Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-18
Thrilling Story Of Adventure
Is Related BY Passengers of
0rduna on Arrival of Vessel
In New York.
AMERICAN FLAG USED
TO DISGUISE STEAMER
Torpedo Fire Misses and Ger
man UnderSeas Craft Opens
FiIe From Its Guns on the
Fleeing Ship,

10, n1ssna Journal SPECIAL ttAaso wiRsl
New York July 1t The Cunard
liner OTduu3, bound from liverpool
20 New York with 22T passengers. In
CUdnw twenty-five Americans was at
tackled without warning, IL WAS
learned ON hor arrival here today, hy
u German submarine ON the morning
of JulN g.
Twenty miles from tho graveyard
ot the Lusitauia Off old Head OF Kin
sale, the Orduua escaped the Lusi-
tauias fate by one half a second of
time or ten feet OF space, the German
torpedo churuiug the water that dis
tance behind the liners rudder Then
( the Nrduna sped away. She was fol-
lowed hN the submarine. which rose
to the surface, manned a gun on her
! deck and shelled the fleeing steamer
The attack was timed at ten min
i utos to 6 o'clock I'm the morning when
an but a few of her passengers lay
sleeping i'm their berths Aroused by
stewards the passengers dressed hur-
riedlv and went to the upper deck,
where they put on life belts and took
their places at the life boats. They
heard the scream OF the shells and
SEA wtho ocean spit up columns OF wa
ter whore the shells struck When the
fire grew hot, they Were ordered, for
their own protection, to the deck be-
lew
Ordunas flight Faster.
For half nm hour the Orduna show
ed her heels TO the assailant. Through
> marine glasses the passengers watched
the dark splotch on the waters sur
face astem, They saw the low lying
Gumun warship coming on with a
/
flight was faster than tbs pursul
: and after seven shots had been fired
> without effect the submarine gave up
the chase.
A wireless call fer help was sent out
by the Orduna when the torpedo was
seen She was then thrty-seven miles
suuih of Queenstown The reply,
captain Taylor says In his official re
port was that help would be given
s within an hour II was four hours
before the first British vessel "A small
n armored yacht, the Jeanette, ap-
y peared.
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% can government by at least one citizen
n Of the United States and possibly 9th
ers who were aboard. william G.
e Thompson counsel to the federal in
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