Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-23
Seven Hundred of British
Warship Crews $4,000
Are Now Safe.
FEARFUL WAIT AT PIER
Nany in Crowd Have Relatives
or Friends Aboard the
Sunken Cruisers.

LONDON, SEPT. 23.-THE GRIM
EssY TRAWIER KILMARNOcL
WAS BLOWN UP BY A MINE IN
THE NORTH SEA YESTERDAY.
ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF THE
CREW WERE SAVED.
A ROTTERDAM DISPATCH SAYS
captain 5ERKoUT. OF THE
STEAMER TITAN, WHO SAVED
100 SURVIVORS IN THE FIGHT OF
THE BRITISH CRUISERS AND SUB
MARINES. SAYS THE FIGHT TOOK
PLACE ABOUT O'CLOCK TUES
DAY MORNING.
Harwich. England. Sept. % - One
hundred and ten survivors. including
30 officers OF the British cruisers Abou-
kr. Cressy and Hogue, torpedoed by
German submarines. arrived in Har-
vich and ParkestOn last night All
bore evidence of the trial through
which they had passed. According to
estimates obtained from survivors,
about seven hundred in all OF the
crews, approximately two thousands
men we're saved. A cruiser and a fio-
tilla OF destroyers bearing the surviv-
ors reached the harbor at o'clock
News OF what happened spread like
wild fire In the crowd were many
fearful faces for most of those along
the pier and beach had relatives or
friends aboard the sunken cruisers.
The injured were transferred to
Shotley naval hospital. while the un-
injured went TO a hotel now used as
e military hospital. Many had spent
some time struggling in the water. but
few showed serious effects. They
walked through a line of questioning
faces with firm step and smiling Their
clothing, however, was something to
marvel at. Most Of them wore blank
cts or burlap sacking, while others
we're protected from the chill night by
llama coats, such as seamen use on
night watches.
Heaviest Loss on AboukIr.
According to survivors. loss of life
was heaviest on the Aboukir. This
vessel was not expecting an attack
and many OF the crew were below. The
other two vessels, while preparing TO
aid their sister ship. had brought every
available man on deck. One of the
mdshipmeu related that he was on
board the Cressy, the last of the cruis- /
ers co go down.
The three vessels had been scout |
'ng' he said. a slight mist obscur- !
Cd our view. Suddenly the Aboukir |
vas seen TO keel over heavily. All I
nands on the gCressy were called and |
she stood by TO render assistance. The /
Hogus was also coming IN and arrived /,
hrst Just as she was swinging small 4
ooats over, she seemed to be lifted 1
clear OF the water. BY this time the /
Aooukir had gone down and the water /
around her was filed with wreckage I
and swimming men. Just as the Hogue .
settled IN the backwater watchers on .
NE Cressy caught glimpse of q sub .
marine and Immediately fired. The .
submarine disappeared. evidently hit
In Swim for Life.
Then our decks Tippled beneath our ,
ieet but the good sid tub recovered /
Ter balance and would have remained .
up had she not been torpedoed a sec
ond time. She rolled over slowly and .
Se had plenty OF time TO Jump clear OF /
NE ship before she disappeared. Then
Il was swim for your life was pick
e mp by the cruiser Lowest Oft All
signs OF our fotilla OF cruisers had dis
appeared from the water"
Surviving officers oppressed the opin-
ION that the engine rooms and stoke
Dutch Steamer Saves 2s7.
fmuiden. Holland, Sept. 23.-Two
hundred and eighty-seven survivors or
ne British cruisers sunk In the North
ga BY German submarines were land
. here BY the Dutch steamer Flora,
tnieh happened in the vicinity when
iissster overlook the warships. They
we're dressed in all manner OF cloth
hg' mostly from a little store pos
'essed by Dutch sailors OF the rescuing
'oaI The crews OF the sunken vessel
sere largely naval reservfsts. The
'lora picked UP many sailors clinging
Q spars and pieces OF wood Special
raise Is due Captain Voorhsrn OF the
4ors. who with a crew OF only eigh-