Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-16
Two Musicians Shifted From
Olympic Reach New York
and Tell Of Rescue Of Those
Aboard AudaciouS.
DISASTER CAUSED
BY HITTING MINE
Disabled Superdreadnaughl Is
Blown Up by British Cruiser
Liverpool After Seamen
Are Taken off,

New York, Nov. 1.-Two men who
raw the British superdreudnauEht
Audacloua lying helpless In a heavy
hea some fwcnty-scvcn miles north
west Of Tough Swilly. shortly after
she had struck mine ON October
"a. arrived hero today on the steamer
New York from Liverpool.
They confirmed the stories OF the
loss Of the warship that had previous
~ reached here and added numerous
details. one statement they made
was that tho Audnclona might have
been floating today had she not been
blown M by the British cruiser ldv-
crpool "a u. M. on the day she was
disabled through striking the mine
The mon who told the story We're
james Il. Bcnmcr. leader OF the
orchestra on the White star liner
Olympic which rescued the crew Of
The AndaciOus and made frulucHs e.
forts "a tow the bntileshlp to shoal
water, and Hugh GrlffIths. one of the
prclgeMrns mnsiei1ns.
Declined 10 Talk az First.
When Il became known on board
the New York ak she was coming
into port today that Benmes ana
GrIffiihs had been shifted 10 her from
The Olympic, the musicians were ask
cd to toll their story of the disaster.
Both declined TO discuss the event,
declaring they had been put on Their
honor by tho admiralty to say moth
Ing.
Later when they saw the positive
statements that had been published
here regarding the disaster TO the
Audaclous they admitted that the
haitlcahlp had been hit by a mine
land had gone down. Upon reflection
the men realized they were breaking
no faith with the government mas
much as the facts had now come to
light and consented 60 tell what
they knew
The story OF Bcames, who was
helped from time TO time by Crit
| flths. waA substantially as follows;
Story Of Eye Witness.
eWo sighted land at 10 II. m. on
Tuesday, October ~. The land was
Tory Island. An hour later We went
below, when one Of the stewards
lcnme to our quarters aud sald You'd
better get up on deck ana see those
two lovely warships The passengers
soon not wind of tho presence Of
lwnr vessels and there was much un-
cahlnasa among them.
AS soon as the steward told "
about the warships We ran up on
deck. The day was dark and cloudy
land a atin westerly breeze was blow
Ing. or our atarhoard side we SAW
"a biE hnltlcahlp down al the stern
land hcnxv seas breaking over her.
She was flying tho code flag OF the
letter ~. which II 4 distress signal.
Efforts "a iscstuc Ship.
As We approached the other war
Ahip, which we learned later was tue
cruiser Liverpool came over 10 us
aud az high speed crossed our bows.
Hardly had she crossed when she
turned aud recrosscd and Kept UP
this sort OF movement for a half
hour. II seemed nj first as II she
were trying deliberately TO Keep IN
the way OF the Olympic as Il means
Of making her STOP
I'll WIS said on board later, how
ever, that this performance was for
the purpose Of clearing the way for
the White Star ship which al that
time WAS the only agent In those VIII
iers capable OF towing the Audaclous
TO shoal haven, Neither the Liver
pool herself nor the other small war
ships that had stenmed to tho work
OF rescue WAS capable Of Swing the
overwhelmingly
WIS Feeling for Mines.
1T WIS decided instantly that the
tiVetpoel could better risk hitting q
lminr than could the Olympic, which
was later to tow the Audaclons, and
for this reason the liverpool made
her mAnenvcr ahead Of the Olympic
rs a fcclef for mines.
Hardly had the Liverpool cut
across our bow when the order WAS
given to man the starh0ard life boats,
More volunteers answered thln the
boats could accommodate and when
| II eame time fort action, the Olympic
crew actually fought to get into the
boats. 50 eager were the sailors to
40 something for the sailors on the
doomed Audaeieus. When one Of the
boats hit the water they found IN It
a little helihoy. II YEARS old. who
earried messages e. and from the
pnfser's office
Nianeuvcr 10 Save Seamcn.
"AlthouRh the slarhoard life boats
we're manned. Captain Paddock sud
denly changed his plans. Instead Of
dropping down on the port side Of
he pouudlng warrior. he decided TO
lput about and approach on the star
board side. BY so doing he made a
Ice. which enabled the fourteen life
boats dropped from the port side to
accomplish task that never could
have been done II the original plan
had been carried out.
"rhe seas We're high and the men
Ia the 0lympie's life boats had a
hard pun. II took them twenty min
utes "a get over to the Audacious
which lay about 500 yards away, We
irrifld See ttIr tTrw 1T quarters. Thee
we're the ealmest body az men ever
saw. Through the binoculars the cap
tain OF the Audacinua WAS seen walk
! Ing ~ and down the deck calmly
With his hands behind his back.
Rescue Work Dangerous.
Il SAY one boat come along the
stern Of the unerdrcadnaught II had
fiee men In It. Just as II came into
position for the designated men on
the Audacious TO jump into II, biz
wall Of water pulled Il UP aud then
slammed It upside down into the sea.
Instantly four men came 10 the SUR
| faee and ciutehing II the buckets