Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-19

A-Armor plate drops. placing Gin. guns,
B-Forecastle peak.
C-Ammunition hold.
D-Torpedo tube rails.
E-Torpedo tubes.
Poop deck.
GAIT w~heelhouse.
H-Deck house.
J-Holds.
K-Disappearing guns aft. mounted on
elevator.
L-Sea gates.
underwear and telling each other that
Whosis Unions-the Roomy Kind
were just what they wanted from
Sanity. Only we did not have any
Christmas tree to sit around. We must
have looked funny, though. and I would
have had a good laugh II I had not
been SO cold.
We could not 90 to sleep because
the decks were wet. nor could we sit
down with any comfort for the same
reason. Besides. we thought we might
buck up against n British or a French
cruiser at any minute and most Of us
thought We would stay up and get an
eye full before we started for Davy's
well-known locker.
About two bells the following morn.
ing the Moewe's engines began to
groan and shake her up a bit and we
could hear the blades Jump cut Of the
water every nee In a while and tear
away. She went ahead in this way for
some time and we were hoping she
was trying to get away from a cruiser
and some Of US were pulling for the
cruiser to win and others hoping the
Moewe would get her heels clear and
keep us from getting ours.
The Huns were running up and down
the deck yelling like Wild men and
one Of our men began to yell too. He
was dellrious and after he yelled a
bit he jumped up and made a pass at
the sentry, who shot at him but
missed. The shot missed me too, but
not. very much. Then they dragged
the delirlous nan up on deck and Lord
knows what they did with him, because
we never saw him again. But we did
not hear any sound that they might
have made in shooting him.
Then the Huns began Smelling and
they kept 1t up for some time.
Then they ordered us up on deck
to see the ship they had been firing at
and when we came up the companion
way they were just bringing the other
ships skipper aboard. 1t was the
French collier st. Theodore, hove to
on the starboard side with q prize
crew from the Moewe aboard and wig
waggIng to the raider.
Then the Huns began shouting and
they roustcd vi below deck again. The
place where We had been was filled
with smoke. from what or why I do
not know, but It was almost impos.
sible to breathe In It. When the
smoke cleared up a bit the Marathon
started again. for we were still In our
underwear only. One Of the boys had
asked Fritz for clothing and Fritz said
the English had tough enough skins
and they did not need clothing. Then
he said wait until ycn see what our
German winters arc !"
The following morning tho engines
began to tear away again and the
guns started firing. After q while the
firing stopped and the engines too, and
after an hour they had the old man
OF the .Yarrowdale aboard. She was a
British ship chartered by the French
and hound for Hrest and Liverpool
with q very valuable cargo oboard-
airplanes, ammunition, food ana Auto.
mobiles.
When they roustcd rs On deck AMIN
the y Theodore was still Ia slsht. but
che had the Ynrrowdnlc for company.
Both were trailing behind " ana KEEN.
ing pretty close on. whilo 10 wore
On deck We saw ths German sailors 4
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