The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-29
LEAP IN SEA AT
SUBMARINE SHOT
Passengers of the Barulos in Panic,
% Drown-Undersea Boat Assist
ed in Rescue.

NEW YORK, Nov. pa Turkish
submarine stopped the British passen-
ger ship Barulos in the Mediterranean
and after p had been drowned, assist
ed in rescuing many of the go pas
sengers who had gone overheard in
panic, said Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Ea-
gan, an eyewitness who arrived today
| on the steamship New York.
The Barulos, according to Mrs. Ea-
gan, who is writer returning from a
six months trip through southern Ell
rope, left Piraeus for Alexandria on
Oct. 2. While the ship flew the Brit
ish flag her crew was Greek, the pas
sengers of whom a majority was third
class, being chiefly Greeks and Orien-
tails. When about five hours south of
| Crete, the ship picked up three boats
containing the crew of the British
steamship Sailor Prince, which had
been sunk by a submarine a few hours
| previous.
The Barulos, Mrs. Eagan said, car
ried only four lifeboats, each with a
capacity of 80 people. The rescue of
| the crew of the Sailor Prince created
excitement which was at fever heat
when suddenly a submarine came TO
| the surface about two miles distant
and fired a shot over the Barulos, ev-
identity as a signal for her to stop.
Instantly wild panic broke
| loose, - said Mrs. Egan. 1.-THE four
Iifeboats of the Barulos were resting
in their checks, while swung alongside
were the two boats in which the men
from the Sailor Prince had made their
escape.
Lied by the crew and the freroom
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 crash
ed into the water three of the six
were swamped and emptied of their
human loads. I was at the rail
when the submarine appeared, and
started back toward the stairs leading
below with the idea of helping to
quen the panic. l was literally forced
over the side into the sea. l had a
hard time to keep above the water
my difficulties being aggravated by the
struggles of others striving to catch
hold Of me.
cit seemed that l had no sooner
struck the water than the submarine
appeared under the bows of our ship
On her deck I saw a number of mer
; with an officer whom / took to be al
Austrian. The submersibIe had hel
Ieollapsible lifeboat out. and the sub
marine crew were pulling people out
of the water onto her deck. The of
fcer was holding up his hands shout
ing to the people in the water to b,
/ IN
English:
| . For Gods sake, go back to you
r ship, we are not murderers.'
"Bv this time l had worked my
way some distance from the ship, anC
3 seeing one of the Iifeboats near 1 helt
s up my hand and called for help. Tn
people in the boat responded and, afte
L | a second attempt succeeded in throw
inc a line to me when l was all bu
exhausted.
1.-The first of the panic over, W
rowed back to the Barulos and wer
taken aboard. Women and children
= many in half drowned state, wer
crowding the deck of the submarine
which remained alongside. When al
5 the rescued were returned to the Bar
e nIos a toll showed that twentyfv
j were missing, IA children, seven WON
o en- and four men. Two of the latte
t were British sailors from the Sailo
n Prince. who lost their lives divin
T overheard with their mates to rescu
u children.
/ 'sIn addition to the 25 browne
|, many were wounded in the panic; sex
1, eral of the most serious were taken II
; to the submarine and treated by on
S ship doctor, who went aboard at tn
L Invitation of the submarine command
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