The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-02
HOSPITAL SHIP
IbERkIELY
llII|II'P' HUNS:
;. ~ on Board Unac-
counted For.
CRIME OCCURRED THURS.
Canadian ship Llaudovery Castle,
Fired on 20 Miles From irish
Coast.

London, July Ia German subma-
rine 10 miles from the Irish coast, on
the night OF June o. torpedoed the
11,0O0-ton hospital ship Llandoyery
Castel, which has been chartered by
the Canadian government and had
been i'll the service Of carrying wound
ed and sick from England to Canada
for many months past.
The ship was then on her way to
England. She had on board -5S per
sons, including so men of the Cana
dian army medical corps and II te-
male nurses. Up to the latest reports
only "a of those on board, including
the captain, have survived the at
tack, which came without warning.
The submarine commander, who or.
dered the captain of the Llandoyery
Castle, several of his officers, and
Maj. Lyon of the medical corps
aboard, declared that he had sunk the
ship because she was carrying Amer
lean aviation officers and others in
the fighting service Of the allies. He
added TO this later by asserting that
the vessel was carrying munition
stores, because of an explosion which
had occurred aft.
All lights were burning when
the Llandovery Castle was torpedocd
These inc uded huge electric cross
over the bridge and strings OF white
and green lights on either side The
Red Crosses on the sides Of the YES
sci also were illuminated by electric
lights. 1t is assumed that the II
nurses reached lifeboat, but so fai
as IS known. there was no trace OF
them after the ship sank.
A dispatch from London last night
said that one of the boats of the hos
pitel ship Llandoyery Castle contain
ing IL nursing sisters, was seen to
capsize according to latest informa
tion. The sisters were drowned.
The admiralty statement on the
, sinking Of the hospital ship. follows,
"Germgny's awful debt to the wor 4
continues to grow. Another hospi,a
ship has been torpedoed, this time n
miles from the nearest land, and hel
people turned adrift in their boats {,
sink or swim as best they might. Ant
though, as 1t happened. she was a Ca
madam hospital ship returning from
Halifax with no wounded aboard thi
tale of crime reveals wanton delbera
tion on the part OF the submarine con
mander and almost suggests the hon,
on his part that he would find he
full Of injured and helpless men.
THE Llandovery Castle, r. A. Sy.
vester master, was chartered by tn
Canadian government to convey thei
sick and wounded from England Il
Halifax The Llandovery Castle ha
on board a, total OF 25S persons, in
Guiding SO Canadian army medica
corps men and II female nurses. On
boat containing "a survivors. ha
reached port SO far,
IL was during the night OF June q
toward 1890 that the crime occurred
The Llandoyery Castle steaming o
her course at some II knots shove
the usual navigation and regulatio
hospital ship lights. Under the owe
cast sky she was plain to see an
could not be mistaken for anyihin
hut what she was-a ship immune 1
every law Of war and peace from a
tack or molestation
No one on board saw the wake
the torpedo The first intimation {
the presence of a submarine was
jar and the roar of an explosion fro
aft Then the lights went out. A