New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-18

port lean. ABOUT elkhN MINUTES aA',
ward the chief officer and saw the
submarine come 20 the surface about
two points on the starboard quarter
with five or six men on her deck get
ting her gun ready.
First Shells Came Near.
81 Immediately ordered all possible
steam, altered the course and brought
her right aStern, when they neEs"
Smelling US. The first shot STRUCK the
water abreast ot the forecSSue on the
starbosrd side. about thirty feet on
The second dropped just under the
bridge. the third abreast OF NO.
hatch. quite close alongside, ana tne
fourth under the stern. The MIN
sixth and last shells all fell short The
firing then ceased and the submarine
was soon left far astcrn.'
Excitement. while intense. was sup
pressed throughout the vessel. stew,
ards aroused the passengers, ordered
them TO dress quickly and don Ire
belts As the pounding engines oeIo"
made The YeSScl culver like terror
stricken animal and the shells burst
with deafenjrg explosions all about
tho. shin. they huddled In the compan-
;opwavs. ready 20 rush % the lfeboats
had orc Of the shells torn through the
suuers.ructure o. the ship and dIstrlb-
utcd its lcadcu nan. iu the cabins many
lives would have been los.
Chief Engineer Thomas Gowans was
asleep when the .orreG0 whlzzed past
the rudler. Aroused. ne rushed TO the
engine room. clad only IN 2a'aw&s. and
Fectcd the forces there. S;oh?rs
worked until The muscles in their
backs and arms threatened 20 burst
they said yesterday.
eNr~a srrsA moro crgcH came the
orders from the bridge, where Captain
TAYLOR. Chief Oficer f. c. Chaplain and
;heir suborGjpates p.tted their wits
against the German range finder. As
each shell came whistilng through the
ar they threw themselves fat or their
faces.
Under orders Of the chief officer
every man in the engine rooms while
expecting momentarily an explosion
that would send them TO eternity. per
formed his task with machine-llke pre-
cision. With all the steam that could
be crowded into tie cylinders sending
the ship along "a: almost sixteen
knots. and the mort and starboard pro
pellcrs working alternately 10 swing
the Orduua a. the submarine shifted
its position, so that the narroweS' tar
get would be presented. not a mans
nerve cave way. Above decks the pas
sengeTs, while frightened, remained
stold.
Praise Shippers Work.
Only the skuful mannuvring of
Captain Taylor prevented the shells
from landing on the decks, scattering
death and mutilation among men, wom-
en- and children said William q.
THOMPSON.
"The Orduna," he continued, was
outward bound, and consequently car
red no munitions Of war or other con-
trab-nd. The passengers had a right
TO assume, no matter what might be
the attitude Of the Germans toward the
ships going 20 England with war ma
terial. that they at least were safe
safe. surely. from being drowned while
asleep, without even a dogs chance for
their lives
"As an American citizen and as one
Of the intended victims | protest
against the attempted murder.
81 felt that ] had a right TO return
home on the Orduna, although she flies
the British flag, because she is pas
senger ship. The fact that she had no
munitions of war aboard fortified this
opinion. The Orduna, an unarned
passenger ship, carrying no munitions,
was deliberately attacked without
warning, pursued and subjected TO shell
fire. 1t is little short of marvellous
that she was not sent to the bottom
with all aboard.
in making my protest to Washing
ton I shall proceed along these lines,
combining with the protest report OF
the attack as / saw It,"
Ten minutes before the attack on the
Orduna passengers who were on deck
asserted that a sailing ship with two
a. ,.f tod Har eli do " (
seen ahead Captain Taylor was sus-
pIcious Of the craft and altered his
course Although he did not refer to
the incident himself Yesterday, IT was
believed IL was the American bark Nor
mandy, which was reported few days
ago TO have been used as a shield by
a German submarine in an attack on
The Russian steamer Leo.
Baron RoseukrautZ, Danish noble
man, who was accompanied by his wife,
gave this account Of the attempted de-
struction Of the unarmed merchant
1--WE left Liverpool about 2:3O o'clock
on the afternoon Of Thursday, the Sth,
and next morning at 5:55 o'clock by
my watch the first missile, a tOrDedo,
was fired. Some Of the passengers had
seen sailing shin a few moments he
fore. which the Orduna gave a wide
berth. Through glasses some of US
thought we could discern the name
Normandy.
All Aboard Calm.
"A short time after the torpedo clipped
past our stern the submarine came IN
sight. II began firing at once. and
had our range. The first shell fell un-
h comfortably close and threw up a great
M fountain Of water. Captain Taylor
vi sweryed the ship again, showing the
y German only our stern.
"The second shell passed screaming
ever the bridge. Evidently il was their
intention to disable our wireless. We
could hear the instruments cracking
as we called for help.
"Shells continued 20 fall around Ds,
but everything on The snip was calm.
Officers shouted orders in mistaken
voices. and TO excitement was eyidcn.
anywhere on the surface"
Baron Rosenkrautl said he brought
his binoculars INFO play and could see
plainly the men OF the submarine, but
could not learn he identity Of the
Underscas craft
"Afte~ the third shot the real chase
began" ne continued. Il could see
the submarine. running on the surface,
coming fast IN our wake. We We're
steadily gaining, however, and finally
outra1 her.
Tie actual period Of danger was not
more than fifteen minutes, officers Of
the Orauna said.
Baron EoseuSrautz. like Mr.. Thomp-
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