The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-13
Her Maid Shot Dead Be- side Her as She Pack ed Effects Preparatory To Leaving Italian Liner.
Austrian Only Stones Throw From Liner When It Became Visible Through the Fog

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 Paris Nov. Passengers aboard the Italian liner Ancona were compelled to seek safety in the boats while the steamer was subjected to a cannonade from an Austrian submarine, according to .a gFaph phie story of the sea tragedy told by pr. Ge- ciIe l. GreiL of New York, to the Havas correspondent at Fer ryville
 Pfs GEeirs story1indicates that the, torpedo which sent the. Ancona to. the bottom was not fired until the steamer had been riddIed by shots from the guns of the submarine s
 1 TVas in the dining room of the first class passengers ss .Dr.2 Greil is quoted as saying, chatting with some of the. yoyagers when vie heard the report Of a cannon There was. great exciterne11f on d eek and men were running here and there I asked the ships doctor what was happening and he replied that he didn't know Then wentson deck myself
 T saw through a slight fog sub marine about a hundred yards dis tant- It was equipped with two can non, forward and aft, which were be- ing fired rapidly went down to my cabin to get my papers and there found my maids who pleaded with me to save her A cannon shot in entered the vessel through the port hole and Killed my maid. Itook my vAltse and small handbag com tain5ng valuables, after slowly putting on my hat and coat, and went up to the deck with a 1ifebeIt.
 Boats were being lowered, all completely filled sought to get into ohe of them and was told there was no more room went to an other and received the same response I then crossed the deck and saw a launch afloat This contained the chief engineer. Carlo Lembert two doctors and other first class passen- gers. some Of the women and mem bers of the crew asked Lemberh to be allowed to get in
 Come ons' he said at the same time gra8ping the side of the steam Ter to prevent the small boat from moving off I guaged well the height which separated me from the boat and, being we'll trained in gym nashtics didn't hesitate to let myself fall into the launch, landing at the place designated
 During all this time the subnarine had not ceased bonbarding the An coma, not paying the slightest atten- ton to the women. children and men trying to get away. At this moment the submarine was very close to us- disting guish the Austrian flag which was new.
 .srhe Ancona resisted the cannon ade well. Many Of the shots entered above thewaterline and the holes caused by others were too small to ad- init much water, as the sea was very calm To: finish the work the sub marine discharged a torpedo and the vessel began to sink-
 "Sone hours afterwards we enco1an- tered a heavily laden boat which was leaking We took aboard five won- en and four children in order to tighten it Lembertf then took it in tow, not permitting more passengers to crowd into our boat
 -IserdBerti did his best to reassure the unfortunates under his charge. most of whom were in tears, telling them all would be well if they heed ed his advice. His energetic attitude prevented panic and finally brought about order. did all could to en- courage the women and children who continued their cries.
 ssWhep the sun disappeared we saw a, black spot on tue nOr1ZCn and all the survivors became greatly excited. It wasn't another submarine but the steamer Fulton, which had seen our signals and rescued us about o'clock in the evening. Later if headed for Bizerta after having circled the vicin- ity of the spot where the Ancona was torpedoed and rescued other survivors who were in boats. The P1uton's cap tain placed the crew at the disposal of the survivors to aid those that were suffering. did everything pos ssib1e in the way of first aid to the wounded whom we were bringing back on the Ancona- All those wound ed men, except those saved by the Fulton, remained aboard the Ancona and went down with her.
 we arrived at Bizerta about II o'clock. but remained aboard the P1u- ton. the officers placing their cabins at our disposal. At o'clock the next morning we reached the arsenal in Sidi ab Dallas, where temporary hospital was erected for us. Here we were able to rest. will continue to give my services to the survivors and aid the p11ysicians.y
 pr. Grie1 was on her way to her home in New York. She had been visiting the Russian consul and lis family in Harf, Italy. Am-ng the Ancona passengers in FerryviIle is Marquis Scarra, who was wounded in 8he foot by a proJectile.