Evening star., 1918-07-02
Rescue Is Described.

The commander Of the destroyer Ly-
] sander, which rescued the captain
and those in his boat. describing the
| rescue today. said:
When the survivors were picked
up they cheered. although they had
been drifting about for thirty-six
! hours. and had for sustenance only
ships biscuits and watsp which they
brought from the sinkine VESSEL. They
were greatly amused at an incident
in which the captain figured. When
he was certain that the vessel was
sin king. SylyAster made dash for
MS cabin and brought out a pipe and
mad a pull at the pipe, but the to-
Iwatersoaked."
The commander telling Of the cir
learned them from the survivors made
| II qaite clear that this was another
instance Of sinking at sight, and that
It. !, was as,,oh, Obviously intended to follow
when last seen the submarine was
! apparently shelling in the darkness
| one OF the seven boats launched.
l2 Nursing Sisters Drown.
One boat. in which there were
| twelve nursing sisters. was seen to
| capsize. The sisters were thrown out
and were either drowned directly or
| caught beneath the boat A Canadian
| sergeant. who was in the same boat,
managed to crawl on the keel
Nosbing had been seen of the other
| DESTROYED by shell fire the commander
Of the Lysander could not say. The
submarine was observed charging
! wreckage on which might have been
survivors and in the locality where It
was likely some Of the boats were
drtfting. Moreover. the submarine
| steamed swiftly toward ahe Captains
| boat containing the survivors. and
passed 1urt astern. Ordinarily such a
ma ansuver would dist urb the water 40
as to make the capsizing Of small
boat almost a certainty. This boat.
however. kept on her keel.
How the little craft with the nurses
| was swarnped also is described. Not
| far from the stern OF the sinking ves-
sci. when the latter sank stern first,
| the boat was carried down by the
whirlpool created.
Ferocity Of Hun Commander.
The commander OF the Lysander. de-
| scribing the ferocity OF the submarine
| commander. said:
The Canadian sergeant was dazed
was badly bruised. When the over
turned boat got near the submarine
the sergeant climbed aboard In a yery
exhausted condition. He thought It
was rescue, but he was seized by
one OF the submarine officers and
thrown back like a handbag"
The commander. in a general re-
view OF the circumstances. says that
Capt. Sylvester knew nothing about
| q submarine being in the vicinity. He
| been torpedoed. He could not use his
wireless and tried to get the emer-
gency dynamo to work, but there was
no time.
the wreckage," says the commander.
from what have heard. 1 firmly be-
lieve that the submarine tried to ram
the survivors boat and thought it had
done SO.
"As far as can be ascertained one
I stoker was observed on the upper
deck just as the ship was disappear
I Ing We have since been cruising In
tho neighborhood, but not a single
| speck OF wreckage OF any kind was
bered that it was long time after
the event that any naval craft got on
the spot. The wreckage might have
drtfted away, but none has been dis
covered. Neither have We been able
/. to fnd any trace OF the missing boats"
Admiralty Statement.
The admiralty statement on the
shaking of the hospital ship follows:
"Germany's awful debt to the world
| continues to grow. Another hospital
ship has been torpedoed, this time
| seventy miles from the nearest land,
| and her people turned adrift in their
boats to sink or swim as best they
| might.
was q Canadian hospital ship return
| ing from Halifax. with no wounded
| aboard, the tale Of crime reveals
wanton deliberation on the part OF
| the submarine commander and almost
| suggests the hope on his part that
he would fnd her full Of injured and
| helpless men.
| 'rhe Llandovery Castle, r. A. Syl-
| vester, master. was chartered by the
Canadian government to convey their
| sick ana wounded from England to
i. Halifax. The ship had on board a