Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-02
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Castles commander. Captain R. A. syl-
yester. and Major T. Lyon, of the Ca
They then had been in the boat thirty
six hours with only biscuits and water
to live upon, but were quite ft and
Their chief comfort seems to have
been due to the CAPTAINS foresight in
running to his cabin for his pipe be-
tod me. "It was the only tobacco they
had aboard the boat and the pine was
passed round in turn.
The vessel was torpedoed just at
earE etesnnx Gn night when she was
showing all her hospital ship signals.
The captain told me that at first
ne had not realized that he had been
torpedoed," said a destroyer officer HE
Zeppelin bomb had been dropped The
vessel began to sink al once, and the
captain stopped the engines. Then he
put them full speed astern in order
to check the way Of the ship in the
sea and facilitate getting the boats out
No wireless signal could be sent out,
Tor the explosion brought all of their
top hamper down about their heads, and
there was no time to get the emergency
dynannos at work before the vessel sank.
Zone boat was capsized by The YES
gel as she sank, and possibly others met
the same fate, or were sucked down
Ny ilCI. lie LOT tnlS WAS the
short time she remained atIoat, which
was only ten minutes, and in the dark
ness the boats could not clear away in
time. One of the rescued men. a SER
geant-major of the Canadian Army Med
ical Corps. told me he was in the boat
which capsized, together with twelve of
the. fourteen nurses who were on board
and some other men.
Nurses All Drowned
He was the only survivor picked up.
and there is no doubt that all the nurses
were drowned, being pinned under the
boat When the boat was overturned
the sergeant-major found himself sit
ting on the keel. very much bruised
was caught by the counter of the Liam
dovery Castle as she sank and as the
:, crew Of the. boat was making frantic
Efforts to pull out of the danger zone.
away fully loaded, and the captain and
the last dozen men got away in an
other boat which was found hanging
down the ships side. While they were
tain's boat picked up eleven other men
including a sergeant-major, who was
clinsing to some wreckage. While they
were still engaged in this work, The
ness, and her commander in English
ordered the boat alongside. The cap
tain replied that he. was saving lives
but couple of revolver shots over the
boat emphasized the order. and when
the German threatened to fire his big
gun apCtain Sylvester gave way and
Captain Sylvester was ordered aboard
the C,boat, whose commander then ac-
cused him of conveying eight Canadian
flight officers. He replied that the only
officers aboard were Canadian medical
officers; but the German, a very brusque
person, repeated his accusation wrath
fully subsequently the CAPTAIN was sent
Xnt aboard. He, too, was accused OF
1g flight officer. masquerading in a
4 cai uniform and was very roughly
81 this time the submarine was still
steaming and was towing the boat. When
she first came alongside the sergeant
very much dazed, and appar rently thought
they had come to a rescuing ship. and
before he could be stopped he clambered
German seamen caught sight of him they
picked him up bodily and threw him back
Into the boat as though he had been a
sack of potatoes.
U-Boat Tried to Ram
THE captain was called again and
seeust9 Of carrying as there
was a big explosion as the vessel sank
He explained that this was due to the
boilers exploding, and he was again al.
the U-boat commander had not made VI
his mind whether to sink the whole lbt
of survivors or not. put atterward x ne
he came swooping back twice at full
speed, narrowly missing her each time.
''The second officer of the LlandoverS
Castle told me that On one occasion the
Germans missed the boats stern by only
about two feet. He and all the other:
are convinced that the submarine tried
to ram them and they believe that only
the darkness saved them. and that thu
Germans really believed they had beer
sunk At that time of the night. for I
boat would have been very difficult tt
see The second officer told me that {
round from the submarine gun was hret
must M have been a coincidence. for they
could not have been seen; ,,u,,
fwhen he was on board the submarin
Captain Sylvester d 1mqulpeH Sa@sope whe1 neinte,
northward Just before they last say
the submarine she was shelling some
we sescued believe they were firing a
the other boats. About a dozen round
were fired. From the bursting OF tn
hes i wSs SsrS Close .hsy snd s the
is it was either at the boats or
sThe last the men saw of the sub
MARINE II was Charging to and fro amon
the wreckage as though determined I
sink every one who might be clingin
to II.
Charged Among Wreckage
1.-THE LlanuoVery Sdstie nau pisht
of RATS and things which would foa
about her decks, and there must hav
been a good many men clinging to then hen,
THE survivors say the submarin
deliberately charged in and out anon
this wreckage in way which mus
have killed all survivors, fact whic
hears out the inference that the Ger
man commander thought he had sun
the captains boat.
ia very sinister phase of the Who'll
business is the accusation that the yes
sci carried eight flight officers. for 1t wa
precisely that number of officers tina
she was intended to carry, only the
they were medical and not, flying OF
fcers At the last moment the passag
OF ono was cancelled and she took onl
seven. but the enemy had the right mum
her. and the inference, that he torpedoe
the vessel deliberately on informatio
which had been received from Halifax
Read in connection with the obviou
hSsitation as TO whether to sink ali III
sufyivors or not, and then his apparer
6o{ormination to do 80, the whole thin
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