Evening star., 1915-03-13
ZOO MEET DEATH
As CRUISER SINKS
Enemy's Torpedo Sends Brit
ish Auxiliary War Ves-
sci to Bottom.
rs OFFICERS AND MEN
ARE SAVED BY VESSELS
Survivors Found Floating on Raft
in Serious Condition-Brave
Captain Praised.

1aED1\ lI,r.I, 1.-THE. admiralty
"Ai 49,, ,vi,,ar,
announces the loss oi the
cruiser Bayano Whlie l.!e NeSsei ""s
emsase - ~ ~. p''loa 1;eas4sr ~ -,e admiralty
says:
''On the 1lth OF March Wreckase oi
the Rayano and bodies were dlscoNeFeo
and circumstances point TO hef haFihs
been sunk by an enemy torpeuo.
Eight officers and eighteen men were
rescued, but it is feared that 'he re-
mainder of the crew were lost
,- r.l u5rocLaoa
1asses AAiouSA
.e1,,, .;r Of ,bo po1fast steamer
Inc NaPtaiii "a '' ,.,,
CastlcrcaSh reports passing 'ua'
morning through a quantity OF wreck
,e. .,nd d.ad hodjes floating in life
anu " =, ..,rcb for nos
pei's- rte "t'e"Il'''" ~ -
sibie Survivors, bul was III
the appearance of Al! enemy Supiid-
riuc. which gave chase for twenty
,,i,u,.s
,,t,. ,,r,.,s,,nanut Of the
ne m l'ts. 40 R,yano was
tofpedocd THURSDAY morning ~ .,
shire. Scotland. and that zoo lives were
lost. as the cruiser Sa''N
~ ,.;.,,l,ro ;c The sruthwestern-
most comfy in Scotland. 1T lies on thc
North channel. which leads INTO 'le
lrlsh sea from 'iie A''1h'ic'
Survivors Float on Raft.
Eighteen of the SURVIVORS Oh lhe Day
ano were rescued by the Belfast
steamer Ralmerino. They were afloat
,r..har .t.,,n.r Wicked I'D
oh a iAit' -, ,.h;,r
was adrift. and also TWO OF her Fai's'
The survivors were landed at Ayr.
Most of the survivors of the Bayano
left for portsmouth by train last night.
In clothing contributed by sympathiZ-
neriences' thev we're Grateful to have
escapeu ,,iaa ueath' stiiI IN IN hosnifai
here.
The survivors say there was no panic
ABOARD the bay aho' put .heIe was was, iio iii' u,ie
~ ,,,.,s ,osa -, .,,.r,, NAV for himself
but none of them left the ship until she
went down. They praised the heroism OF
their captain VINO was at MS post ~heh
the steamer was enSul1ed
Light More ARE Aauoeu.
,rb. .uxi,i,r,, cr,,isor Tor, bas ,andAd
-' I
eAshe eoi 'ANoiS VI Tic DAY diio a. Sl'A'i
The captain of the rescue ship Bal
,,.rino in an inter,-;.u, with tho Daf,v
., -. -,
leiesrapii correspondence dl oeilas'' eatu
that the collier was on a voyage from Bel
fast TO Ayr. when, at 80 o'clock Ihurs-
day morning, four miles from Biockhead,
he saw low-lylng object In the water.
His f1rst impression was that 1t was
submarine. but ne dld not alter MS course
cluster of men were observed making
When the Collier got closer .he crew
of the Balmerino found two RATS and
a ships boat upturned. with twenty
HiA iiieh oi oii1 VI lhen-
All Bruised or bleeding.
W. u 'he men s"id Tue captain
had no other ciothins tha1i shires anu
o'nefs oiiiS 'heii aeepihe saiineiies
ohe nau an ugly "ouho On iiis heau
ana was covered with oiooo' "hiie
nearly all of them were bruised and
ble.a;ne They were more dead than
aiiyc ram we, cold ana exnosure mt
~ncorad ,,s as we neared them Roats
- ,.,., ,ro,,n+Iy lou,arad and the won
go. Ir11.rsryea u,bjcb too1r lnna
49,; ;,,, -, ~ diHa,,,. 70 ..,irs .
ti'''e, thn ..onn'isd and famished memhers ~
IL I.,,
rescued men were so far gone that in