, 1914-11-18
KILOGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamaica }

New York, Nov. 15th-The following de-
balls have been given out by the Associated
Press; The Olympic was ten miles away
when the "Audacious" signaled distress, and
or her reaching she found the cluiser"Liver-
Lool' and smaller vessels standing by in q
heavy and dangerous sea, making the launch
ing Of small boats perilous. Captain Had
dock calling for volunteers, a double num-
Der stepped forward eagerly, and the best
having been picked, the boats were put over
in brilliant style. The discipline Oh board
the battleship was fine, every man standing
at quarters until his turn came to enter the
bouts, and before noon the ~"Olympic's" boats
had taken off all except one hundred of the
crew, and these remained on board the
battleship while Capt. Haddock essayed to
tow her to the Irish coast, % miles away,
the liverpool" aud the other rescue ships
standing by. It was difficult work getting
q cable on board the "Audacious," and by
the time this was performed she was we'll
down by the stern, and when the "Olympic'
started to drag on the cable the strain was
too great and il parted, The bulkheads of
the "Audacious' then began to give way
under the strain, and the task Of saving her
becoming hopeless, the rest of the crew were
taken off and she was abandoned. She soon
began to settle lower as one alter another
Of the bulkheads yielded 10 the increasing
pressure, aud at 8 pm, as the dreadnought
was rolling in the heavy sea, q violent
explosion shattered her stern, she stood
almost straight, with bows pointing
up, and then in q moment disappeared,
ii is supposed that a shell rolling loose as she
listed aud foundered detonatej, causing her
magazine to blow Up. Great splinters of
steel and other wreckage were tossed high
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which fell on boa,d the "LiverpooI' caused
the only casualty, that of a gunner, whose
legs were severed, causing his death.
The sinking of the "Audacjous" by the
stern favours the theory of a submarine,
rather than q mine. Her crew stood like
nine pins while the waves were washing The
feet of those nearest the stern, there was No
hurry and no excitement, the quiet orders
being instantly obeyed. A Swedish traWIer
passed the cable from the "Audlcious" to
the "Olympic" but it parted under a strain
of 1000 tons at one end and $4,000 ut the
other, heaYing uncoutrollably in the heavy
sea. The trawIer tried to pass the anchor
chains of the ''Audacious", which We're the
worlds longest ana strongest, bat they were
too heavy for her to handle and this was the
last hope.
1t is officially stated that Mr.. Asqui'h's
total OF 5l,O0O cAsualt1es OF al ranks up 10
Nov. includes the missing, An approximate
of $4,000 monthly is not thought to be ex-
cessiye, The ratio Of killed is probably one
in ten.
Another casualty list Includes the Earl Of
Kingston, reserve of officers, shot through
10th thighs.
A despatch from Paris states that NJ. Nor
tier, a Member Of the Chamber Of Deputies
and Mayor of Neuilly, has been killed.
Dispatches from the Hague state TINT
Field Marshal Baron Won Der Goltz, the
Governor of Belgium, has given orders
that the Brussels Civic Guards are liable to
be shot if they decline TO obey the German
orders.
Adyices from Rome state that ZIG, 0 1000
for military expenses have been allowed, sub
iect to Parliament's ratification. Italy has
declared that copper imports are not to be
exported, that is, American copper will not
reach Germany. This removes another
source of possible Anglo-American friction,
in the same manner as the trade in food
stuffs.
A despatch from Valparaiso states that the
tLelpzig'' and Dresden have sailed. They
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