The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-10
VIVID STORIES OF
SUBMARINE ONSET
Told BY Survivors Of LOsi
British Cruisers.
SPLENDID HER0ISM SHOWi'

Sea After Torpedoes' Deadly W
Shouted Cheering Messages to
Another-"Germans Came Right
Under Noses of Our Guns"
Survivors tells graphic stories of I
destruction Of the British armort
cruisers AbouNir, Hogue and CreSS.
Describing the sinking of the Cress
Chief Gunner Dougherty said:
suddenly | heard great crash an
saw the Aboukir heeling over and 81
ing down rapidly We came to th.
conclusion that she had been struCi
by torpedo, and kept sharp lool
out for these craft while Steaming &
the assistance Of the Aboukir.
The Hogue was also closing up t..
ward the sinking ship with the objec
Of assisting the crew, who We're drop
ping into the water, when we hear,
a second crash. AS the Hogue begai
to settle we knew that she also ha
been torpedoed.
Gas we drew near, some one Shoute-
to me, Look out, sir. there's a sub
LAdhlnC OIA OOf pun
''She was about 400 yards away ]
took careful aim at her and she dis
appeared. Up she came again so i
fired my third shot and smashed II
the top of the coming tower.
Let Out Great Shout of Joy.
"The pen standing by shouted, She
hit, sir! and then they let out gree
cheer as the submarine sank, aRC
while she was going down two Germai
sailors floated up from her, both swim
ming hard.
after that we shot at traHief
which was 1000 yards away and ey
dently German boat in disguise. q
recting operations. We hit her wit.
the first shot and set her on fire.
by this time we already had beer
struck by one torpedo. but the dam
age was not in a vital spot and We
should have kept atioat all right We
saw another submarine on our star
board side aud made Il desperate effort
to get her, but failed, and her tor
pedo got home in our engine room.
"Then the Cressy began to turn
over, and this l will say for the men,
said Mr.. Dougherty proudly, they act
ed like British sailors, and those who
died died as Briton should.
"Our captain was ON the bridge, and
in these critical minutes he spoke some
words of advice to the crew. Keep
cool, my lads. keep COOL he said in q
steady voice Pick up a spar, my
lads, and put it under your arm. That'll
help you to keep afoat until the de
stroyers pick you up
Water Thick With Drowning Men.
"They were discharging torpedoes at
us while the water was thick with
drowning men, When l dropped into
the sea. clinging to a bit of wood,
there were men all around me. We
shouted CHEEKY messages to one an
other / was afioat for four hours"
Says a Muiden, Holland, dispatch to
the London Daily Chronicle:
"The men of the Aboul1ir afloat in the
water hoped for everything from the
arrival of her sister cruisers, and all
survivors agree that when these also
sank many gave up the struggle for
life and went down. An officer told
me that when swimming, after having
lost his jacket in the grip Of a drown
ing man, his chief thought was that
the Germans had succeeded in sinking
only three comparatively obsolete
cruisers which shortly would have
been scrapped anyway.
Invent four men were saved on a
target which 1oated off the Hogue's
deck. The men were gathered on il
for four hours waist deep in water.
"The daring of these Germans was
amazing. They must have seen us
long way off. We could not see them
and they came right up under the noses
Of our guns"