Evening star., 1915-03-28

to wait
Shortly after o'clock perceived in the perscope cloud
of smoke the south Half hour later large steamer
raised her hull making for the mouth of the Thames ordered
Vorna torpedo tube having the other
also loaded In of miss. Then advanced slowly fo
though the steamer going swiftly could easily cut
her off, Presently laid the ota in position near which she
and would very gladly have lain but could not
for fear Of rising surface therefore steered out in the
direction from which she coming She large
ship15ooo the leapanted black above and red be-
low with ereamcolored tunnels She lay low in the
water that clear she had full cargo At her bows
cluster of of them looking dare say for the first
time the mother country How little could they have guessed
the welcome that was waiting them!
On she with the great plumes of smoke floating from
her tunnels and two white foamng from her
She within quarter of mile My had arrived
snaed full speed ahead and seered straight for her
My timing exact At hundred yards gave the signal
and heard the clank and swish Of the discharge At the
instant put the helm hard down and flew off angle
There terrific lurch, which from the distant
posion For moment almost upon side Then
after staggering and trembling the Ioa keel
stopped the engines, brought opened
the coming tower, while all my excited crowdng
to the hatch to know what had happened
The ship lay yards u.s. and it was easy to see
that she had her death blow She already settling down
by the stern There sound of shouting and people
ming wildly about her decks Her visbethe Adela
Of London bound aeard learned from New Zealand
with frozen mutton Strange may you the notion
Of submarine had occurred people,
all convinced that they had floating mine The
arboard quarter had been blown the explosion
ship sinking rapidly. Their discipline admirable. We
boat after boat slip down crowded with people swiftly
and quietly as if it were part Of their daily drill
And suddenly Of the boats lay off waiting
Others they caught glimpse my coming
tower close to them them shouting and pointing
while the in the other boats got have better look
at For part cared nothing, for took for granted
that they already knew that submarine had destroyed them
One of them clambered back into the sinking ship
TO to
mattered nothing since it be known
otherwise could easily have brought him
AS waved my hand them and they waved back
War too big thing to leave for personal i'll feel
ing, but it must be remorseless all the same
still looking the sinking when Vornal who
beside gave sudden cry Of warning and SURPRISE
gripping by the shoulder and turning my head There
hind coming up the farway huge black
black unnels flying the well known house flag of the
Company She not mile distant and calculated
that if she had time
and get away before could reach her.
We straight for her. therefore, keeping just
They the sinking vessel front of them and
that little dark speck moving the surface and they sud-
denly understood their danger number of rush
to the bows and there rattle of rifle fire. Two bullets
fattened upon our-inch You might well
try to stop charging bull with paper pellets the Ioa with
rife FIRE had learned my lesson from Adela, this
time had the torpedo discharged safer dstance-25o
yards We caught her amdhps and the explosion
mendous but we'll outside She sank almost
nstantaneousy
am sorry for her people, of that more than
including Lascars and passengers drowned
Yes am sorry for them. But when think Of huge
ing granary that the bottom rejoice as a
who has carried out that which he plans.
1t bad afternoon that for the p & O. Company The
second ship which destroyed have learned
the Modava Of ton of their finest vessels; but
about $50 blew the Cusco Of 5000 TONS
also from eastern and laden with Why she
face Of the wireless messages which have her of
danger cannot imagine The other which
blew that daythc Maid of Athens Robson ne)
Cormoran-were neither of them provided with apparatus
bindly to their destruction Both small boats of
from 5000 1000 In the had
the surface and fire six shells under her
line before she would sink In each
boats, and SO far as know casualties occurred.
After that steamers along, did expect
them Warnings by this time have been flying all
directions. But had be dissatisfied with
first day Between the Mapln Sands and the More had
sunk five ships of total tonnage of about TONS Already
the London markets would begin feel the pinch And
Lloyd-poor .old Lloyds-what demented would