The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
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tim of a German submarine in many
weeks.
First news of the disaster was
brought to port by Captain McGar-
rick of the British steamer Castle
reagh who stated that his ship on
Thursday morning passed through n
quantity of wreckage and bodies
strewn thick in the water, some still
floating limp on pieces of the wreck
agess
Captain McGarrick stopped his ship
and attempted to prosecute a search
for possible survivors but was pre-
vented by the appearance of a Ger
bau submarine, which chased the
Castlereagh.
Those saved drifted wide of the
scene of the sinking of the Bayano on
wreckage and were picked up by otn-
er passing vessels
The auxiliary cruiser was torpedoed
and sunk about p. m. on Thursday
off Corsewall Point, Scotland in the
North channel connecting the Irish
sea with the Atlantic. She sank i'm
mediately.
Sunk Without Warming.
The Bayano was torpedoed without
warning and some of the survivors
state that the submarine callously
watched the struggles of the drown
ing men without attempting to save
them.
Within five minutes of the explo-
sion the BayanO went down by the
head. The torpedo must have shat
tered her forwardmost lifeboats and
RATS which were smashed to pieces
A great column of water was blown
into the air to height of more than
100 yards.
Most of the crew were in their
berths when the explosion occurred
One of those rescued says he sprang
from his berth and only had time to
pull on his pants. AS he reached the
deck he literally walked into the sea.
A seaman among the survivors, who
was sucked down into the vortex
states that when his lungs seemed
about to burst, he shot up to the sur
face, where he swan about in the
darkness for about 20 minutes before
he succeeded in scrambling upon a
raft.
A few men got into one boat but it
capsized and they were thrown back
into the water and all but one were
drowned
The survivors state that but for the
fact that they had cammel vests and
pneumatic collars they could not have
kept afloat until the raft was reached.
All around the sea was Strewn with
wreckage among which the men SWAN
and to which they chung until be-
number. One after another slipped
down into the depths.
Vessel Passed Them BY.
About 8 o'clock they sighted a large
vessel at a distance but the latter fail
ed to Lotice the raft and passed on its
way.
Some of the men were badly cut and
knocked about and all were badly
bruised. All were in scanty attire and
two of them had no covering but their
shirts: two others We're in a state OF
collapse.
The Balarino which rescued them
had left Belfast early on Thursday
morning for Ayr About $50 O'Clock
the Balarino's lookout detected low
lying speck on the horizon which al
first he thought to be the periscope
of a submarine.
AS the Balarino drew nearer it was
sene that one man was vigorously
waving a shirt tied to the end of ar
oar. Answering signals were made
and the Balarino heaved to. The shiI
was greeted with cheers.
Later an armed cruiser was seer
and signalled to. She came alongside
and offered to transfer the men, bu
the latter preferred to remain aboard
the ship that rescued them.
BY an extraordinary coincidence
another Belfast collier, the st. Kath.
crime, some hours later came acros.
two RATS which had been abandoned
and capsized boat which was float
ing among mass of wreckage.
She took the RATS and boat in TOW
and subsequently was Joined by a tor
pedo boat. The st. Katherine remain
ed heaved to until nightfall in the
hope that she might attract the sub
marine and give the destroyer
chance to settle accounts, but the lat
ter did not put in an appearance.