Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-07
QUEER IS SENSATION IN HUN SUB AS
 BOMB BURSTS
BRITISH MERCHANT CAPTAIN DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES WHILE PRISONER ON GERMAN UNDERsEAS BOAT FOR WHICH DEsTRoYERs WERE TRYING

LONDON, July 1O.-(Correspond enee of The Associated Press)-Sensa- tions experienced in a German sub marine while depth bombs were being discharged overhead were described recently by a British merchant ship caD;ain who was a prisoner for fifteen days aboard a U-boat
 In an interview the English com mander, captured by the Germans af- ter his vessel had been torpedoed, re- lated how the depth bombs shook the under sea craft and created conster- nation among the sailors. In enc in stance the faces Of the Germans be- came white with fear and all stood trembling after the first shot, which was not near enough to destroy the .submersible. All were expecting a second discharge.
 The English commander reached his native land after having been impris- oned for months at Brandenburg where, he said, he and other ship of- .ficers at times had been harnessed to carts which were used to haul mail and packages from the postoffice to the prisoners camp.
 Seven vessels were tcrpedoed by the Germans while the British captain was aboard the U-boat. Previously the English officer had been in command of a merchant vessel which had also met its fate at the hands of a submar- inc crew.
 "On the third day after had been taken prisoner" said the captain. just after the midday meal, l gath cred that the submarine was about to carry out an attack on a convoy which had just been sighted. The U-boat approached submerged for some dis tance and torpedoed a large steamer. Our whereabouts apparently were de- tected, was told, by an allied light cruiser, for we dived rapidly to a great depth.
 Hardly had the submarine reached an even keel when we heard and felt tremendous explosion which caused the U-boat to vibrate from stem to stern. It was a depth charge from the cruiser.
 "The effect on the crew was evi- dent. All stood trembling with faces blanched with fear, not attempting to speak. expecting a second charge, the result of which might mean the de- struction of the boat and without the slightest chance for us to escape.
 There is no doubt in my mind of the mental attitude of the crew, for 1t was not the first experience of the men with a depth charge, and they had learned from others in the service what terrible weapons depth bombs were in the hands of skillful seamen
 For some moments we waited; en- zines were stopped and all means were taken to prevent giving indication of our position. Minutes seemed like hours in such a situation. I'll admit that I was turning over in my mind whether I should see my family again No additional explosions took place, however. and after remaining some eighteen fathOms deep for a long peri cd. we continued our voyage.
 "A few days later we had another experience with depth charges, or "wasser bomben" as the German sail ors call them. A sailing vessel had just been sunk by shell fire when two allied destToyers were sighted. and down we went By the microphOnes the propellers could be heard. and as the vessels came nearer and nearer we in the submarine could hear the thudding quite distinctly. To and fro the destroyers went searching for us. Evidently they picked up a clue, for there were two explosions ahead but not so near us as that from the cruiser but quite close enough 10 cause the submarine to tremble and then roll about as though in a heavy sea.
 Prison camp conditions in Germany