Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-01
FIRST bEfAiLE6 STORY OF 1UTLAKn.
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ment has not oeen hit, and % men in the
prime Of life have been spared, but the
chamber is shut of from all others, for
the water is rushing into all sections. They
are doomed to death. Several 3S-centi-
meter shells squarely hit their mark, work
ing terrible havoc. The first hit the wire.
less department. Of the twelve living mei'
who a moment ago were seated before the
apparatus, there is nothing more TO be
seen. Nothing is left but a smoking heap
Of ruins. The second shot again pierced
the fore part of Ire ship. The entire fore
part of the vessel, as far as the Diesel
motor room was past saving. Another
broadside meant for the Lutzow fell short
but a torpedo-boat close by disappeared
leaving only a few odd pieces of wood and
a smashed lifeboat drifting round. 1t i
now half past z, and the hostile circle
grows ever smaller. The Lutzow and the
Scydlitz lie with their bow deep in the
water; both are badly mauled. The fore
part of the Lutzow was in flames. Shells
burst against the ships side in rapid sue
c~ession. A terrible sight is presented on
board the Lutzow, and it needs iron nerves
to look upon it cody, and the fight j. not
yet over. The bow is now crushed in and
is entirely submerged. The four screws
are already sticking half out of the wa
ter, so that the Lutzow can only make 5
to 10 knots an hour, as against the nor
NAL 3D."
"The admiral decides to transfer to tn,
"Moltke.' He gives orders to turn and
get away from the scene of the fight but
the Lutzow has not gone a mile before
she receives a broadside of 3S-centimeter
shells. The entire ship was filled with the
~poisonus fumes Of the shells, and anyone
who failed to affix his gas-mask was
doomed TO be suffocatcd.
1T was three-quarters of an hour be-
fore the lighting installation vas resorcd
Then for the first time could the extent OF
the damage wrought by the salvo be seen
One OF the shells had landed in the sick
bay. Here there were three doctors and
fifteen attendants besides 100 to lSU
wounded. OF all these only four remained
"h'S ihScc ioul hSit uuiith thit II
firxt compartment by the air pressure
there they lay unconscious.
"The Lutzow was now IA complete wreck
Corpses drifted past. From the bows ul
to the first 30-centimeter gun-turret the
ship lay submerged. The other gun-tur-
rcts were completely disabled, with the
guns sticking out IN all directions. On
deck lay the bodies of the sailors al their
torn uniforms, in the midst of empty she'll
cases. From the masts fluttered torn
flags, twisted signal lines and pieces OF
wire of the wireless installation. lad not
the lookout man and the three officers on
the commander ; bridge given signs of life
the Lutzow would have truly rcsembled Il
ship OF the dead. Below, on the battery
deck and in the coal bunkers, there stlll
lay innumerable wounded but there was no
longer a doctor 10 attend 10 them.
might came ON and hope was enter
tanned of getting away without a further
encounter. but at ) O'Clock III the night
news OF the approach of two British cruis-
ers and five destroyers was received and
lust at that critical time the fore and mid
die bulkheads gave way.
"Orders were gwen 10 quickly carry The
wounded to the stern. Then the order
rings out: All hands muster in division
order abaft'. \ tumult arises on the low
er deck, for everybody i now bent Oh
saving his life. 1t is impossible in thai
short space of time to bring up all the
wounded, for they are scattered every
where. Eighteen men had the good for
tune to be carried up, but all the rest VIII