The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-19

fore ~ would slik. r. soeb cois ~
crew took 70 the boats. and 20 far q
I know. 90 casuaIt3es occurred
After that no more steamerS cams
along. nor did ! expert them. Warn
Ings must By this time hare been
dying IN aij directions. But We had
no reason 10 b. dissatisfied With our
6r.t day. Between the Mapiln eauds
and the More We had snnk 6ve ships
Of = totnl tonnnge Of about 10000 tons.
Already the London markets would
begin to feel the pinch. And Iloyd's
4-poor old Lioyd's-what demented
state II would be In: could imagine
the London evening papers and the
bowling In Fleet street. We saw the
result OF our actions. for II was quite
langhable to see the torpedo boats
busxing like angry wasps out Of
Sheerness IN the evening, They were
darting In every direction across the
estuary. and the aeropIanes and hydro
planes were like dights OF crows, black
dots against the red western sky.
They quartered the whole river mouth
until they discovered rs ut last. Some
sharp sighted fellow with telescope
on board Of destroyer got sight Of
our periscope and came for rs full
speed. No doubt he would very glad
" hive rammed ~, even n II had
meant bis own destruction, but that
was not part Of our program at all.
sank her and ran her east-southeast.
with an occasional rise. Finally we
brought her to. not very far from the
Kentish coast, and the searchlights Of
pursuers were far on the western sky
line. There we lay quietly all night.
for q submarine ut night Is nothing
more than very third rate surface
torpedo boat. Besides, we were all
weary and needed rest. Do not for
get. you captains Of men. when son
grease and trim your pumps md COM
pressors and rotators. that the human
machine needs some tending also.
/ had put up the wireless mast above
the coming tower and had no difficulty
in calling up Captain Stephan. He was
lying. he said. on yentnor and had
been unable to reach his station ON nc
count Of engine trouble. which he had
now set right Next morning he pro-
posed to block the Southampton ap-
proach. He had destroyed one large
Indian boat on his way down chan
mel. We exchanged good wishes. Like
myself, he needed rest was mp at
4 in the morning, however. ana called
oil hands to overhaul the boat. She
was somewhat up by the head. owing
to the forward torpedoes having been
used. 30 We trimmed her by opening
the forward compensating tank. admit
ting as much water as the torped0es
had weighed. We also overhauled the
starboard air compressor and one Of
the periscope motors, which hnd been
Jared by the shock Of the 6rst expi0-
sion. We had hardly got ourselves
shipshape when the morning dawned.
have no doubt that good many
ships which had taken refuge In the
French ports at the first alarm had run
across and got safely m the river In the
night. or courss | could have attack.
ed them, but do not care to take
rlsks. and there are always risks for
a submarine at night. hut ,-e had
miscalculated his time. and .Sre she
was just abreast Of Warden point
when the daylight disclosed her 10 us.
In nm instant We were after her. II
was nenr thing. for she was der
and could do two miles to our one.
But we Just reached her as she went
smashing by. She saw ms ut the last
moDent. for attacked her cawnsh,
since otherwise We could not have Ind
the pace to reach her. She swung
away. and the first torpedo missed,
but the second took her full under the
counter. Heavens, what q smash! The
whole stern seemed to 20 aloft. |
drew on and watched her sink. She
went down In seven minutes, leaving
her masts and fupnels over the water
and cluster Of her people holding on
10 them. She was the Virginia " the
Bibby line. $4,000 tons. ana laden. IKE
the others, with foodstuRs from the
east The, whole surface OF the sea
was covercd with the fioatine grain.
"John Bull win have to take up hole
OF two Of bis belt n this goes o."
said vornal a. We watched the scene
And Il was at that moment that the
very worst danger occurred that could
t'efaIl M trembls now when ! think
how our glorious voyage might have
been nipped IN the bud. had Ned \
ne hatch Of my tower and was look
ING ct tho boats OF the virxinia Win
vornal beside me. when tlers was
swish and Z terrible splash IN the va
ter beside a., which covered ~ bofh !
with spray. We looked no. ana ION
can imagine orr fselines when W nv
On asropIane hovering I lev hundrod |
fest above ~ Ike Z hawk. WIN - |
silenees Il was perfectIy nodesloGs. and |
bad - bomb not failen into III ~ !
W should never hate known What had |
dectyvyed -. 0ho NJ c1rclIng rt>nl |
q ~ hope Of dt66plne I i>p1b "a on, /
bit W ehoyed 81 III GDCeo af661. ez6u |
md down ~ tvn1I6etn and taulonod |
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