Three Campus Girls On Ship: British Liner Athenia Torpedoed and Sunk

Three Campus Girls On Ship

Three coeds and a woman graduate of the University of Michigan today were believed to have been aboard the British liner Athenia, which was torpedoed and sunk at sea late Sunday night, and speculation was prevalent here as to whether Ann Arbor residents or others known here were on the ship.

Aboard were 1,347 passengers and crew, including United States citizens tentatively listed at about 300. All except some persons killed by explosion of the torpedo were reported to have been saved.

On European Tour

Three young women who attended school here last year were on a tour of Europe and are listed among those embarking on the Athenia from Glasgow.

They are Miss Barbara Brad-field, 21, of Grand Rapids, a graduate student last year; Miss Alberta Wood of Anchorage. Ky., a senior, and Miss Joan Outhwaite of Bennington, Vt., a junior. Miss Bradfield is a member of Delta Gamma sorority and the other two members of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Miss Cathleen Schurr of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was graduated from the University in 1937, also was believed to have been aboard. Her name was listed among those who boarded the ship at Liverpool. She was known to have planned a European trip some time ago.

Taken From List

Also among names on the first and incomplete list of American citizens who came aboard at Liverpool was that of Dr. Tryphena Humphrey, formerly an instructor in the University department of anatomy. Later, her name was one of seven removed from the list, without explanation. Dr. Humphrey received her Ph.D. here and now is on the University of Pittsburgh faculty.

Image of Barbara Bradfield