New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-06
SAVES STEAMER
FROM SUBMARINE
BUT LOSES LIFE
British Captain One of
Nine Killed by Ger
mans Shells.
SON TAKES HIS
PLACE ON BRIDGE
Other English, French and Nor
Wegian Vessels Also Fall Vic
tins to U-Boats.

Queenstown. July with nine dead
sailors stretched on her deck, eight
wounded men lying below and her sides
riddled with shot and shell the British
steamship Anglo Californian steamed
into Queenstown Harbor this morning
after having withstood the attack Of a
German submarine for four hours.
The ships escape from destruction
was accomplished with no other means
Of defence than the indomitable spirit
of her captain and crew. combined with
clever seamanship.
The story of how Captain Parslow
stood on the bridge Of the Anglo Cali
fornian amid a rain of shot and calmly
directed the movements of his ship
until he was killed by a she'll. and Of
how his place was taken by his son
until British destroyers appeared and
the submarine was compelled to fee,
was told by the survivors.
The Anglo Californian left Montreal
for the British Isles on June a. The
submarine was sighted at o'clock yes
terday morning. Captain Parslow or
d-.ed full steam ahead and wireless
calls for assistance were sent out
Under a Rain of Shells.
The submarine on the surface proved
to be a far speedier craft than the
steamer. and rapidly ove~hauled her,
meanwhile deluging her with shells.
One shot put the wireless apparatus on
the Anglo Californian out of action.
Finding that he could not escape by
running for il, Captain Parslow devoted
all his attention TO manPuvring his ship
so as 20 prevent the submarine from
using torpedoes effectively.
"Our captain was a brave man." said
one of the narrators. "He kept at lls
post on the bridge, coolly giving orders
as the submarine circled around US,
vainly seeking to get a position from
which il could give US death blow
with torpedoes. All the while the un-
der-water boat continued to rain shot
and she'll upon US, and at times was %
close that she was able to employ rifle
fire effectively.
AT last one she'll 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. Ul-
timatelv four boats were got overheard
and were rowed away until picked up"
The wireless s. O. S. calls that had
been sent out at the first alarm, had
reached those able to give more than
passive assistance, however, and Brlt-
ish destroyers appeared. On their ap-
proach the submarine abandoned the
attack and submerged. Young Pars-
low was still at the wheel when the
destroyers came up.
Son Takes Captains Place.
The son Of Captain Parslow, serving
as second mate, was standing by ms
father when the latter was killed. The
son was knocked down by the violence
Of the explosion, but, springing TO his
feet. he seized the wheel and, as ably
as his father had done, continu d
lodging the submarine. Another shell
burst alongside him, shattering one or
the smokes Of the wheel, but young
Parslow remained at his post.
The Norwegian bark Fiery Cross has
been sunk by a German submarine sew
cntv miles southwest of the Scilly ISL
ands. Her crew of eighteen men land
ed at Swansea, after spending twenty
hours in open boats. Among the crew
are six Americans.
The Fiery Cross was Of 1,44S tons
gross, built in 1878, at Glasgow, and
owned by Hansen & Anderson, OF Lar
vik. Norway. The latest marine records
contain nothing more recent regarding
her movements than that she passed
Gibraltar on June after having sailed
from the Tyne on May % for Genoa.
Schooner Added TO Victims.
The schooner Sunbeam, of Kirkwall,
Scotland. also has been sunk by Ger
man submarine. The crew was saved.
Montreal. July 5.-Remarking that he
was on the firing line just as much as
The soldiers at the front, Captain Pars-
low Of the British steamship Angle
California. said on the day his ship LETT
here on June "a: ~,
Merchant ships are necessary link
IN tho chain by which the British gov
eminent maintains her part IN the war.
CAPTAINS and seamen stick to their JOBS
lust as men on shore do where their
work is necessary
One Of Captain Parslow's sons has
been killed at the front and another
has been wounded, 1t was announced
here tonight. L.,t
were Canadians who were porn IN the
British Isles. The others were Kus-
sian reservlsts.
Submarines Sink French
C4oo-or and Schooner