Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-07-06
German Submarine Shells
Horse Ship, Killing II,
Wounding 8.
RACE CONTINUES
FOR FOUR HOURS
Commander Of English Boat Refuses
to Halt. when Signallcd Sunday
Morning and Shortly After Is
Killed by Shell.

London. July 5-The big British
steamship Anglo Californian imped
into Queenstown harbor today. a
voritable floating sh3mbloz, after
having outrun a German submarine
H6r wireless apparatus. her bridge
and upper works shot away, ner
tunnels pierced and her recks lit ef-
ed with dead and dying, she accom-
plished the felt vainly attempted by
TIE ill-f9tel Armenian a Wee k ago
in tn same waters.
Like the latter vessel. she was
laden with transport animals for the
British army-a cargo of horses
shipped from Montreal on June q.
panic among the latter during ana
following the bombardme to which
the Anglo-Calfornian was subjected
added to tn horror of the situation.
The commander who brought her
through the hail of shot, shell and
rfle fre--Cartain Parslow-pail fof
the achievelr ent w. h his life. He
remained on the bridge amid the in
ferno until blown off by a shell. The
officer who assumed his post found
his bodv with one arm and one leg
shot away.
Dead Horribly Mutilated.
The others of the crew who shared
his fate were. Ike the captain, '1orri-
bly, muilated. The dead numbered
-. Eighteen others were desperate
ly wounded and nearly all on board
tn II 1o,, 4 irv10
Of fire.
The Anglo Californian is a steel
ship of 1888 tons. Her home port
is London.
While the crew was largely Brit
ish, Americans and Canadians were
in charge at the cargo of horses.
The attack on the Anglo Caifor-
man began almost "a hours before
she reached port and continued four
hours.
On The last lap of her voyage
across the Atlantic, she was head
ing in for Ireland Sunday morning
when the submarine was sighted.
The latter signalled for her to lay
to. Instead. the captain gave the
order for full speed ahead and the
most dramatic struggle of the sub
marine blockade of the United King
dom was on.
Survivors Describe Attack.
"The, submarine was on the SUR
face" said one of the survivors,
"and she at once opened fire on us,
apparently directing the shots at our
wireless apparatus and the support
ing masts. She crowded on all pos
sible speed and began what appeared
to be circling movement calculated
+ to rake us in every direction. Salts
fed that they had disabled our wire
less, the submarine strovo to close
in on MS in order to supplement her
shell fire with rifles.
"The zigzag course our skipner
WIS making to prevent our being
torpedoed impeded the accuracy of
the shell fire, but it gave the sub
marine the ADVANTAGE OF gt:tting
within rifle range and pouring in, a
deadly hail at every Ewing soul that
exposed himself to navigate the ship.
This chastity performance continued
| from 5 o'clock Sunday morning until
r.igh noon. The one mystery of the
! whole thine is that a soul remained
alive to tell the story"
Queenstown Appalled,.
| The arrival Of the death shin
created a wave of horror and excite
ment IN Queenstown. The wounded
were hastily removed to hospitals
with all the honors due heroes and
provision was made for the care o.
the dead pending the coroner's in
quest. "
Carried Slav. Reserves. g
| Montreal, Canada. July 5.-Fifty
Americans and Canadians were
among the crew of So aboard ths
British steamer Anglo-C Californian
which sailed from here June "a AM
| ahad Nvrno CT I