South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
NE VI WDREADNAUGHT
Of BRITISH NAVY
SUNK BY MINE
Censorship Wells Fate of One of
Britain'S Most Powerful
WarShipS But Photographs
Show Ship Half Submerged.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-The British
dreadnaught Audacious, one of the
newest and most powerful ships of the
English navy, has been sunk off the
coast of Ireland, presumably by a
mine. Though the English censor has
prevented any news of this disaster
being cabled, the information concern
ing 1t was received by mail ard today
photographs sent from London and
received in New York show the Auda-
cious half submerged.
The photograph also shows the port
deck OF the dreadnaught crowded with
sailors, while about her were several
small boats from the liner Olympic
and two torpedo boats that had been
called to the scene to aid in the res
cue work.
The picture Of the stricken dread
naught shows her listing to starboaCd,
with the water almost to her forward
deck, and her stern high in the air.
The vessel apparently had q hole torn
In her starbOard side.
Censorship Wells Disaster.
In transmitting by mail the news of
the sinking of the Audacious the man
ager of the London bureau of the In
ternatiOnal News Service said:
For almost week Fleet st. has
known that II. VI. r. AudaciOus had
been in collision with "A mine off the
north coast of Ireland. Later the
news was spread about that the sur
vivors OF the dreadnaught had been
picked up by the White Star liner
Olympic. The Olympic meantime was
reported TO have put in at Tough
Swilly on the northeast coast of Ire
land.
Although application was repeat
edly made the censor for cOnfirma-
tion or denial of these reports none
was forthcoming.
Ion the contrary the censor pro-
hibited any mention being made of the
disaster. The first of the Oiympics
passengers arrived in London at
o'clock this morning (Nov. ~ An
nOuncement had been made yesterday
that the passengers would arrive at
Euston station on n special train at
12:40 today. There is no such train
regularly and when the newspaper
men went to EustOn at the appointed
hour they learned that the Olympic's
passengers had arrived over various
roads at various stations in tht early
hours of this morning.
Passengers Keep Silent.
Two of the Olympic'S passengers
were located at the Savoy hotel this
afternoon. One Of them denied that
he had been on the Olympic and the
other refused to talk. 1t Is evident
that the British government issued in
structiOns before the passengers were
allowed to leave the Olympic at Bel
fast TO keep secret what they may
know of the disaster. Charles NJ.
Schwab, the only passenger to be al
lowed TO leave the Olympic at LOugh
Swilly. admitted today that he had
obtained this permission only on the
condition that he keep silent.
"One report OF the affair is that the
AudaciOus sighted and sank a Swedish
steamer laying mines off the north
coast OF Ireland. The AudaciOus is
said then to have AIarcvOnied the
Olympic of the danger. only a moment
later herself emphasizing IL by coming
in contact with one OF the mines
The explosion is said 10 have
caused her boilers 10 burst. scalding
147 men. three Of them fatally 1t is
said the Olympic came up in time to
tow the AudaCious into a small harbor
on the Irish coast. where she sank in
% feet OF water. IL is believed that
the government Is withholding news
OF the disaster in the hope that before
il is given out efforts now being made
10 raise the dreadnaught viii have
been successful.
Launched Last Year.
The Audacious was completed and
launched last year and was one OF the
most powerful warships in the British
navy. Her displacement was $4,000
tons: she was $50 lone and So feet in
the beam. She carried a crew OF 800
men.
The AudaciOus was heavily srmor-
ed and carried the following arma-
ments:
Ten 1S.5-inch CAS- csli0er) guns,
ranged in pairs in turrets, all on the
center line: 10 finch (.5O csiiber)
guns IN easements in the superstrue-