Dublin, Sept. 5.
Twelve among them badly injured. and many more severely burned, 428 survivors of the torpedoed. tiner Athenian arrived at Galway, Eire, today.
One of those rescued from the British vessel, an American student, revealed today that he had been on deck when the torpedo struck the Athenia.
He said that he saw the torpedo flash toward the hull of the boat amidships.
"According to officers of the Anchor Donaldson steamer, torpedo had been directed against the Athenia from a distance of from 600 6 1000 yards—Havas.
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