The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-17
special cable DS.pa,ch to The sux.

just TeceiVeh an account OF the SINKING
OF the Ancona from Dr. Cecile Greil. the
New York woman saved from the dis
astcr and now at Bizerta. The mar
rative of the survivor Is as follows:
Lunch was Just finished. 1t was
noon. We were five first cabin pas
senges. four Italians and myself, the
only American In the saloon. and two
ships doctors. The captain was absent.
No one had seen him since dinner the
evening before. when he was hurriedly
summoned from the table by an urgent
call to the bridge.
I'VE were quietly finishing coffee when
heard q rushing OF persons outside the
dining room and the machinery slowing
down. saw one OF the doctors rush
from the table and. not realizing what
was wrong, l started for the fore deck.
Almost Immediately l heard the whizzing
Of SHE'LL which. with tremendous
crash, fell on the deck aft. Looking out
to sea saw clearly the outlined huge
submarine dangerously near.
No warntng to stop.
II could see ten or dozen men. The
undersea boat had four huge guns on
her coming tower and another on the
fore part. was unable to discern
clearly the flag but saw II had horl-
zontal red and white stripes. l saw and
heard enough to know We were being
bombarded. We received no warning to
stop.
The first shot crashed into the fore
part Of the ship. shattering the bridge
and deck. The ship Immediately slowed
down Shots followed in rapid success
sion. although the AScona stopped imme-
diately Huge timbers were falling. Part
Of the rail near me gave way. The tirst
person | saw killed was a man who fel.
into the sea with the rail.
"All was confusion and panic. Every
one lost his head. saw dozens fall
dead and wounded on the deck. l re-
NAMED perfectly calm and started to gd
down TO the second class deck. where
! had deposited all my money with the
purser, but had difficulty in getting
down. because the stair WAS partly sno'
away and debris obstructed the ioor.
When I reached the purser's offics
I found him lying dead before his desk
The second cabin was evidently the
place where the iwt shot struck witt
the greatest intensity. The whole par
had fallen into the sea. Wounded ant
dead lay everywhere. Among these wer.
many babies, women and children.
Woman In Her Cabin KILLED.
Il decided 10 -eturn to my cabin fol
my passport. II was "a journey amid
( falling shots and the screams OF womer
who were grasping my ankles beggint
me Ia aid whev. | was powerless to
give help. When I got 10 my cabIr
and stopped TO open my trunk. which
was under the bed | heard my porthol'
} window crash inward and felt tn. whz
! zlng Of a shll over my head. | saw
/ Maria. my stewa rdess. fall dead betoy'
the door. struck by a shrapnel bullet.
! Il decided ii was useless to look fo
I my passport. as death was unavoidable
so ] put on my sweater. tied a bonne
securely on my head. grasped a li;tl'
basket containing some trinkets. ant
started To search ( : "a lifeboat. | wa.
alone on the cabin deck at this time. No
"A soul was in command OF the passen
gers. Chaos reigned. There was n
one to give directions.
~ went aft where two boats were be
ing lowered and asked them to take me
They refused. saying II was full. thougl
not more than twenty persons were II
/
ffty.
There was something wrong with tn
pulleys or davts OF the first boat
hung at an obliQue angle and all tn
occupants fell into the sea before m.
eyes They were drowned, among then
some women and children. sWords can
not express my feelings at seeing tn
tiny hands reaching upward for aid am
finally disappearing In the sea.
Few had lifebelts Tn. second cab
and steeragc people lost their heads III
terry. and no one helped them with helts
! saw another boat. just lowered to tn
level of the sea. in which were two do
tors. first cabin passengers and man
members of the crew, Six or seve
women and several children were tum
hled into the boat.
Makes Jump OF 20 Feet.
IL asked to be taken. Some one sal,
Jump made the jump Of at lea.
twenty feet and landed in the centre d
the boat uninjured. my bag and trinket
still in my hand A moment after
! Jumped "a young woman emigrant thre'
herself head foremost from the decl
struck the side OF our boat and 70
into the sea. She was so near me
, could drag her into the boat She hs
tainted ana bOtn VI ufT ltsN WtTt DTohel
Eve started TO pull on from Il
Ancona. expecting every moment to
killed, for shells struck many sma
boats and injured or killed the pa
sengers Fortune favored me, for OF
boat had an officer OF extreme couras
to guide us. Carlo LAMBERT.
"He took the tiler and gave ordel
to the rowers, Then he put "A revolv,
, beside the compass In front OF him Al
started us toward the west. We picks
+ up tivc women and one man from Il
sea. 1t was IL 80 o'clock as we Dire
, away.
, II saw the track of a torpedo tn
had been hred from the submarine.
y hit the Ancona with "a terrific explosio
| accompanied with Il great mass of stea
A and water. which ros" high above Il
;, vessel She listed, turned turtle al
sank in seven minutes. | saw the OF
:, GERS boat leave the Ancona "A fe
), moments before she disappeared.
- '"rhe sea was calm. so that our sew,
> small boats stood out clearly. We we
y, in different directions, our boat &
:, u Messina. II was leaking badly, "A,
:, :, while the women and children shriek'
y hysterically and some clung around n
!, ] helped bail and tried to quiet them.
y After about four hours We noticed
boat sending up distress signals
:, rowed toward II and found II was leakli
" ! ,,a x,ipy dovp rn,,ifly II hal . 2.