File No. 841.857/340
The Consul at Cork (Frost) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
Saxonian’s second boat picked up 17 hours after disaster. James Weygand, native American, Hattboro, Montgomery County, Pa., was wounded in foot and shoulder by shell which killed boatswain. Ell wood Moore, native American, 1221 South Grand Avenue, St. Louis, was in same boat. Shelling believed deliberate, killing boatswain, wounding four others. Am mailing affidavits foregoing Americans and ship’s first and third officers. Third American saved in boat afloat 68 hours, John Steffinini, 2338 Filbert Street, San Francisco, native citizen. This telegram sent also Ambassador, Consul General.