The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

4 little later they were taken aboard
"A patrol boat which rescued many per
sons. among them a little boy whose
thigh had been broken. DR. Moore set
the boys lex in improvised spl!nts. The
passengers all were shivering with cold
and IN urgent need 81 assistance
Isaac Lehman OF New York was n
the smoking room of the first cabin
when the ship was struck There was
no particular excitement. he declared
lie went at once TO his cabin, wher he
got his revolver and a life belt re
turning TO the upper deck he stood be-
side boat which was waiting to be
lowered,
Il said to the man in charge" 1e
continued. FOR Gods sake. lower the
boats" The man replied The cap
taiu's orders are not 20 lower the boats.
Il drew my revolver continued Mr.
Lehman, and announced that | would
shoot II the boat was not lowered at
once. II was lowered There were
ahou. sixty 81 rs in IT. As II reached
the water II lurched and struck the
ship, side and many OF It's occupants
were injured. At this moment We heard
an explosion inside the ship Well forward
and two minutes later she WIt down.
! was thrown clear OF the wreck los he
terrible suction which upset our boat,
but a. ! came up | caught two oars. to
which ! managed TO cling, keeping atloat
four hours before ! was picked up
H. W. Taylor and his bride, who come
from Niagara Falls, y y, were on n
honeymO. trip. They were separated
AT the moment the ship went down and
were reunited almost by miracle Nj
Taylor placed his wife in "A NE boat
filed with other women and cut the
boat free after kissing her goOd-by.
Then stood or the rail and waited
for the end" he said u can't swim
a stroke and I knew 1t was useless for
me TO jump, as | hadn't even a life belt.
81 went down with tn" ship. After
what seemed TO he an eternity 7 came
to tha surface and grabbed frantically
at some pieces OF wreckase. They could
no, nelp me and I went down twice more
before felt - hand on my collar and
somebody pulling me up into a boat.
| Thcn ! felt woman's arms around my
neck and ! opened my eyes 10 discover
that the woman was my wife, sitting In
! the boa, just where I had put her"
n A. Thomas. the Welsh coinery
| owner, who was among the saved, told n
! succinct story OF his experiences He
said
I'VE were at luncheon when suddenly
the vessel was stopped and shook from
! stem to stern with the force OF an ex-
plosioD well forward that seemed TO
throw her on her beam ends We had
not believed IL possible that an attack
would he made upon us. but there was
not a passenger who dill not reallxe that
the unexpected had happened Tho CN.
, plosion was followed BY another equally
forcisle and the big steamer shuddercd
and almost Immediately began 10 list 10
port
II, was dastardiy outrage. deserving
the condemnation OF the entire civilized
| world"
Robert Rankin OF I16 schuyler place,
| Ithaca, y. Y, a mining engineer, said {:
IL was standing on the deck talking
to Thomas Bloomfield Of New York ana
! Isaac Lehman, a Canadian. when ! saw
part of the coming tower and peri
| scope Of a submarine exclaimed :
'Tha, looks like a torpedo Bloomfield
said: My God, II ~ a torpedo" 49,
most before he had tho words ont OF MA
mouth there came an explosion The
vessel was deluged with black smoke
! rained on US for twn minutes. | should
think The second cabin passengers
| rushed through the barriers toward the
! boat deck and the Storage passengers
also were panic stricken. When the
water was within twelve feet OF the
! deck I missed my companions
! jumped overheard and swan Il star
board, There I was picked mp by ono
/ Of the stnrboHrd lrcbuais. which was
| In charge Of tho coolest man ever saw,
/ Welch. the second steward who picked
| up me and thrty-two others