The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Nine Killed and Eight Are Wounded Aboard Vessel Before Torpedo Boat De- strOyers Came to Rescue
CAPTAIN IS KILLED
 BUT SAVES VESSEL
 FROM DESTRUCTION
Masterly Seamanship Frus- trates Submarines Elf forts to Torpedo Steamer. Ship Withstands Gunfire

Queenstown, July 5.-G D. m)--NitJ5 nine dead sailors stretched on her d, c eight men lying wounded beIov . s7 her sides riddIed with shot a .l, the British steamship AngIo-Cs flor nian steamed into Queenstown harbor this morning after having withstood the attack of German submarine for four hours. The ships escape from de- struction was accomplished with no other means of defense than the in- domitabie spirit of her captain and crew. combined with mastcriy seaman ship, which enabled her to frustratc the efforts of her sssaiIant to torpedo her.
 The story of how Captain Parslow stood on the bridge of the Anglo Californian amidst a rain of shot and calmly di- rected the movements of his ship until he was killed by a shell, and of how his place was taken by his son until British destroyers appeared and the sub marine was compelled to flee, was told by the survivors.
 The Anglo Californian left Montreal for the British Isles on June 24. The sub marine was sighted at o'clock last Sun day morning. Captain Parslow ordered full steam ahead and wireless calls for assistance were sent out.
 Is Speedier Craft
 The submarine on the surface proved to be far speedier craft than the steamer and rapidly overhauled her, meanwhile delueing her with shelis one shot put the wireless apparatus on the Anglo Californian out of action. Finding he could not escape by running for it. Cap tain Parslow devoted all his attention to maneuvering his ship so as to prevent the submarine from using torpedoes ef- fectively.
 Our captain was a brave man." said one of the narrators. He kept at his post on the bridge, cooly giving orders as the submarine circled around us vainly seeking to get a position from which 1t could give us death blow with tor pedoes All the while the underwater boat continued to rain shot and shell upon us and al times was so close that she was able to employ rifle fire effectively. At last one shell blew the captain off the bridge, killing him outright and terribly mutilating him. Just before that he had given orders to launch the boats, but this was very difficult under the. shell fire. Several men were struck down while working at the davits. Ultimately four boats were got overheard and were rowed away until picked up''
 Son Knocked Down
 The son of Captain Parslow serving al second mate, was standing by his fathers side when the latter was killed The son was knocked down by the violence of the expiosion Springing to his feet he seized the wheel and. as ably as his father had Gone, continued lodging the submari Another shell burst alongside him, shat tering one of the spokes of the wheel, but young Parslow remained at his post The wireless s o calls that had been sent out al the first alarm had reached those able to give more than passive as- sstance. however and British destroyers appeared. On their appearance the sub marine abandoned the attack and sub merged. Young Parslow was still at the wheel when the destroyers came up.