The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-03
SUBMARINE
PLAYS STRANGE ROLE
Big Undersea Craft ne
verses Usual Order by AS
sisting in Rescue OF
Frightened Passengers
Who Leap Into Sea at
Sound of One Shot.

aw York, Nov. 90
,marine stopped the BS'tiSh 20
,per ship Barulos in the Mea,.. na
mean after 25 persons Hau nf
owned and helped rescue many oOa
g $50 passengers VINO nav To,nor
,erboard, according " Who
rankin Egan, an eye h;n VIII. Now
rived today on the slea"''"'p
ork. ,; 70 Mrs.
,..n who is a writer returning from
civ months trip through southeil
,,no,e left Piareus for AleXanoria
,atoher 2 The ship flew the briorsh I,
loo hut her crew was Greek ine
,assenuers. mostly third class, were
,bieay Greeks and Orientais. 49, &c
Whom about five hours south VI
crate the ship picked up two poats
Containing the crew of the h'it's,
staamship Sailor Prince, when iao
heen sunk by submarine. :,
The Barulos, Mrs. Egan SAID ca. cal,
,.;od onlv four life boats, each "iIn
. canacitv for 80 persons. Excite-
1,ent following the picking up OF the
nrew of the Sailor Prince was AT ie~el
Sa.t when suddenly submarine came
| 80 tho surface about two miles ols'a"'
,d fred shot over the BaruloS.
| Wild Panic BREAKS. >,
"Jnstantly wild panic broke loose,
, cold Mrs. Egan. LED by Ihe
and the fire room force, the pasSen
t gers rushed for the boats; wohie", u
NJ able to get to the boats. threW star
e children into the sea and Juihpeu ~
them. Frightened sailors cu' nd
st ropes holding the small poa.', ,a+ar
1T when the boats crashed i'l1o VIZ and
ee three of the six were swahiPeu "'
m o,nnt;ed of their human loads.
ne q, ,Jas at the rail when the SUD
ad i've anneared and / started PACK
en- tow.rd the stairs leading below anu ,i.
en- .,,os caught in the rush and "'r0ahS
80 wo' ,,h,,, c, ,.inoc' nFain
sattt or Greenville were DANES of
iVrcru ovcr-Une sIae luto the 'Sea.. L
had hard time to keep above the
water, my difficulties being agrravat-
,,e ed by the struggles of others.
D. at seemed that I had no sooner
struck the water than the submarine
..lk .k appeared under the bows of our ship.
ltN On her deck l saw number of men
,hC with an officer whom | took to be
no an Austrian. The submersibe had her
th' collapsible life boat out, and the sub
III marine crew were pulling people out
hu of the water onto her decks. The
d officers was holding up his hands
,e Leu shouting to the people in the water
'h- to be calm. | heard hi n in perfect
. English: "For Gods sake go back
i''' to your ship We are not murderers -
Vi BY this time | worked my way some
distance from the ship and was picked
al up by one of the life boats
a., Many Lives Lost.
ad "The first of the panic over we
noly 70 h.,
cir taken aboard. Women and children,
on many in a half drowned state, were
yb.. crowding the deck of the submarine
,av which remained alongside. When all
at the rescued were returned to the
md Barulos a toll showed that % were
el, missing IA children, seven women
the and four men. Two of the latter were
H., British sailors from the Sailor Prince
who lost their lives diving overheard
to rescuing children.
,uh in addition to the % drowned
fol- many were wounded. Several were
nd. taken into the submarine and treated
,rd by our ship DOCTOR who went aboard
as at the invitation of the submarine
in commander"
ec- Mrs. Egan said she witnessed man,
,er- heartrending scenes.
the zone woman" she said, "who hao
to lost her three children by throwing
Ter. them overheard, went stark mad. Ir
ali the steerage was troop CT japanese
un- acrobats. One of them, a woman
with an infant, was seen almost ex
it's hausted trying to cling to the sidc>
of of the ship. A rope was thrown into
to her hands, but, looking up, she ex
rce claimed in English: Don't mind me
bv | belong to no one, and have no one
on to care for me. Help some one else
the With these words she passed the rope
and to another woman and, with her bab;
emf in her arms, sank.
EN- Sailors Prove Heroes.
red "The rescued British sailors prove.
ers. heroes. They not only tried to cuel
pv the panic but rescued many persons
"Only one shot was fired by tn,
A., submarine. She remained alongside
E:| Ine for five hours or until all possible
% rescues had been made and tn
- wounded had been attended. Sh
!" then disappeared under the water an,
= we proceeded to Alexandria withou
S,S 10 further incident.
Available shipping records do no
.; contain the name Barulos. This ma,
anu ~ be due to frequent changing of name
~' and remaining of ships captured il
the war zone.
his When punishment is due il is no