PERISH [ARTICLE]

SHIP TORPEDOED; 101 PERISH

British Steamer Stephen Furness Sunk in the Irish Sea. London, Dec. 24. —One hundred and one lives were lost when the British armed steamship Stephen Furness was sunk by a German submarine in the Irish channel, according to official announcement here. Six officers and 95 men were drowned. The Stephen Furness was of 1,721 gross tons, and owned by the Tyne Tees Shipping company, Ltd., of New Castle. She was one of the many merchantmen that have been refitted by the admiralty for naval uses. She was built in 1910.