New-York tribune., 1914-11-16
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water they found in it little bellboy
eleven years old, who carried messages
to and from the purser's office;
Although the starboard liteboat
were manned, Captain Haddock SUD.
denly changed his plans. Instead OF
dropping down on the port side OF the
pounding warrior, Captain Haddock de-
| cided to put about and approach on the
| starboard side. BY so doing he made a
lee, which enabled the fourteen hle-
boats dropped from the port side 70 ac-
complish a task that never could nave
been done if the original plan had been
carried out.
"The seas were high and the men in
the Olympic's lifeboats had a hard pull.
II took them twenty minutes 10 get over
TO the Audacious, which lay about oOU
yards away. We could plainly see the
crew at quarters. They were the calm
est BODY of men | have ever seen. The
discipline was perfect. Through the
binoculars the captain OF tho Audacious
was seen walking up and down me
deck calmly, with his hands behind ms
back.
Sea Overturns Lifeboat.
81 saw one boat come along the
stern of the super-dreadnought. II had
FIVE men in it. Just as IT came into
positio. for the designated men on the
Audacious to jump into il big wall OF
water pulled il up and slammed 1t up
side down into the sea. Instantly four
men came to the surface and, clutch
ing at the beckets, hauled themselves
up on the keel. One man was missing.
He was the officer in command. The
men had not clung long TO the upturned
lifeboat when another boat came bound
ing by and picked them up.
"It was fine piece Of work, beauti-
full pickup. On the deck OF the Au-
dacious the officers directed the work
of sending off the crew. Men we're
picked for each boat and told 10 jump
on orders. There were about 900 on
the Audacious, but only $50 were taken
10 the Olympic About 400 were trans
ferred to other war craft by the Olym-
pics fourteen lifeboatS.
Some Of the small boats made three
trips between battleship and merchant
man. About 200 men were left on board
the Audacious to assist IN the hand
ling of lines and cables while the
! OLYMPIC made her futile efforts 10 take
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were taken off to the Liverpool in the
/ Olympic's lifeboats when it was de-
cided that the Audacious should be
/ blown up and sunk
One of the new features of the loss
of the Audacious brought over on the
New York was that the battleship was
steaming in squadron when the mine
/ hit her, and that Immediately her com
panions of the super-class steamed
away, in conformity with the Ad-
miraltv's orders. The impression was
that she had been torpedoed, and the
only hope the other big war craft had
of escaping a similar fate was to steam
away and avoid the menacing sub.
marines that were supposed TO have
hit the Audacious. Except for the Liv-
erpool, that was standing by when the
| OLYMPIC came along, the great White
Star liner was the only help at hand
By the time her lifeboats were on the
water, however, half dozen destroyers
and trawlers came out from Lougt
Swilly.
Olympic Well Handled.
After the 2S0 sailors had been taker
aboard the Olympic through her por'
on + deck Captain Haddock began hi,
mannuvres to make fast 10 the Au
dacious. He handled the Olympic a:
easily as he might have done vesse
Of tenth her tonnage.
The destroyer Fury, with remarkable
accuracy, came by the 0lympic's sterr
under high speed, and a heaving lin,
was thrown to her. In this fashion .
stouter line was carried out. and finally
four big manila hawsers and two stee
cables from The Olympic were carried
over and made fast to the Audacious
Slowly the Olympic got under way anC
the lines became taut.
Hardly had the merchantmen begur
to tow her heavy charge when thu
dreadnought's bow plunged down under
terrific sea, just as her own sterr
was lifted up on a wave. The strair
was too great even for the steel haw
ser, and all lines snapped as tht
Olympic steamed on.
Presently the liners propellers wer,
reversed. She came to a stop, anC
gradually went astern 10 the pounding
dreadnought. Those who did not know
Captain Haddock and we're unfamilia
with his knowledge of the Olympic ex
pected 10 see the White Star giantes
crash in upon the bow of the Auda
cious
But there was no collision. With al
most uncanny precision the master o.
the Olympic got her within heavint
distance Of the dreadnought's bow, bu
the fast approaching darkness made !
| impossible to continue with the worE
Of salving.
Commander Gives Up Hope.
Some of the collision bulkheads Of
the Audacious must have given way
and more water was perhaps finding It,
way into her hold, for her commander
signalled 10 Captain Haddock that she
could not be saved, and advised hin
to risk his ship no further and pro
ceed TO Lough Swilly.
By this time heavier sea was run
ming, and as the Olympic's lifeboat'
came alongside Captain Haddock hac
his men hauled aboard, but decided
that the boats could not be taken NJ
on the davts. They were sent adrift
and picked up later by trawlers anc
other small craft in the vicinity.
The Olympic dropped anchor of
Lough Swilly at 8 p. m. An hour later
Beames and Grifiths, who were below
said a tremendous fash lighted up the