The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-07-08
.l2 KILLED AS SHIP
ESCAPES SUBMARINE
CAPTAIN and Eleven of Crew OF
British Vessel Slain.
CARRIED CARGO OF HORSES
Steamer Anslo-caIlfornla Reaches
Queenstown After Four-Hour
Flight From Foe-Oead
Litter Decks of Boat.

| London, July b-lhe Dlg bTlllsh
steamship Anglo Californian limped
into Queenstown harbor a verltaDie
| floating shambles after having outruh
| a German submarine. Her wireless
apparatus. her bridge and upper works
shot away, her tunnels pierced and
her decks Uttered with dead and dy-
ing, she accomplished the feat vainly
attempted by the Inflated Armenian a
week ago in the same waters.
Like the latter vessel, she was laden
with transport animals for the British
army-a cargo of horses shipped from
Montreal on June "a. Panic among
the latter during and following the
bombardment to which the Anglo
Californian was subjected, added TO
the horror of the situation.
Captain Killed by She'll.
The commander, who brought her
through the hail of shot, shell and rife
fire-Captain Parslow-paid for the
achievement with his life. He re-
NAMED on the bridge amid the inferno
until blown off by shell. The OFF,
Ger who assumed his post found his
body with one arm and one leg shot
away.
Twelve Of Crew Slain.
The others Of the crew. who shared
his fate, were, like the captain, horrl-
bly, mutIlated. The dead number 2l.
Eight others were desperately wound
ed and nearly all on board suffered
more or less in the baptism of fire.
The Anglo Californian is a staunch
steel ship of 1888 tons, and the sec
ond in size of feet of six fine steam
ships owned by the Nitrate Producers
Steamship company, Ltd. Her home
port Is London She was built three
years ago at Sunderland, and is $50
feet long, Sc feet in beam with a
depth of SO feet Two decks and a
shelter deck give her a small appear
ance and she is driven by powerful
engines. Their worth and her rating
Of 100 Al. accorded by Lloyds, was
fully sustained by her feat In reaching
port.
Americans on Board.
While the crew was largely British
Americans and Canadians were In
charge Of the cargo of horses. Among
these were ID. F. Feeney, John Ma
honey and John Vaughan of Newport
News, Va; George Rogers of Rich
mond Va; r. l.. Martin Of Boston; L.
C. Carroll of Syracuse, n. Y; Josiah
Walker address unknown, and Patrick
Minehan Of Montreal. Minehan is
the only one definitely described as
seriously injured
The attack on the Anglo-Californian
began almost twenty-four hours be-
fore she reached port and continued
four hours. On the last lap OF her
voyage across the Atlantic. she was
heading in for Ireland Sunday morn
ing when the submarine was sighted
The latter signaled command for her
TO lay to. Instead the captain gave
the order full steam ahead and the
most dramatic struggle of the subma-
rine blockade of the United Kingdom
was on.
Survivors Tells Of Attack.
THE submarine was on the sur
face" said one Of the survivors, land
she at once opened fire on US, appar-
emily directing the shots at our wire
less apparatus and the supporting
masts She crowded on all possible
speed and began what appeared to be
circling movement calculated to
rake US from every direction. Salts
fled that they had disabled our wire
less, the submarine strGye to close
in on us In order to supplement her
shell fire with rifles.
The zig2ag course our skipper was
making to prevent being torpeGoed i'm
peded the accuracy of the submarine
shell fire, but il gave her the advan-
tage Of getting within rife range and
pouring ia deadly hail at every liv-
ing soul that exposed himself to navi.
gate the ship. This CHASTITY perform
ance continued from eight o'clock Sun
day morning until high noon. The one
mystery Of the whole thing is that a
| soul remained alive to tell the story
The arrival of the death ship Gre
ated wave of horror and excitement
| in Queenstown. The wounded were
hastily and tenderly removed to hos
pitfalls with all the honors due heroes
and decent provision was made for
the care of the dead pending a cor
oner's inquest