The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05

this hospital ship is included in the list of achieve
ments claimed by U-boats reported in the Ger
man wireless press message yesterday"
The Asturias didn't sink, although 43 died in
the tragedy including two women, and SO were
injured. The torpedo rendered her helpless, as
her rudder had been carried away. Captain Laws
drove the sinking ship for shoal water AS she
was off the rocky shore of Cornwall if he did sue
coed in Bleaching her the chances of saving the ship
would be slight All Captain Laws thought of was
to get her somewhere where she wouldn't sink ere
her wounded had been removed
AS luck would have it, the Asturias took matters
into her own hands and in the darkness missed
reef, rounded headland and brought up on one
OF the few sandy beaches to be found along the
Cornwall shore line After three years in COM
mand of her, several times a week crossing the
Channel and running the risk of Mines as well as
seeing the agony of human beings he transported
Captain Laws, like many other hospital ship skip
pers, collapsed. He's made several attempts to go
to sea again, but his nerve is gone.
Inc nation responsible for the murder of Nurse
CaVeH accepted the Asturias incident with COM
posure, If not with satisfaction For the Germans
stated blandly:
1T would, moreover, be remarkable that the
English in the case of the Asturias should have
abstained from the customary procedure of using
hospital ships for the transport of troops and mu-
nitions."
The Asturias was returning from France That
is sufficient answer to Germany E
Ten days later the Gloucester Castle was tor
pedoed without warning in midchanne All the
wounded were successfully removed from the shin
and the casualties were five medical officers nine
nursing sisters and 38 Royal Army Medical corps
men. On April IL the Berlin official wireless again
cymcally published notification that the Glouces-
ter Castle was torpedoed by a U-boat thus re-
moving any possible doubt in the matter
Then on April IL the hospital ships Donegal and
M yvopa ,,,,I, - L.
miralty announced:
The Donegal carried slightly wounded cases
all British. Of these % men, as well as ~ of the
crew. are missing and presumed drowned The
Lanfranc, in addition to 234 wounded British Off
GERS and men, carried 1877 wounded German pris
oners, medical personnel of so and crew of
l23. OF these the following are missing and nrre
sumed drowned:
1.-TWO wounded British officers
r Eleven wounded British other ranks.
Zone r. A. M. c. staff.
Five crew.
1.-TWO wounded German officers
"Thirteen wounded German, other ranks
Zone hundred and fifty-two wounded German
prisoners were rescued by British patrol boats at
the imminent risk of being themselves torpedoed."
And then on the Goth of February they sank the
Genart Castle, bound from France to England
Yes she carried troops, but they lay in white cots
within the Glenart Castles white sides Nice chap
Fritz for he'd agreed to respect hospital ships if
they carried Spanish officer to guarantee their
Red Cross mission. The Glenart had her Spaniard
and he too was nearly drowned in the catastrophe
One pleasing thing about the tragedy was that it
gave an American destroyer, at the risk of being
herself torpedoed, a chance to do rescue work
which makes the blood run faster in ones veins
The sea was vile and the destroyer couldn't launch
boat Yet as she passed men clinging to wreck
age-men too weak to catch the life-lines thrown
to them-American seamen jumped overheard
into icy water, swan to the poor devils and held
them up till they could be rescued. Mr. Daniels,
I'm glad to say; has fttingly rewarded such gal
lantry.
And shortly after the Glenart Castle the big
Llandovey Castle, on mercy bent, was tornedoed |
She also carried Spanish officer. have letter |
from an officer on the hospital ship Araguaya. |
which has been transferred from passenger and
food service to the work of mercy to replace lost
hospital ships and he tells me his ship is most por
dcular about living up to the Geneva convention.
No nurses are carried except those who make the |
round trip between England and Canada For If /
Canadian nurses worked their passage home Ger
many might say they were troops