The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-08-29

man felt sure be would be the man to
get the reward. The 14pounders were
loaded and ready for action on a sec
ond's notice. But the reward was
never claimed.
During our eighth trick or Cape
Helles I was amidships in the galley
when I heard our two 14pounders 60
OF almost Ct the same time. Every
body ran for his station. Going up
the main deck to my turret a man told
me 1t was q sub on the port bow, but
I only caught q glimpse OF the little
whirlpool where her p~eriscope sub
merged. ! do not know why she did
not let loose q torpedo at US. The
officers said she was trying to make
the entrance to the Dardanelies and
came W blind among u ships and
was scared on by our guns, but l
thought we had just escaped by the
skin Of u teeth. Later on our de-
stroyers claimed to have sighted her
on Gaba Tepe.
At noon we were at mess when one
Of the boys yelled. "She's hit" and we
all rushed on deck. There was the
British ship. Triumph. torpedoed and
listing away over to starboard. She
was ready TO turn over In a few min
utes. One battleship is not supposed
to 20 to the assistance of another u
that has been ~torpedoed, because the
chances are the sub Ia still In the
neighborhood laying for the second
ship with another torpedo. But one
OF the British trawlers went to the
assistance Of the Triumph to pick up
the crew.
We could see the crew jumping into
the water. Then we breezed out
toward the horizon. full speed ahead.
All about the Triumph was q cloud of
black smoke, but when we looked
through the glass we could see she was
going down. Then our guns began to
lombard the Turkish positions and !
had to get busy. When / saw the
Triumph again she was bottom up.
\ She must have hosted upside down
for almost half an hour, then she went
down as though there was somebody
on thesbottom pulling her.
When she went our Old Han banged
his telephone on the bridge ran and
swore at the Huns and Turks and
broke his telescope lens to bits. About
fifty from the Triumph were lost.
II was decided that the place was
too hot for Us with that sub running
loose. and when they reported that
afternoon that she was making her
way south from Gaba Tepe to Cape
Heiles all Of the feet but the Majestic
got under way. and the Majestic vas
the only ship left OF the cape.
They said the Majestic was then the
oldest Of the ships In that campaign,
| but she was the pride Of the British
on Cape Helles later on, when there
were q number Of men-of-war OF tho
cape. The sea was crowded with men
swimming and drowning. / saw q life
boat crowded with men and other men
In he water hanging onto her. and
there were 90 many hanging ON that
they started to pull her under. OF
their W accord the men in the water
let 90 to Save those In the boat Most
Of them were drowned.
The Majestic listed so that the men
could 20 stand on deck. and the sides
were covered with men hanging on
to ropes and not knowing whether
TO Jump into the sea or not. We low
cred all our lifeboats and steam
launches, and SO did the other ships.
We picked up q number Of the crew
and were pretty close to the Majestic
when she went down like q rock. An
she went down she turned W. and
q garby ran along her side to the ram
at her bow and got IN II without even
being wet. A boat picked him up of
the ram. which stuck out Of the water
after the ship had ceased TO settle.
She had torpedo nets on her sides,
and many OF the crew were unable to
get clear of the nets and went down
with her. Quite q lot were caught
below decks and had no possible
chance to escape. There was a big
explosion as she e under-probably
the boilers bursting. Thousands or
troops on shore and thousands OF
sailors IN the ships saw the fnaf
plunge. and IL was u sight 20 remem-
Der. When the ship started to go, the
Old Man rushed back to his cabin.
got the signal book and destroyed It
Also, he saved the lives Of two OF bis
men.
We gave dry clothes and brandy and
coffee to the Limeys we rescued, and
though they had just come through
something pretty tough. they were
calm and cool and started talking right
away about what ship they would
probably be assigned TO next