The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-20

the vicinity at the time. W..
reached Liverpool, July i. Saw.
her crew said that a subma-5-s
used her as a shield from -
naneuVer against and torpe5, -fs
Russian steamer Leo-a sfrr-.
the Normandy's captain den;eG
The Leo was t~orpedoed tu
miles, approximately, from the
where the Orduna was attack 'o
Normandys crew said the suh~a-.
had held them up on the eya.
July 3. The Orduna was att4cLa4 a.
same day, butein the morning
Almost BRUTAL Murder.
NE Cunard line made pubic r...
today Captain Taylor's ofncia1 -
IN which he stated that he r.cai,at
not the least warning of the 3+.,s-
and that lit was almost another -
Of brutal murder" This renor. -
serted that the Orduna was a+ta.,
under ideal conditions for s,ILr'
rines-a clear day. a gentle wir4 -
a lgnt nipple, While most Of the pas.
sengers slept. 80
cabin passengers met and formal,
adopted this resolution lauding On.
tain Taylor for his conduct.
I'VE, the first-claSs PASSENGER. ~
the steamship Orduna, on her mem
orable voyage from Liverpool. july +
1915, desire to- express to Won orr
heartfelt appreciation and our admit
ration of the mastery manner III
which you m~aneuvered and hand1e5
your ship during the sudden and d.
hberate attack made upon it on tie
morning Of July 8 at 9 a. IN. nv >
German submarine.
/ I'VE feel that it was entirely ane
to you resourcefulness and urfaTIra
pluc kthat we escaped the dangers
and the sufferings, of having to take
to the open boats and that the German
commander was completely defeated
in his evident intention of destroying
the ship and setting us adrift on the
sea.
1--WE thank you and we hope that
your brilliant conduct under shell IRE
and in the face of grave danger viii
receive elsewhere the award and
praise it so we'll deserves"
The Orduna- is the newest Of the
Cunard transatlantic feet. She was
built at Belfast and made her maiden
voyage to this port last October.
The Americans signing the letter
are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence johnson. Jr,
Of Philadelphia; William @. Thomp-
son, Of Chicago; Violent Richmond
Smith, Of Chicago; Ford Humboldt
Keither, Harry j. Lesser and Henry
IL A/SCAA - " a VI ANSN
=. Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Manley. OF Nel-
son, B. c., and Mrs. F. NJ. Morse, oi
Winnipeg, also signed the letter a.
we'll as Baron Rosenkrantz and his
wife. The British subjects, residents
Of Great Britain, who signed tho
communication We're eleven in mum
: Der. IS
Captain Taylor's Report.
Captain Taylors official TepoTt Il
attack roa n az follows.
, "At $3.50 a. m. A. p. time, July \
= a lookout man or the after-brIdse
= rang the telegraph, at the same time
. pointing his hand downward and Out
on the port beam. The third officer
was Immediately sent aft to inqulrf
"a what was seen. He returned quickly
j. and reported both men had seen q
torpedo pas across the stern IRON
port to starboard within ten feet Zeal
. of the rudder.
: "ln the meantime both the che
! officer and myself distinctly sa" m
. trail of the torpedo extending tToh
. the stern to about 200 yards OUT o'
!, the port beam. About eight minute
afterwards the chief officer ana i say
= the submarine come to the sQr12l
about two points on the starboaf'
quarter, a distance of about three
quarters Of a mile, with five or s.
men on her deck getting a gun rfa'1
Submarine Begins Firing. -,
81 Immediately ordered all posS!o'
6 speed, altered the course and brobsn
n her right astern when they peg
p Smelling us. The first % STRUCK IN
" water abreast Of the forecastle on l1
starboard side about thirty fee n
The second dropped just under n
bridge; the third abreast OF ~.
III hatch, quite close alongside; l-
fourth under the stern, sending u
r. volume of water forty feet high ~
& fifth, sixth and last shells all feil sho,
The firing then ceased n the p.
marine was soon left far aSteTh-
"Marconi distress signals were 81
out at once. We were 81 miles S''-
- of Queenstown. I got a reply tAa
sistance would be with US III an II
but it was four hours before the
IL armored .acht Jeanette 2ppe@i
g 81 account for the torpedo H.
{ the ship to their misjudging the
lie allowing IA knots instead OF -