The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-01
Man Who Was on the Lut-
zow Tells Of Jutland
Fight.
WOUNDED ABANDONED
Even Men All in From Ex-
ertion Went Down
With Ship.
rBv Associated Press)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July ~:
-GCorrespondence.) -Scenes on boaru
the German flagship Lutzow during !ae
mtIand naval battle when some OF me
nawest and largest Of the German pat
tle cruisers were battered or sunk py
Admiral Beatty's British squadron IN
lime, 1916, are wildly described by
p Krug, one of the Lutzow's SURVIVORS
n a namphlet which has just been pub
ished here. 1t is believed to be me
first detailed story Of that great Datle
from the point OF view OF the GerH@H
sailor TO reach the public eye
Torpedoed by British warship early
in the engagement the Lutzow, when
was the flagship OF Admiral Hyper
was hammered numerically by the Ois
guns Of the British vessels, and soon
became a complete wreck, snip OIL
the dead" as Krug describes her.
According to his story twenty'seVen
German sailors were trapped IN me
Diesel dynamo before the battle mao
been long in progress and renamed
there when the LutzOw, a disabled halk
was abandoned and sent to the bot
tom by a torpedo from a German de-
strover. Two Of these imprisoned men
had been driven insane and were kept
tied by their shipmates.
After describing the first part OF
the battle and telling how the arrival
of British battleshipS turned the tables
on the Germans, Krug writes;
Suddenly the entire ship is rough
" shaken. The colossus heaves lar
over, and everything that is not fixed
is upset. The first direct hit! The
torpedo pierces the fore part OF the
ship. It's effects are terrible. Iron,
wood, metal, parts Of bodies, smashed
ships implements are all intermi&ed'
and theelectric light, by chance spared
continues to shine upon this sight.
1.-TWO decks lower in the Diesel
DYNAMO room, there is still life. That
compartment has not been hit, and
81 men in the prime of life have been
shared, but the chamber is shut of
from all others, for the water is rush
ing intOa sections. They are doomed
to death Several 3Scentimeter shells
souarely hit their mark, working ter
rible havoc. The first hit the wire
less department. OF the twelve living
men 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 Oh
the 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 smashed
lifeboat drifting round. 1t is now half
mast 7, and the hostile circle grows
ever smaller. The Lutzow and the
Seydlitz lie with their bows 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 succession. A terrible sight Is
presented on board the Lutzow, and 1t
needs iron nerves to look upon 1t cody.
Hundreds have lost their lives while
many have lain for hours in torture
and the fight is not yet over. The bow
is now crushed in and is entirely sub
merged. The four screws are already
sticking half out of the water, so that
the Lutzow can only make 8 to 10
knots an hour, as against the normal
80.
1.-THE Admiral decides to transfer to
the Moltke. He gives orders to turn
and get away from the scene of the
fight but the Lutzow has not gone
mile before she receives a broadside
of 3S.centimeter shells. The entire
ship was filled with the poisonous
fumes Of the shells, and anyone who
failed to affiS his gas.mask was doom
ed to be suffocated.
ut was three.Quarters of an hour be.
fore the lighting installation was re-
stored. Then for the first time could
the extent of the damage wrought by