The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-06

Eight Of Crew Lost.
According to Consul Frost about
eight of the crew were lost. About
twenty of the passengers we're injured
and many of them suffered seriously
from exposure. Miss Carberry of
England and another English woman,
unidentified, died today as the result
OF injuries and exposure.
The steamship, which it was be-
lieved. might be saved, was proceed
ing slowly to Queenstown conveyed by
q flotilla of rescue ships and the part
of her crew who remained aboard
were taken off and landed safely at
Queenstown.
One Man Sees Torpedo.
II Is said that only one man
aboard the Hesperian saw the subma-
rine. He was the lookout and prompt
ly notified the captain. So. far as
known nobody saw the projectiles that
struck the ship and for that reason 1t
was deemed possible but not probable
that the Hesperian struck a mine.
Many of the 80 first cabin and III
second cabin passengers were attend
ing a concert in the salon and the
force of the shock hurled them from
their chairs. Among the passengers
brought into Queenstown, great praise
was given the officers and crew. D..
AS she was struck, Capt. Main sent
out the s. o. S. and in a remarkably
short time several vessels from the
vicinity of Queenstown surrounded
the Hesperian while warships hunted
the submarine. The rescue ships
quickly picked up the passengers float
ing about in the life boats.
Relates Experience.
Mrs. Clements of Toronto who was
putting her children to bed when the
Hesperian, bound from Liverpool to
Montreal, was struck, told one of the
most striking stories. She said:
"1t was already dark. which perhaps
accounts for nobody seeing the tor
pedo Most of the passengers were at
tending concert. | was in my cabin
putting the two children to bed when l
felt terrible shock. l grabbed up
the two children and hurried on deck.
ALREADY the work of lowering the
boats was going on. | was among the
last to get into one boat, the children
and | being lowered into an already
floating life boat by ropes around our
waists. There was very little excite
master was the real hero of the shin.
He continually went from group to
group assuring us that there was no
danger and his coolness cast a spell
over us making us feel that we were
really In no danger. When our boat
cast OFT 1t was then II o'clock, 2 hours
and 40 minutes after we were struck
and by that time most of the passen-
gers had been picked up"
Carried One Gun.
Ihe important point about the Hes.
perian on which will hinge the proba-
Bile attitude of the United States Is
that the liner is said to have carried
one gun, four and 10 inch rifle
mounted on her stern. Germany nigh.
declaPe therefore that the steamship
was armed. but throughout the war
the United States government has al
lowed ships with only one gun to en-
ter and leave New York harbor. not
considering them armed vessels.
The two Americans included in the
crew are: Steward F.. l. Dallas of Ruf.
falo and M. McAlister of Grand Ran.
Ids. Both were landed yesterday and
told the American consul they were
the only Americans on the ship.
Ihree Boats Capsze.
Three OF the life boats cansized
lille being lowered and several mas.
sengers were spilled" said Dallas.
The Hesperian carried manv Cana.
dian officers and men. most of them
wounded. going home on sick leave. |
Among them was Major H. Barree.
captain Main was on the bridge
when the ship was struck" Barree
said His first order was for the
women and children to be placed in
The boats. remained on the shin
when Capt. Main announced that he |
would not abandon the vessel. We
were the last to leave. The first ma. |
troll boat arrived at 9:30. an hour AFT. |
pr our first s. o. s. call; the second
came at 1890 and another a few min |
ltes later"
Receivers Eyeslght.
Ihere were twenty other Canadian
,nlcers enroute home on sick leave. |
among them was Buglar Royale, who
vas one OF the heroes Of the tragedy.
ie was in the concert room when the
snip was struck and assisted the
women to life boat One boat which
aoyale helped to lower capsized in
he air and Buglar dived into the
water and rescued several passengers.
he saw another lifeboat hanging per.
'endicularly. the only occupant Of
which was baby which he rescued
Ind took to- Queenstown. There was