South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-06
GREAT STEAMER
ESCAPES FROM
UNDER-SEA BOAT
Big British Steamer Anglo
Californian Reaches Queens
town Harbor a VeritabIe
Floating SHAMELESS.

LONDON, July 6.-The big British
steamship Anglo-Californian limped
into Queenstown harbor today. a YER
liable floating SHAMELESS after having
outrun a German submarine. Her
wireless apparatus, her bridge and up
per works shot away. her tunnels
pierced and her decks Uttered with
dead and dying. she accomplished the
feat vainly attempted BY the Inflated
Armenian a week ago in the 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 "a. Panic
among the latter during and follow
ing the bOmbardment To which the
Anglo Californian was subjected, add
Cd TO the horror OF the situation.
The commander who brought her
through the hail Of shot and rife
fire-Capt. Parslow-paid for the
achievement with his life. He remained
on the bridge amid the inferno until
blown off by a shell. The officers
who assumed his post found his body
with one arm and one leg shot away.
The others of the crew who shared
his fate were, like the captain, hOrri-
bly, mutilated. the dead number II.
Eight others were desperately wound
ed and nearly all aboard suffered
more or less in the baptism of fire.
StaunCh Steel Ship.
The AnglO-Californian is a staunch
steel ship Of 1888 tons and the sec
Ond in size Of a fleet Of six fine s.eam-
ships owned by the Nitrate Produc-
ers' Steamship company, It'd Her
home port is London She was built
three years ago at Sunderland and
is $50 feet long, Sc feet in beam, with
"A depth of SO feet. Two decks and
shelter deck give her smart appear
ance and she is driven by powerful
engines. Their worth and her rating
OF 1904 accorded by LOyd's was
fully sustained by her feat in reaching
port.
While the crew was largely British,
Americans and Canadians were in
charge of the cargo of horses. Among
these were u. +. Feeney, John Ma
honey and John Vaughan OF Newport
News. Va, George Rogers Of Rich
mOnd, Va, II. l.. Martin OF Boston;
l. G. Carroll of Syracuse, y. Y;
Josiah walker, address unknown, and
Patrick Minchan of Montreal.
Minchan is the only one definitely
described as seriously injured.
The attack on the Anglo-CalifOr-
nian began almost "a hours before
she reached port and continued four
hours. ON the last lap of her voy~
age across the Atlantic, she was head
ing in for Ireland sunday morning.
when the submarine was sighted. The
latter signaled a command for her 10
lay-to. Instead the captain gave the
order full steam ahead and the most
dramatic struggle of the submarine
blockade of the United Kingdom was
on.
Submarine Opens Fire.
THE submarine was on the sur
face" said one OF the survivors, and
she at once opened fire on us appar-
entity directing the shots at our wire
less apparatus and the supporting
masts. She crowded Oh all possible
speed and began what appeared to be
"a circling movement calculated TO rake
us from every direction Satisfied that
they had disabled our wireless, the
submarine strove TO close in on US in
order 90 supplement her shell ire
with rifles.
The zig-zag course our skipper was
making To prevent being tOrpedOed
impeded the accuracy of the subma-
rine shell fire, but it gave her the
advantage of getting within rifle range
and pouring in deadly hail at ev-
cry living soul that exposed himself
TO navigate the ship. This CHASTITY
performance continued from s o'clock
sunday morning until high noon. The
one mystery of the whole thing is that
a soul remained alive TO tell the
story"
The arrival of the death ship Gre
ated a wave of horror and excitement
in Queenstown. The wounded were
hastily and tenderly removed to hos
pitais with ali the honors due heroes
and decent provision was made for
the care of the dead pending orders
from their relatives.