New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-26

informed me that the water was over
the engine room gratings.
awhile endeavoring to return to tht
bridge the water burst the starboard
ontryport doors and the ship. heeled
rapidly. / told the men In the port
battery TO jump overheard, as the
launch was close alongside, and soon
afterward the ship lurched heavily 70
starboard. 49,
al chung to a ring bolt for some time,
but evidently dropped on to the deck
and huge wave washed me away.
climbed up the ships side and was
again washed off. Eventually, attet
swimming about from various over,
laden pieces of wreckage, ! was picked
up by cutter from the Hogue, Cox,
swain L. S. Marks, which pulled ABOUT
for some hours picking up men, ana dls,
charging them to our picket boat ahu
steam pinnace and to the Dutch steam
ers Flora and Titan, and rescued, IN
this way, Commander Sells (ot the
Aboukir) Engineer Commander stokes
with legs broken; Fleet Paymaster FL
bred and about 100 others.
FINALLY, about II a. M, when we
could find no more men in the wafer
we were picked up by the Luciier
which proceeded TO the Titan and tooE
of from her all our men except aDou'
twenty, VINO were too i'll to be removed
Dutch Ships Praised.
"a Lowestoft trawler and the two
Dutch ships, Flora and Titan, were
extraordinarily kind, clothing and teed
ing our men. NV boats crew, consist
ing mainly of Royal Navy Reserve men
pulled and behaved remarkably well.
particularly wish to mention Petty
officer Halton, who by encouraging me
men in the water near me, undoubtedly
saved many lives. n,,r
Lieutenant Commander Phillips
Woolev. after hosting out the launch
asked me if we should try to MOIST OUT
another boat, and endeavored to do so
The last | saw Of him was on the aItei
bridge, doing well. u.,
Lieutenant Commander Tillard was
picked up by launch. lie got up
cutters crew and saved many llVeS' 10
did Midshipmate Cazalet IN the CIeS
sy's gig. Lieutenant Chichester turned
out the whaler very quickly.
"A Dutch sailing trawler stood cloSe
BY, but went off without rendering any
assistance, although we sIgnailed 10
her from the Hogue to close a1ter We
were struck. ..
1.-THE Aboukir appeared to me to take
about thirty-fve minutes to sink. hoat'
ing bottom up for about hVe minutes
The Hogue turned turtle very quickly.
in about five minutes-and hoated DOT
tom up for several minutes. A dense
black smoke was seen in the starDoaIu
battery, whether from coal or torpeoo
cordite | could not say. me upper
deck was not blown up, and only one
other small explosion occurred as We
heeled over.
Cressy Floats Bottom Up.
"Tbe Cressv watched heel over
from the cutter. She heeled over TO
starboard very slowly, dense bIacS
smoke issuing from her when she al
tanned an agile Of about ninety degrees
and she took "A long time from inns
angle till she foated bottom up WIN
the starboard screw slightly out o.
water. | consider it was thlrty'hVe lc
forty-fve minutes from the time sht
was struck till she was bottom up.
"AU the men on the Hogue behaved
extraordinarily well, obeylng ,ordc:'
even when in the water swimming tci
their lives, and ! witnessed many cases
Of great self-sacritice and galiantry
Farmstone, able seaman of the Hogue
Jumped overheard from the launch e
make room for others, and would MOI
avail himself Of assistance until all the
men nearby were picked up. lie wa
in the water about half an hour.
"Thcre was no panic OF any sort, th'
men taking Off their clothes as ordered
and falling in with hammock or wood
Captain Nicholson, in our other cutter
as usual, was perfectly cool an'
rescued large numbers of men. | las
saw him alongside the Flora. EnglneeI
Commander Stokes, | believe, was II
the engine room to the last and I'm
gineer Lieutenant Commander Fendlc'
got steam on the boat hoist and WORKED
it in five minutes.
81 have the honor to submit that
may be appointed to another ship a
soon as can get kit"