Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1918 — 638 DIE ON TRANSPORT [ARTICLE]

638 DIE ON TRANSPORT

TROOPSHIP SANT ANNA TORPEDOED BY U-BOAT. Paris Statement Says 1,512 Soldiers and Native Workers Were Rescued. Paris, June 21— The transport Sant’ Anna, proceeding from Blzarta for Malta, was torpedoed and sunk on the night of May. 10-11, according to the Havas agency. There were on board 2,150 soldiers and native workmen, of whom 1,512 were saved. New York, June 21. —The Santa Anna was a steel twin screw French steamship of 9,350 gross tons. It was built in 1910, was 470 feet long, 56 feet in width, and had a depth of 43 feet. The vessel sailed out of Marseilles. flizerta, a fortified port on the Coast of Tunis, is the most northerly town in Africa. Malta is an. island 56 miles south of Sicily. An Atlantic Port, x June 21.—An American steamer arriving from Central America, reported that she sighted a submarine 200 miles south of Sandy Hook, and was pursued. The captain said that he put on full speed, zig-zagged and escaped by outdistancing the U-boat. His ship carried 57 passengers.