Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
D@READNAUGHT
OF BRITISH NAVY
SUNK BY GERMANS
Third Largest Ship of His Maj
esty's Service Destroyed BY
Mine or Torpedo Off
Irish Coast.
CREW SAVED BY OLYMPIC
Disaster Occurred October 81
First Advices Received In
America BY Mail to As
ISOLATED Press.
SAVED BY OLYMPIC

lster to the British sl:perdreadnaught
audacious. which have persisted ever
,ince the White Star liner Olympic, di-
verified from her course. arrived at
Tough Swiliy on October 90, are on
.irmed in mail advices received today
by the Associated Press from a point
n ireland.
After a areer OF less than two years
The Audacious, third in tonnage and
armament of his majesty's w%arships.
les at the bottom of the ocean off the
aorth coast OF Ireland. She was hit
oy a torpedo o. disabled by Il mine Oc-
!ober 81. With the possible exception
# one or two men. the whole crew OF
300 officers and men was rescued by
mail boats from the Olympic.
Rescue in Rough Sea.
The rescue was made in a rough sea
through brilliant and daring m
ship on the part of the White Star
rev.
The battlcship's cry for assistance
was caught by the wireless operator
If the Olympic, which "a only about
10 miles distant. The steamer rushed
.alled for and double the number
necessary to man the life boats re-
sponded. The crippled battleship was
cached in a few minutes after 8 o'clock
md before noon ali but leo of her men
lad been transferred.
By that time the battleship had a
decided list at the stern. where just
her wound. Two OF her engines We're
mharmed, but the n aft was put out
If commission
After taking off all the officers and
who would leave the ship, Cap
tain Haddock, of the Olympic. turned
his attention to an attempt to save the
wacship. A cable was given her. but
I snapped as it frightened. Meantime
The bulkheads began to give way and
impossible to tow the ship or keep her
lfloat. The cruiser Liverpool and sew
.ral other warships had come up and
Itood by.
Couldn't Save Ship.
Late in the afternoon it was decided
20 abandon the Audacious and the Of
Ulcers and men who had remained on
BOARD, and the Audacious plunged
stern first and in a has disap-
peared.
The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by shells set loose by the
listing of the battleship. A bit of ar
NOR plate. torn from the sinking ship
struck the deck of the Liverpool, cut
ting the legs from under q gunner who
died in a short time.
The Audacious met her fate % miles
off the Irish coast, which the Olympic
was skirting. The Olympic sailed from
New York for Glasgow on October u.
She had been armed that there were
German mines off Tory Island and fear
Of these mines was the official explain
alton when she unexpectedly put into
Tough Swilly. The Olympic's passen-
gers saw the nightly warrior sink.
Then their ship turned her prov toward
Tough Swilly. Small craft cleared the
-out to make sure it was free of mines.
From October 81 to November 2, the
Olympic lay at Tough swilly. Charles
M. Schwab was the only passenger
who left the Olympic before it locked
at Belfast on November 2.
Even officers of the White Star line
we're not permitted to board the
Olympic at Tough Swilly and all sup
plies were taken aboard by men of
The navy.
After the steamer entered Belfast
harbor. one of the walters on board
was arrested charged with being a spy.
The Olympic carried about SOC pas
sengers. Nearly 100 of these were
English r~eservists. All passengers
other than British were denied passage
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EnJo'ned to secrecy.
Secrecy regarding the loss of the
Audacious was enjoined upon the
crew and passengers of the Olympic,
who were urged to refrain from dis
,ussing the tragedy pending a com
plete investigation. The crew Of the
Audacious was removed from the liner
as soon as warships for the. purpose
we're available.
THE crew of the Olympic was mag
"A warship's crew could not have act
"a with greater courage and precision.
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