The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
AUSTRIAN U BOAT SPARES STEAMER,
 AIDS IN RESCUES
American Woman Writer Tells How Submarine Saved
 Women and Children.

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 : New York, Nov 29-t.Fror Gods
 sake go back to your ship; we are not
 murderers.'' an officer of a. sub1fla- rine- apparently an Austrian, shout SasGs to- 25o passengers of the British
 steamship Barulos. who had become < panic=stri icken and Jumped overheard when the submarine came upon the vessel in the Mediterranean Off the
 passengers twenty-five were drown ed. The submarine stood by for five lsnours and finally let the Baru1os pro besed fo Alexandria
 The details Of the incident were brought here yesterday by Mrs. Eslea.- writer of No 1 1 East Fifty-ffth St. i who was a spassen&er on the Barulos- She arrived on the steamship New 5Xork from Liverpool.
 erE. Rescue Crew Of Sailor Prince z Tae Barulos. according to Mrs Egans who is a writer, returning
 from a. six months trip through Southern Turope. left 1Piraeuss for -s13lexand dria ion Oct g. While the ship 1 flew the British flag, her crew was Greek, the passengers, majority
 third class, being chiefly Greeks and
 south of Crete the ship picked up three boats containing the crew of the 1kBrftfsh steamship Sailor Prince, which had been shnk by 8 submarine -sas few hours previous
 ks (k despatch from London on Oct s56 reported the sinking Of the Sailor fss The. Barulos, Mrs Egan said. car- A1dedr only four 1ifeboats each with a zeapaoity for thirty people. The pick sng up of the crew of the Sailor Prince created a. feeling of excite I'm eaaf which was at fever heat, when
 suddenly a submarine came to the surface about two miles distant and fired .a shot over the Barulos, evil . SId11ertIv as sa signal for her to stop. z .Instant1y "a. wild panic broke : ioose,' said Mrs. Egan. nThe four 1ifeboats Of the Barulos were resting in the checks, while swung alongside were the-t two boats in which the men
 from the Sailor Prince had made their escape
 Throw Children Into Sea.
 Led. by the crew and the hreroom 7. ..f3rce. the pasassengers rushed for the 1Boats. Women, unable to get to the boats threw their children into the Sea and jumped after them Fright hayffed sailors cut the ropes holding the small boats and when the latter Crashed into the water three of the six were swamped and emptied of their human loads
 sssz.stI was at the rail when the sJbna- rffie appeared and I started back
 toward the stairs leading below with the idea of helping to que1I the panic. 3a1eGvas caught in the rush and literally e43rced. over the side into the sea- Dhad a hard time to keep above the sa9Gter,zny difficulties being aggravated B$ the struggles of others trying to
 catch hold of me.
 -bs vsIt seemed that I had no sooner struck the water than the submarine appeared under the bows of our ship. 1a8n her deck saw number of men xRflgh an officer whom took to be an dALAstrfafl sThe slabrnersible had her 46napsibIe lffeboat out and the sub marine crew was pdllfng people out z6fbtffe' water onto her deck. The of- sager was holding up his hands shout ing to the people fin the water to be sR4Isrl2 heard him say in perfect 5ER g8fs71: ess
 eve Are Not Marderers'' 1g' ltS Tor Gods sake go back to your fsf1fp: we are not murderers.'
 -zEay some. distance; from the ship, [ held up my hand and called for. ~-6e4ps The people in the boat re- iiasst5nded ands after a second attempt, 6afxscAeded in throwing a line to me 4vlaSn T was all but exhausted.
 s4esFhe first Of the panic over. we rSNed back to the BaruEos and were t&Axen aboard. Women and children, many in q hA1f-drowned state. were 8fgzHding the deck of the submarine. which remained alongside,
 tsWhen all the pescued were return