New-York tribune., 1914-11-16

boats and sent them to pick up the
crew of the damaged ship.
"The Olympic Immediately assisted
in this work. | myself went out in a
l;feboat and saved number of men,
and our lifeboats did good work, and
when the crew of the Audacious, with
their marines, were paraded on our
deck we had about $50 OF them. The
cruisers boats also contained many,
and il was a striking scene, although
| do not want to see it again.
American Eyewitnesses Stirred.
"The American passengers on board
the Olympic watched the proceedings
from the ship, and they were greatly
stirred by the heroism of our men.
Every man on the Olympic available
for the work of rescue volunteered
for the lfeboats, but what struck the
Americans most was the marvellous
heroism Of the crew of the Audacious.
They were mustered on the deck, all
the men having been brought up from
below. and they were drawn up at at
tention on the deck, and waited with
oUS a movement for whatever was in
store for them. One American pas
senger declares that he had heard a
lot about British pluck and had taken
it with a grain of salt, but after what
he saw of the men of the Audacious
he would believe anything of the Brit
ish sailors in future.
The Olympic" continued my in
formant, made gallant effort TO get
the Audacious in tow, as we were not
far from the land, and threw out a
six-inch wire rope, but, unfortunately,
il snapped. Then they tried to put on a
nlne-inch rope, one of the heaviest
wires carried on a steamship, but the
Audacious was unable to secure it.
Meanwhile the work Of rescue had
been continued, and it is believed that
almost every man on the cruiser had
been saved. Although the work was
carried out under great difficulties, only
one of the lifeboats, belonging to one
of the cruisers, capsized. All the occu.
pants disappeared for a moment, but
they were soon seen swimming toward
the upturned boat. and for a time they
clung to her keel. Eventually they
managed TO right her, and all scram-
bled in and we're taken on board one
of the cruisers. 1t has since been
learned that petty officer on this boat
was drowned
Two Men Injured.
every one remained perfectly calm
and no one was drowned, but it was
stated BY mel Of the Audacious that
the EXPLOSION had resulted in injury TO
come Of the crew of the ship. One OF
the men was said TO have had an ankle
broken and another man received a
serious wound on the Leg"
Nv informant, who was engaged IN
the ork Of rescue for some hours
said that the men of the Audacious did
not show any signs of exhaustion.
Very few of them were picked up in
the sea; most of them jumped from
the ship into the lifeboats, all the en-
CINE room crew, stewards and others
having been lined up on the deck.
Some Of the crew OF the Olympic
who had been engaged in the iifeboats
could not get back 10 their ship, owing
to the heavy seas, and had TO be takei
on one Of the cruisers.
Having stood by the AudaciJus for
some eight or nine hours, the Olympic
wrs ordered to leave. What the end
of the Audacious was my informant
does not know, bat he declares tina.
il is firmly believed that she was blown
up. because some time after they had
left they saw flames leaping from the
skip and heard a loud explosion. lie
suggested that she had been blown up
by order of the commander of the
British squadron.
Trawler Standing By.
Among the ships which were standing
by was a trawler, and my informant