The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-08
z KILLED AS SRIP
ESCAPES 4 SUB.
CAPTAIN AND ELEVEN OF CREW
OF BRITISH VESSEL SLAIN,
CARRIED BIG CARGO OF HORSES
-. 'A NlFNiu -.t''i'HSt. t-s
Steamer Anglo California Reaches
Queenstown After Four Hour
Fight FromI Foe. Dead is
Litter Decks of Boat. =. ...

LltteT DeCka OF Boat.
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London, July ,6.--The big British
steamship Anglo Californian limpe,
into Queenstown aharbor a yeritabll
floating, SHAMELESS after having ,outruI
a German submarine Her wireless
apparatus, her bridge and upperworIu
shot away, her tunnels pierced anS
her decks Uttered with dead and ,dy
ing, she accomplished the feat vaInls
attempted by the Inflated Armenian 4
week ago In the same waters. u.tl'l,
Like the latter vessel she was lader
with transport animals for the British
army-a cargo of horses shipped from
Montreal on June :.24 Panic among
the latter during and Il following Ethe
bombardment tos which theltAnglo
Californian was, subjected, added to
the horror Of the, situation: s,
... Captain Killed by SHE'LL .r
The commander. who brought her
through the hail Of shot. shell and rife
fire-Captain Parsiow-pa for the
achievement with his life.gs He re-
manned on the bridge amid the inferno
until, blown off by a shell The on.
Ger, who assumed his post found his
body with one arm and one leg shot
away. .,.f.- s.-,...
.. Twelve Of Crew slain. ---,.;
The others Of the crew., who shared
his fate. we're, like the captain. horri.
bly, mntilated. The dead number 21.
Eight others were desperately wound
ed and nearly all on board suffered
more or less In the baptism. of fire :,
The Anglo Californian is a staunch
steel ship Of 1888 tons, and the sec
ond in size of fleet of six fine steam
ships owned by the Nitrate Producers
company, Ltd, Her home
port is London. She was built three
years, ago at Sunderland, and, Is. 45O
feet long, Sc feet In beam with a
depth Of SO feet. Two decks and
shelter deck give her small appear
ance and she is driven by powerful
engines. Their worth and her rating
Of 100 Al. accorded by Lloyds, was
fully sustained by her feat in reaching
port.
Americana on Board. f.,
While the crew was largely British,
and Canadians were In.
charge of the cargo OF horses. Among
these we're D.. F. Feeney, John Ma
hnuoyy ana TObp Ua,fobaNgoF Noy,rxy4
News. Va, George Rogers Of Rich
nond, Va; RI. Martin of Boston; l..
9. Carroll Of Syracuse, N. Y; Josiah
address unknown, and Patrick
of Montreal. Minehan is
the only one definitely described as
injured. g....s ...,,.1a
The attack on the Anglo-Californian
began, almost twenty-fouF hours be-
lore she reached port and continued
Jour hours. On the last lap OF her
voyage across the Atlsntici she was
heading in for Ireland Sunday morn
ng when the submarine was sighted
rhe latter signaled command for her
% lay to. Instead the captain gave
he order full steam ahead, and the
most dramatic struggle of the subma-
Inc blockade Of the United Kingdom
vas on. . .,s....: .s,.
SURVEYORS Tells Of Attack. $50,
The submarine was on the sur
ace said one Of the survivors, and
'he at once opened fire. on US. appar-
sntly directing the shots at our wire
ess apparatus and the supporting
nasts.. % She crowded on, all possible
speed and began what appeared to be
/ circling movement calculated to
AXE us from every direction, Salts
led that they. had disabled our wire
ess, the submarine strovea to. close
n, on us In order to supplement her
hell fire with rifles, ...t sklyyef IS
THE zigzag course, our skipper was
making to prevent being torpedoed i'm.
,eded the accuracy of the submarine
hell fire, but 1t gave her the ,sdYan.
age OF getting within rife range and
pouring in deadly hail at every liy.
ng soul that exposed himself to nayi-
,ate the ship This CHASTITY perform
NICE continued from eight O'Clock Sun,
lay morning until high noon. The, one
mystery OF the whole thing is that d
ouI remained alive to tell the story
The arrival OF the death ship Gre .
tied a wave of horror and excitement I
n Queenstown. The wounded vera
hastily and tenderly removed to hos
,itals with all the honors due heroes
md decent provision was made for
he care OF the dead pending cor