Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
ORDUNA ATTACKED;
BARELY ESCAPES
lUSlTANiA'S FATE
tinued from First PAGE. J

~ ~ -
Continued from First Page.)
utes after we had left her behind 1
looked through my glasses and saw
a white streak coming towards us
through tho water. I wasn't sure at
first II was streak such rs the wake
Of a torpedo or the rcriscope OF sub
marine. but tho question WAS soon
| settled.
TORPEDO CIIURNS uP
WHITE WAKE OF FOA NJ
! 1T was a torpedo. We could see It
coming towards at high speed.
| When II appeared TO be half IL mile or
so of the Orduna seemed to jump
ahead. and a second afterwards to
! swerve to one side. 1t looked then as
liz the torpedo would strike us aft
But it didn't. 1t passed not more than
ten yards behind the rudder. churn-
ing up white wake of foam as 1t
passed by"
! The passengers turned their glasses
then upon the sailing ship and tried
to make out her name. Mr.. Graham
said he thought it was Normanic. or
something similar.
Maritime records here contain no
Normanie in the list OF sailing vessels
near approach to this name, how
| ever, is that of the American bark
Normandy. Normandy reached Liver
pool July IS. three days after the
orduna was attacked, at the end of
, "A voyage from Gulfport, Miss. and on
her arrival members of her crew said
/, the Normandy stopped by Ger
man submarine sixty miles southwest
OF Tuskas Rock. off the southeast coast
| of Ireland. Friday night. July ., and
, to
; submarine which hid herself from the
| RUSSIAN steamer Leo. The submarine
submerged according to the Nor
mandy's crew and proceeded around
the Normandy's bows. Ten minutes
later the crew OF the Normandy saw
the Leo blown up. The Normandy. her
crew said. was forced to act as n
shield for the submarine on threat of
destruction.
This occurred, tho Normandy's crew
said. on the night OF July @ The
Orduna was attacked on the morning
or July 2, and the scene of the attack
was about twenty miles distant from
the spot where the Leo was sunk
The captain OF the Norma ndy,. how
ever, specifically denied the story told
by the members OF the crew. The
bark was stopped by the submarine. he
I
some of the Leo's crew.
BARoN ROSENKRANTZ
RESUMES NARRATIVE
Resuming his narrative of the at
tack, Baron Rosenkrantz said:
a short time after the torpedo had
clipped past the Orduna's stern-it
may have been fifteen minutes. il NAV
have been half an hour-a submarine
came into sight Wa
~ surprised to see her but what did
surprise us was her location. The tor
pedo had come AT us from the port
ana the submarine that now doomed up
was abaft our starboard quarter. This
may have been accounted for by the
fact that Captain Taylor had been
speeding the Orduna on ziszar
course. Possibly IL was another sub
marine. l don't know.
Al any rate, she opened fire on us
| Immediately. She seemed to have the
| range, too. The first she'll fell un-
! comfortably close. and threw I'D n
! fountain of water. Captain Taylor
swerved again. and showed the sub
| marine only the liners stern, making
as small target as possible.
Before the first sho; was fired, how
ever. Immediately after the torpedo
missed u.s. the stewards ran TO the
staterooms and told the passengers TO
get ready. Most OF the passengers
were asleep. They dressed hurriedly,
and when the first shot was fired were
assembled on the upper deck, each pas
| senger at his allotted place at the life
| boats. AS further precaution, each
| passenger put on life belt
The second shot passed over the
| heads OF the passengers. We could
hear the scream OF the she'll Appar-
entity, the submarine was aiming at
the bridge and the wireless We heard
| the wireless crackle. and afterwards
! learned that the captain had sent out
wireless call for help.
The third shot came withinsa few
minutes-not more than five. 1t passed
very close over the deck In fact i,
! seemed to Craze one of the lifeboats
aft. In few seconds the officers
shouted an order. not excitedly, but
calmly, and as if the order was Jus,
an everyday affair. Thero appeared
/ TO be no excitement on the surface
All aboard. passengers. crew and Of
| fcers. seemed outwardly calm.
ORDERS OBEYED QUICKLY
| AND WITHOUT EXCITEMENT
! "'All passengers 10 the deck below
| was the order 1t was oheyed, quick
| ~ and without excitement. AS the
! passengers went down the steps the
! lifebOats were lowered few feet to