Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-29
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Attack. and wenty-
fue Die in Sea.

joe Lie IN Sea.
NEW YORK. November 2S--A Turk
islr submarine stopped the British pas
scngcr ship Ra-ulos i'm tho Mcditcr-
rarean. and. after twenty five persons
had been drowned. assisted in rcscuinG
many OF the 25o passengers who hal
gone overheard in = panic. according
TO Eleanor Franklin EEan. an cyewit
ness. who arrived to- day on the steam
ship New York
The Barulos. according to Mrs. EGan,
who is Il writer returning from a trip
through South Europe, left piraeus for
Alexandria on October .. Although tho
ship flew the British flag, her crow was
Greek. til" passengers, the majority
third-claSs. being chiefly Greeks and
Oricntals. When about five hours south
of Crete. the ship picked up three
boats containing the crew of the Erit-
ish steamship Sailor Prince, sunk by
Il submarine few hours previous
The Barulos, Mrs. Egan said. car
ried only four lifeboats. each with u
capacity for thirty people. The picking
up OF the crew OF the Sailor Prince Gre
atcd excitement which was at fever
heat when suddenly Il submarine came
and fired shot over the Barulos. cvi-
IDENTIFY n signal for hcr to stop.
INSTANTLY WILD PANIC
BROKE LOOSE ON SNIP
INSTANTLY Il wild panic broke loose"
said Mrs. Egan. THE four lifeboats
of the Barulos were resting in the
chocks. while swinging alondsidc the
ship We're The TWO lifchoats that con
tanned the men from the Sailor Prince.
Led by the crew and hreroon, force.
tho passengers rushed for The boats.
Women, unab" TO get 10 the boats.
threw their children into the sea and
jumped after them. Frightened sailors
cut the ropes holding the small boats,
and when the latter crashed :n;o The
water. three OF the six were swamped
and empticd of their human loads
Il was at the rail- when tn. sub
marine appeared, and | started back
toward the stairs leading below with
the idea of helping 10 uucll thu yan:c
| was caught In the rush and literally
forced over the side into the sea
had hard time to keep above the
water. my difficulties being aggravated
by the struggles OF others trying tc
catch hold CT me
1T seemed that had no sooner
struck the water than the submarine
appeared under the bows Of our shin
on her deck / saw Il number OF rlon
with an officer whom | took to he an
Austrian. The submcrsible had her col
1apSiblc lifcboats out and tn. sub.
marine crew were pulling peoplc ont
OF the watc" onto her deck The Of
fccr was holding ur his hands shout
ing tc :hc peorl" in the water to he
calm. / heard him say in perfect Eng
lish.
For Gods sake. go back to your
ship. Nc are not murdercrs"
'By this time | had worked nv way
some distance from the ship. and. see
ing ono OF the lteboats near, I held up
my hand and called for help. The
people In the boat responded and. after
second attempt, succeeded in throw
ing a line 10 me, when | was all bur
exhausted
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
IN IIALF-DROWNED STATE.
The first of the panic over we
rowed back TO the Barulos ana were
taken aboard. Women and children.
many in a half-drowncd state. were
crowding the deck OF tn, submarine.
which remained alongside. When All
the rescued We're returned TO the
Barulos, toll showed that twenty
five were missing. fourteen children.
seven women and four men. Two of
the latter were British sailors from
the Sailor Prince, who lost their lives
diving overheard with their mates
rcscuing children.
I'm addition to the twenty-five
drowned, several We're wounded. Sev-
eral OF the most severely wounded
were taken onto the submarine
"A woman who had lost her three
children hy throwing them overheard
went stark mad. In the stccraGc was
troop OF japanese acrobats one of
them. woman with an infant. was
seen almost exhausted trying to cling
10 the sides of the ship. She was sur
rounded by many others \ rope was
thrown into her hands. but looking up
size exclaimed in English:
"'Don't mind me belong To un
ono. and have no one TO care for me.
Help some one else
with these words she passed the
rope To another woman. and with her
babe i'll her arms. sank from sight
RESCUED BRITISH SAILORS
PROVE THEMSELVES HEROES
The rescued British sailors proved
heroes, They not only tried to duell
the panic, but succeeded in rescuiuD.
many persons. Aftcrward they hclpcd
the wounded.
only one shot was fired by the sub
marine. She remained alongside for
five hours, or untii All possible rcsclicS
had been made and the wounded had
been attended. She then disappcarc,l
under the water. and we. proceeded to
Alexandria without further incident
II did not learn her name or dcsig-
mating number. but she was one OF the
largest boats OF her kind | have ever
seen. The captain OF the sailor Prince
told me that he recognized her as the
same one that had sunk his shin some
hours previous. although at that time.
he said, she flew the Austrian colors
The sailor Prince, her captain said,
was given twenty minutes to get her