File No. 857.857/80
The Consul at Cork ( Frost) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 20, 1917.]
Norwegian steamship Dalbeattie, 819 tons, coal, Glasgow to Gibraltar, sunk 11 a.m., 17th, by shell-fire 30 miles off Fastnet. Carried neither gun nor wireless. Stopped engines upon first shot but was shelled without pause while abandoning ship. No injuries, no offer aid. Weather: heavy swells, light wind, clear sky; boats rescued 1.30 a.m., 18th, after burning flares. Two native Americans, Frank Wood, John Guerra, of whom former is in hospital at Schull, acute bronchitis contracted prior to disaster but aggravated by exposure. Am mailing affidavit master and Guerra, whose mother is Mrs. Lily Alt, 26 Main Street, Los Angeles. Wood’s address, 26 Taylor Street, Keene, N. H. This telegram also to Ambassador, Consul General.