The evening herald., 1918-02-28
HOSPITAL
SHIP TORPEDOED BY
GERMAN SUBMARINE
The Glenart Castle, en- Route TO
France for Wounded With Reg
ulation Lights Burning, Victim
Of Deadly Hun Missile.

SWuuHea, Feb. TT Delayed. , --
The British hospital ship Gicnart
which went down yesterday In the
Bristol chnnnci, wUS turpcdocd. aC-
cor,linE tu survivors. - OF whom were
landed here. NotNing has been learn
ed of the fate ~ the others. including
Rcd Cross doctors. nurses aud ordct-
Hes. There were approximately POO
persons aboard the ship, i5o of whom
were members uf the crew
Qunrtermastcr shitlcr who was the
last mnn to leave the ship, doscrib-
ing the disaster. said:
II was on deck 40 the time \ few
minutes before the tprped"ing. the
hclmsman called attention to dim
lirht flickrriue on the surface Of the
wator some distance off II dlsup-
pcdrcd an instant later, hut the Off
Ger of the deck was instantly suspi-
cious aud ordered the course changed.
he then ordered the alarm sounded I
FOR lifcboat drill as a precautionary
measure.
THE order was scarcely given when
came the mufflcd sound of AN eX-
ploding torpedo Tar below the water
line. followed hy shock. which told
us that the boat was done Tor.
Action N,aiIcd IluIr.
"Our action in changing the course
aVsulcd little. because AN of our reg
ulation Red Cross lights were burn
ing brightly anu We were a. plain a
target in the black night az the GER
mans could wish for
Almost everybody aboard was
asleep at tho time and most uf the
men tumblcd TO the deck in tho scaut-
lest attire Few saved more than
trousers ana shirt. and probably nine
uut Of every ten men were barefoot
cd The mon assigned 10 the star
hoard lfcboats found them useless
either boats or davits being smashed
by the shock OF the explosion.
Meanwhile a great difficulty was
experienced in launching the life
hoat ON the port side. owing to the
peculiar tit the vessel wJs taking nt
II prepared tu Fu down stern fore
most. lu seven minutes were launch
cd seven boats. some with only a
few persons aboard. others over
crowded
"A large number of men were COM
PEELED to jump into the sen with lifc-
hvlts aud few Of these survived. for
the sea was 80 rough that 10 Wr iur.
possible tu rescue them from the lIfv-
huH's. \ur was II possible even to
keep the lfchoats together
Went Down Ia seven Minutes.
WAVES 2n feet high. churned up
l.. Inst
Grr boat continusuusly and We hailed|
for our lives. We made the beet
course we could FOR largo island
vhich we knew was about r. miles
,it, bu; had made ouiy slight prog
rcss when a French schooner. scvc1
hours afterwards. picked a. up We
vULld have perishcd from rNpoulrc
had not our rcscucr appeared"
The survivors said no submarine
was sighted at my time except for
the lights seen by the hrlmemau. The
Glcnart Castle. which ha been under
repair since her return from the Modi-
tcrranean three weeks age. was on
her way 10 France Tor wounded
The Glcnort Castle went down in
seven minutes.
Captain Burl was last seen In the
chart house. after the last boat was
launched, aud IL is believed that he
went down with the ship.
Of the 200 persons aboard l5O were
members Of the crew; seven were
women nurses. none of whom has yet
been reported saved the others be-
lungcd go the Red Gross ana included
doctors, nurses aud urdcrlcs