The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-25
BIG SHIP GOES DOWN
ENGLISH DREADNOUGHT STRUCK
BY NINE OR TORPEDO.
British Navy Looses One Of the Larg-
est and Newest Dreadnoughts OF
Irish Coast.

H1SA SoaSts
Rumors Of disaster Of the British
super-dreadnought Audacious which
have persisted ever since the White
Star Line Olympic, diverted from her
course, arrived at Lough Swilly on
October 29, are confirmed in mail ad-
vices received Saturday by the Asso-
ciated Press from point in England.
After a career of less than two
years the Audacious, Of the King
George V class-third in tonnage and
armament of his majesty's warships
lies at the bottom Of the ocean OF
the north coast of Ireland. She was
hit by a torpedo OF disabled by a
mine just before 9 o'clock on the
morning Of October q. With the
possible exception Of one or two men
the whole crew of 500 officers and
men was rescued by small boats from
, the Olympic.
The rescue was made in a rough
sea through brilliant and daring sea-
manship on the part Of the White
Star crew. The battleship's cry fol-
assistance was caught by the wire
less operator of the Olympic, which
was only about ten miles distant
The steamer rushed forward at full
speed while her crew made ready fol
their work.
Volunteers were called for and
double the number necessary to mar
the lifeboats responded. The Grip
pied battleship was reached a few
minutes after 9 o'clock and before
noon all but 100 Of her men had beer
transferred. At that time the battle
ship had a decided list at the sterr
where just below the waterline she
had received her wound.
Two of her engines were unharm
ed, but the one aft was put out O.
commission. After taking all the Of
ficers and crew who would leave, the
cruiser Liverpool and several othe,
warships which had come up, late IL
the afternoon decided to abandon th'
Audacious and the officers and mel
who had remained aboard reluctant
ly left her.
The fotilla of rescue ships con
tinued to stand by, however, until
o'clock that evening when a terr!h
explosion occurred on board and tn
Audacious plunged stern first and il
a moment had disappeared. The ex
plosion Is supposed to have beel
caused by shells let loose by the list
ing of the battleship. A bit of ar
NOR plate, torn from the sinkin,
ship, struck the deck of the Liver
Ipool, killing gunner.
The Audacious met her fate twen
ty-fve miles off the Irish coast, whicl
the Olympic was skirting. The line
sailed from New York for Glasgow
on October ~. The Olympic's pas
sengers saw the fash OF the explo
sion and watched the mighty warrio
sink. Then their ship turned he
prov toward Lough Swilly. An i'm
mediate investigation of the less o
the battleship was ordered.
.sThe Olympic carried about 30'
passengers. Nearly 100 Of thes
were English reservists. All passen
gers, other than British, were de
MED passage from Belfast to Liver
: pool and were compelled to go t
Dublin, which is IN open port, t
take boats for England. Secrecy re
garding the loss OF Audacious wa
enjoined upon the crew and passen
gers Of the Olympic, who were urget
to refrain from discussing the naTa
tragedy which they had witnessed
pending complete investigation.
The destruction Of the Audaciou
is the most serious single loss sus
) tanned by the British navy since th'
opening Of hostilities. Only a few
British warships outrank her in siz'
and fighting equipment.