Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-29
Panic on British
 Steamer BaruIos
WHEN TURKISH SuBMARINE
 FIRED SHOT OVER HER.
ABOUT 2s DROWNED
Many Forced Overheard in Panic Commander of Submarine Told People to Go Back to Ship, Adding "We Are Not Murderers."

New York, Nov. 2S.-A Turkish submarine stopped the British steam CT Barulos in the Mediterranean and after 25 had been drowned, rescued many of the 25O passengers who had gone overheard in a panic, said Elenor Franklin, an eyewitness who arrived today on the steamship New York.
 Flew British Flag. The Barulos, according to Mrs. Egan, who is a writer returning from a six months trip through southern | Europe, left Piraeus for Alexandria on October 2. While the ship flew the | British flag her crew was Greek, the passengers of whom a majority was 1 third class, being chiefly Greeks and Orientals. When about five hours south of Crete, the ship picked up | British steamship Sailor Prince which had been sunk by submarine a few hours previous.
 1 Carried Only Four Lifeboats. ] The Barulos, Mrs. Egan said. car ried only four lifeboats, each with a 1 capacity for thirty people. The res- | cue of the crew of the Sailor Prince ! created excitement which was at few ! CT heat when suddenly a submarine came to the surface about two miles distant and fired a shot over the Barulos, evidently as a signal for her to stop.
 Wild Panic Broke Loose.
 Instantly a wild panic broke loose" | said Mrs. Egan. "The four lifeboats of the Baruios were resting in their checks, while swung alongside were the boats in which the men from the Sailor Prince had made their escape. Rushed for the Boats. Led by the crew and the fire-room force, the passengers rushed for the goats. Women, unable to bet to the boats, threw their children into the sea and jumped after them. Fright | ened 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.
 Forced Over the Side.
 q was at the rail when the sub- marine appeared and 1 started back toward the stairs leading below with the idea of helping to quell the panic. was caught in the rush and literally forced over the side into the sea. l had hard time to keep above the ed by the struggles of others trying | to catch hold of me.
 "We Are Not Murderers."
 Tt seemed that l had no sooner struck the water than the submarine appeared under the bows of our ship tOn n6T Q6Ck l saw a nunD6r or men with an officer who 1 took to be an Austrian. The submarine had her lcollapsible hfeboat out and the sub- marine crew were pulling people out of the water onto her deck. The of- ticer was holding up his hands, shout calm. l heard him say in perfect English: For Gods sake, go back to your ship, we are not murderers!" Called for Help.
 By this time I had worked my way some distance from the ship and see- Ii ngone of the lifeboats near I held up my hand and called for help. The people in the boat responded and, aft CT a second attempt, succeeded in throwing a line to me when I was all but exhausted.
 Twenty five Were Missing.
 'The first of the panic over, we rowed back to the Barulos and were taken aboard. Women and children many in a half drowned state, were crowding the deck of the submarine whihh remained alongside. When all the rescued were returned to the BaruloS toll showed that 25 were found to be miss, IA children, seven women and four men.
 Many Wounded in Panic
 'In addition to the 25 drowned many were wounded in the panic; several OI Ine most SeTlOuS were tax en into the submarine and treated by our ship doctor, who went aboard al the invitation of the submarine com mander.
 | Humane Submarine Commander.
 "Only one shot was fired by the submarine. She remained alongside for five hours, or until all possible rescues had been made and the wounded had been attended. She then disappeared and we proceeded 'tc AleXandria without further incident l did not learn her name or designat- ing number, but she was one of the largest boats of her kind I have ever seen.
 "The captain of the Sailor Prince told me that he recognized her as the same one that had sunk his shi' some hours previous, although at that i time, he said, she lew lhe -A,.s..4-.-