Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-14
AupAcioUs, THIRD LARGEST YES
Sci IN NAVY. LOST NEAR
IRISH COAST.
OFFICERS AND CREW RESCUED
eY WHITE STAR LINER
Thrilling Scenes Attend Transfer Of
Grew During Rough seas-oIympie's
OFFICERS and Passengers Held on
Board Some Time After Arriva! and
New. Of Disaster Was Withheld.

aster to the British superdreadnaught
Audacious, which have persisted ever
since the White Star liner Olympic
diverted from her course. arrived at
Lough Swilly on Oct. 20. are confirmed
by mail advices received here today py
the Associated Press from point IN
ireland
After career OF less than two years
the Audacious, third in tonnage ana
armament OF his majesty's warships'
lies at the bottom of the ocean off the
North coast of Ireland. She was hit
bv, q torpedo or disabled by mine
Oct. 27. with the possible exception
Of one or two men the whole crew OF
800 Officers and men was rescued by
small boats from the Olympic
Daring Rescue Made.
The rescue was made in rough sea
.hru brilliant and daring seamanship.
The battleship's cry for azsistance
was caught by the operator OF the
Olympic, which was only about ten
mile. distant. The steamer rushed for
ward at full speed. Volunteers were
caNed for and double the number
need 10 man the life boats respond
ed. The crippled battleship was
.reacf,eA At 8 o'clock and before noon
ali but 100 Of her men had been trans.
fefred.
isnpessibIsste savs ths ship.
By that time the battleship had a
decided list at the stern, where. just
below the water line, she had received
her wound. Two of her engines were
unharmed but the one aft was out OF
commission.
After taking OF all the officers and
crew who would leave the ship. Cap
tain Haddock. Of the Olympic, turned
his attention to save the warship. "A
cable was given her but 1t snapped as
It tightened. Meantime the bulkheads
began to give way and 1t was soon
apparent that it would be Impossible
TO tow the ship or keep her aioat. me
cruiser Liverpool and several otner
warships had come up and stood oy. !,
Late in the afternoon it was decided
to abandon the Audacious. and the
officers and men who had remained on
board the battleship were taken on,
ana a moment later the ship disap-
peared.
prior TO sinking an explosion Is sup
noaed to have been caused by the ex-
sniodine Of shells from the listing OF the
battleships.
a norton OF the armament struck the
Iiverpool and cut the legs from under
4 gunner. who died in short time.
Disaster Near Irish Coast.
The Audacious met her fate twenty
Ave miles of the Irish coast. The
OLYMPIC sailed from New York for
Glasgow on Oct. 81. She had been
warned that there were German mines
OF Tory Island. and fear Of these mines
was the official explanation when she
unexpectedly put into Lough Swilley.
The Olympic's passengers saw the
mighty warrier sink. Then their ship
turned her PROV toward Lough Swilley.
Small craft cleared the route to make
sure 1t was clear OF mines.
From Oct ~ to Nov. 2 the Olympic
Law at Lough Swilley. Charles NJ.
Schwab was the only passenger who
left the Olympic before Il docked at
Belfast on Nov. 3.
53Ss. oiympic's Officers Muxzlsd.
Even officers Of the White Star line
were not permitted to board the Olym-
pic at Lough Swilley and all supplies
were taken aboard by men Of the navy.
After the steamer entered Belfast
gbarbor one Of the walters on board was
arrested charged with being a spy.
The Olympic carried about 300 pas
sengers. Nearly 100 Of these were Eng
fish reservists All passengers other
than British were denied passage from
Belfast to Liverpool and were COM
pelled to 70 to Dublin, which Is an open
port. to go to London.
5 Secrecy was enjoined on the crew
and passengers Of the Olympic, who
were urged to refrain from speaking Of
the tragedy.
The crew Of the Audacious was re-
moved from the liner to warships as
soon as available.
Crew Behaves eravely.
..The crew Of the Olympic was
magnificent" said one Of the passen-
gers. IA warships crew could not
have acted with greater courage and
precision. Everything was in readi-
6ess for launching the boats as soon ~
the Olympic was In reach Of the
Audacious."
Many Of the passengers express the
belief that the sinking OF the Audacious
possibiy saved the olympic. which
aight have entered q mine field. Others
aaeld to the theory that submarine
sArpedoed the warship, basing, their
z snlniosi on the fact that she WAS struck
1Stesn instead Of forward, which would
,sA AAAR thA case had she come