Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-29
rs DROWNED
DURING PANIC
Story by an Involuntary
Participant in Rush
Overheard from the
Barulus Frightened
by Submarine
U-BOAT RESCUES
MORE THAN 200

New York. Nov. 2S.--A Turkish sub
marine stopped the British passenger
ship Barulos in the Mediterranean and
after % had been drowned. assisted
in rescuing many of the $50 passen-
gers who had gone overheard in
panic, said Eleanor Franklin Egan, an
eye witness who arrived today on the
steamship New York.
The Barulos, according to Mrs. Egan,
who is a writer, returning from q six
months trip through southern Europe,
left PiraeuS for Alexandria on October
,. While the ship flew the British flag
her crew We're Greek, the passengers
Of whom majority We're third class,
being chiefly Greeks and Orientals.
When about five hours south of Crete
the ship picked up three boats contain
ing the crew Of the British steamship
Sailor Prince. which had been sunk
by a submarine a few hours previous.
Had Four Lifeboats
The Barulos, Mrs. Egan said, carried
only four lifeboats, each with ca
pacity for 50 people. The rescue OF the
crew of the Sailor Prince created ex
element which was a fever heat when
suddenly a submarine came TO the
surface about two miles distant and
fired shot over the Barulos evident
~ as a signal for her to stop.
Instantly a wild panic broke loose
said Mrs. Egan. The four lifeboats
Of the Barulos were resting in their
checks. while swinging alongside We're
the two boats in which the men from
the Sailor Prince had made their es-
cape
Led by the crew and the fire room
force, the passengers rushed for the
boats Women, unable to get to the
boats threw their children into the
sea and jumped after them. Brighten
ca sailors cut the ropes holding the
small boats and when the latter
crashed into the water three of the
six We're swamped and emptied Of
their human loads.
Forced into Sea
Il was at the rail when the subma-
rine appeared and l started back toward
tire stairs leading beloY with the idea of
helping to quell the panic. l was caught
in the rush and literally forced over the
side into the sea. / had a hard time to
keep above the water, my difficulties be-
ing aggravated by the struggles of others
trying TO catch hold of me.
1T seemed that ] had no sooner struck
the water than the submarine appeared
under the bows of the ship. On her
deck I saw a number of men with an
officer when l took to be an Austrian.
The submersible had her collapsible
ufeboat out and the submarine crew were
pulling people out of the water onto her
deck The officer was holding up his
hands shouting to the people in the wa
ter to be calm I heard him say in per-
feet English: For Gods sake, go back
to your ship. We are not murderers.
"By this time I had worked my way
some distance from the ship and seeing
one of the lifeboats near l help up my
hand and called for help. The people in
the boat responded and after second
attempt succeeded in throwing a line to
men when / was all but exhausted.
The first of the panic over, we rowed
back to the Baruios and were taken
aboard Women and children, many in
half drowned state. were crowding the
deck of the submarine, which remained
along side. When all the rescued were
returned to the Barulos a toll showed
that . were missng-14 children, seven
women and four men. Two of the latter
were British sailors from the Sailor
Prince which lost their lives diving oven
board with their mates to rescue chill
dren-
I'm addition to the o drowned. many
were wounded in the panic. Several of
the most serious were taken into the
submarine and treated by our ship doc
tor, who went aboard at the invitation Of
the submarine commander"
Mrs Egan said she witnessed many
heart-rending scenes.
lone woman" she added. who had
lost her three children by throwing
them overheard went stark mad. In
the steerage was a troupe of Japanese
acrobats. One of them. woman. with
an infant child. was seen almost ex-
hausted trying to cling to the sides Of
the ship. She was surrounded by many
others. A rope was thrown into her
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