Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-07-16
Escapes From a Submarine.

COMMANDER
DIED ON BRIDGE IN FLIGHT FROM
RAIDER.
Queenstown, Ireland, July g.
With nine dead sailors stretched on
her deck, eight men lying wounded
below, and her sides riddled by shot
and shell, the British steamship
Anglo Californian steamed int to
Queenstown harbor yesterday after
having withstood the attack of
German submarine for four hours.
The ships escape from destruction
was accomplished with no other
means of defense than the indomita-
BILE spirit of her captain and crew,
combined with mastery steamship,
which enabled her to Illustrate the
efforts of her assailant to torpedo
her.
The story of how Captain Parslow
stood on the bridge of the Anglo
Californian amid rain of shot and
calmly directed the movements of
his ship until he was killed by a
shell, and of how his place was TAX
en- by his son until British destroyers
appeared and the submarine was
compelled to flee, was told by the
survivors.
The Anglo Californian left Mont
real for the British Isles on June "a.
J The submarine was sighted at s
o'clock last Sunday morning. Cap
tain Parslow ordered full steam
ahead and wireless calls for aid sent
out: The submarine on the surface
proved to be far speedier craft
than the steamer and rapidly over
hauled her, meanwhile deluging her
with shells. One shot put the wire
less apparatus on the Anglo-Cali-
fornian out of action. Finding that
he could not escape by running for
it Captain Parslow devoted his at
tention to manoeuvring his ship 50
as to prevent the submarine from
using torpedoes effectively.
Our captain was brave man."
said one of the narrators. He kept
at his post on. the bridge, coolly
, giving orders as the submarine cir
cled around US vainly seeking to get
a position from which it could give
US a death blow with a torpedo.
All the while the underwater boat
continued to rain shot and shell
upon Us, and at times was so close
that she was able to employ rifle fire
effectively.
At last one she'll blew the cap
tain off the bridge, killing him out
right and terribly mutilating him.
Just before that he had given orders
to launch the boats, but this was
very difficult under the shell fire.
Several men were struck down
while working at the davits. Ulti-
mately four boats were gotten over
= board and were rowed away until
picked up"
The son of Captain Parslow. serv-
ing as second mate, was standing by
his fathers side when the captain
was killed. The son was knocked
down by the violence of the explos-
-, ion. Springing to his feet, he seized
the wheel, and, as ably as his father
had done, continued lodging the
8 submarine. Another shell hurst
alor gside him, SCATTERING one of the
: spcEcs of the wheel, but young
Parslow retained his post.
% The wireless S 0 S calls that had
" been sent out at the first alarm had
" reached those able to give more than
, passive assistance, however, and
= British destroyers appeared. On
= their approach the submarine aban-
:, doned the attack and submerged
=, Young ParsIow was still at the
- wheel when the destroyers came up
~ Fifty Americans and Canadian
- were among the crew of ninety-fv,
: aboard the ship, among the numbe
:. being George Price of Woodstock
:, Vt. Whether he was among tn,
dead or wounded is not known.