New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-24

not a glimpse OF one.
az the few boats carried when cleared
for action, two we're smashed IN reesne
calhs and another was wrecked BY. the
sxplosion. Meanwhile the Aboukir's
| slater cruisers, more than mile away
saw and heard tho explosion and
thought that the Aboukir had been
struck by a mine. They closed in and
| lowered boats. This sealed their own
( fate, fer while they were standing oy
to rescue the survivors first the hoeue
and then the Cressy was torpedoed.
Only the Greasy appears TO nave seen
| any submarine in time TO attempt 70
retaliatc, and she fired lew snots pc
| fore abe keeled over, broken In two,
and sank. Whether she sank any SUD
marines is not known.
Men of the Aboukir ahoat in the wa
ter hoped for everything from. the ar
| riynl Of her sister cruisers, and all the
survivors agree that when these also
sank many gave up the struggle Tor
! life and went down.
One of the officers said that when
svjmmin0 he lost his jacket In the grip
IF a drowning man. His chief thought
was that the Germans had sunk only
three comparatively obsolete cruisers
which would shortly have been
"scrspped."
target which hoated on the Rogue .
deck. Men were gathered on II LOT
| four hours waist deep IN the water.
The rescued officers here unite IN
praising the skill and daring OF the
German naval officers, and, Tar from
bearing any grudge, they nave notnlng
but professional praise Tor the SUD-
marines feat. n.
that we did not get shot at the Ger
mans Our only share Of the war has
hssn a few uncomfortable weeks Of bad
weather. mines and submarines"
While the survivors are technically
nrisoners in this neutral country, TO be
interned until the end OF the war;
Ymuiden steadfastly refuses to regard
them as other than honored guests. poi
diers are posted before every building
WHARF, officers or men are sheltered, but
thew seem to be guards OF honor rather
than prison wardens, and everybody IN
the place is competing for the pleasure
of lending clothes, running errands or
o5fer;n1 cigars to the so-cAlled prison
ers.
flag half mast and signalling for a
doctor the Red Cross authorities and
the British Vice Consul, Mr.. Rigors-
berg. at once set the machinery in
motion, and soon officers were settled
in hotels and men were divided be-
tween the hospital, the church and
the Young Mems Institute.
Captain WORKMAN, of the Flora, and
Captain Berkhout, Of the Titan, cared
nothing for the risks they ran OF
mines and submarines, but crulsed
over the scene of the disaster TO
rescue the drowning sailors as II
maneuvring in peaceful pay, ana
are both greatly praised for their OAR,
ing by the men whom they snatched
from watery graves. ~
Captain Voorham, who landed all
the survivors at Ymuiden, says:
1--WE left Rotterdam early Tuesday,
and when we were in the North Sea
we saw a warship which proved to be
the Cressy. Not long afterwards |
saw her heel over, break in two and
disappear. Our only thought then
was to save as many survivors as
where she disappeared boats APP
preached us and we began to get the
ment who were in them aboard our
ship. 1t was a very difficult undertak-
ing as the survivors were exhausted
and we were rolling heavily. We also
lowered our own boats and picked up
many from the wreckage. All were
practically naked. Some were so ex-
haused that they had to be hauled
aboard by tackle. Each, as he re-
covered. at once turned to help my
small crew to save others.
Later l saw the Titan approaching
and signalled for help. Destroyers also
approached presently. A survivor on
my shin signalled with his arms that
he was on a friendly vessel and the
warships passed on.
Among those saved were two physl-
clans, who worked hard to help the eX-
hausted men. One man died after they
had tried artificial respiration for an
hour. My men collected all the clothes
and blankets we had and gave them to
the survivors and our cook was busy
getting hot coffee and food for my
large party Of guests. BY 1880 we had
licked up all the survivors we couid
see and called here, thinking 1t best 70
get to the nearest port"
II is necessary to know that Captain
yoorham had only comparatively
small ship and crew of only seven
teen men to realize how splendid was
the work that he did.