The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-29
FRIG GHTE ENEO into
FATAL PANIC BY
SUBMARINE
Twenty-Five Lives Lost When Pas
sengers Rush into the Sea =
BARulOs NOT HIT BY TORPEDO
Commander of Submersibe Endeav-
ored to Stay Panic and Helped
Rescue Survivors.

New York, Nov, 29-An Austrian
or. Turkish submarine stopped ble
British passenger ship Barulos in the
Mediterranean, and after 25 had been
drowned assisted in rescuing many
of the $50 passengers who had gone
overheard in a panic, said Eleanor
Franklin Egan, an eyewitness who
arrived here yesterday on the steam
ship New York. The BariIlos, accord
ing TO Mrs. Egan, who is a writer re-
turning from siX-months trip
through southern Europe, left Pirae
us for Alexandria on October 2.
While the ship flew the British flag,
her crew was Greek the passengers,
of whom a majority was third class,
being chiefly Greeks and orientals.
When about five hours south of Crete
the ship picked up three boats con-
tanning the crew of the British steam
ship Sailor Prince, which had been
sunk by submarine a few hours
previous
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cording to dispatch from New York
carried only four lifeboats, each with
capacity for 80 people The rescue
of the crew of the Sailor Prince ere,
ated excitement, which was at fever
heat, when suddenly submarine
came to the surface about two miles
distant and fired shot over the
Barulos, evidently as signal for her
to stop.
Instantly Wild panic broke
loose,' said Mrs. Egan, The four
lifeboats of the BaEulos were resting
in their chocks, while swung along
side were the two boats in which the
men from the Sailor Prince had made
their escape. Led by the crew and
the fireroom force, the passengers
rushed for the boats. Women. un-
able to get to the boats, threw their
children into the sea and jumped af
ter them. Frightened sailors cut the
ropes holding the small boats, and
when the latter crashed into the wat
er three of the six were swamped and
empted of their human loads
e was at the rail when the subma-
rine appeared, and | started back
with the idea of helping to quell the
panic. | was caught in the rush and
literally forced over the side into the
sea. | had hard time to keep above
the water. my difficulties being ag
gravated by the struggles of others
trying to catch hold of me-
1T seemed that | had no sooner
struck the water than the submarine
appeared under the bows of our ship,
On her deck / saw number of men
with an officer whom | took to be an
Austrian The submersible had her
collapsible life-boat out, and the sub.
marine crew were pulling people out
OF the water onto her deck The of
ficer was holding up his hands shout
ing to the people in the water to be
calm. ! heard him say in perfect En-
glish. For Gods sake, go back to
your ship, we are not murderers.
"By this time had worked my way
some distance from the ship, and see
ing one of the lifeboats near held up
my hands and called for help. The
people in the boat responded and, af
ter second attempt succeeded in
throwing a line to me when | was all
but exhausted
The first OF the panic over, we
rowed back to the Barulos and were
taken aboard. Women and children,
many in half.drowned state, were
crowding the deck of the submarine,
which remained alongside. When
all the rescued were returned to the
Barulos toll showed that 25 were
missing, IA children, seven women
and four men Two of the latter were
British sailors from the Sailor Prince
who lost their lives diving overheard
with their mates to rescue children.
In addition to the 25 drowned many
were wounded in the panic; several
of the most serious were taken into
the submarine and treated by our
ships doctor who went aboard at the
invitation of the submarine COM
mander."