The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
BRITISH STEAMER
SPARED BY U BOAT
I'VE Arc Not MurdaTers, Says
Austrian Commander.
MANY DROWN IN THE PANIC

the 6arulos and AIDED In Rescue
Work-Woundsd Cared For Aboard
Warship, Which Stood by For Five
Hours-Only One Shot Fired.
For Gods sake. go back TO your
ship: we are not murderers," an ofii
Ger OF submarine. apparently an Aus
TRAN. shouted to 25o passengers of the
British steamship Barulos. who had
become panic stricken and jumped
overheard when the submarine came
upon the vessel in the Mediterranean
or the passengers twenty-five were
drowned. The submarine stood by for
five hours and finally let the Barulos
proceed TO Alexandria. Before the suu-
MARINE appeared the Barulos picked up
three boats from the torpedoed Sailor
Prince.
The details of the incident were
brought To New York by Mrs. Eleanor
Franklin Egan, the magazine writer.
who was passenger on the Barulos.
The Barulos. Mrs. Egan said. carried
only four lifeboats, each with capae
ity for thirty people. The picking up
Of the crew of the Sailor Prince ere
ated feeling of excitement. which
was al fever heat when suddenly q
submarine came To the surface about
two miles distant and fred a shot over
the Barulos. evidently as a signal for
her TO stop.
Instantly q wild panic broke loose"
said Mrs. Egan. The four lifeboacs of
the Barulos were resting in their
chocks. while swung alongside were
the two boats In which the men from
the Sailor Prince bad made their es-
cape
Throw Children Into Sea.
Led by the crew and the hreroom
force. the passengers rushed for the
boats Women. unable TO get to 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
into the water three of the six were
swamped and emptied of their human
loads
Il was at the rail when the subma-
rine appeared. and | started back to-
ward the stairs leading below with the
idea Of helping to quell the panic. /
was caught in the rush and literally
forced over the side into the sea T
had a hard time TO keep above the
water. my difficulties being aggravated
by the struggles of others trying TO
catch bold Of me-
1T seemed that | had no sooner
struck the water than the submarine
appeared under the bows OF our ship.
On her deck | saw a number of men
with an officer whom | took to be an
Austrian The submersibie had her
collapsible hfeboat out and the sub
marine crew was pulling people out of
the water on to her deck The officer
| was holding up his hands shouting to
the people in the water TO be calm J
heard him say in perfect English:
I'VE Are Not Murderers"
For Gods sake. go back TO your
/ ship: We are not murderersr
by this time / had worked my way
some distance from the ship. and, see
| ing one of the lifeboats near. held UP
my hand and called for help. The
| people in the boat responded and after
second attempt succeeded in throw
| ing a line TO me when | was all but
exhausted
THE first of the panic over. we row
| ed back TO the Barulos and were taken
! aboard Women and children. many
in half drowned state. were crowd
ing the deck of the submarine which
remained alongside
hen all the rescued We're returned
| TO the Barulos a toll showed that TWEEN
ty-tiye were missing. fourteen children
seven women and four men.
In addition TO the twenty five
drowned many were wounded in the
panic Several OF the most serious
We're taken into the submarine and
treated by our ship doctor. who went
aboard at the invitation of the subma
rine commander"
Many Aearsrendina Scenes.
II Mrs. Egan said she witnessed many
heartrending scenes
One woman" she added. who haC
lost her three children by throwinz
, them overheard went stark mad. Ii
the steerage were a troupe Of Japa
neSe aerobats, One of them. a woman
with an infant child. was seen almos
exhausted trying 10 cling to the side