New-York tribune., 1918-07-02

was long time after the event that
any naval craft got on the spot. The
wreckage might have drfted away. but
none has been discovered. Neither
nave we been able to find any trace OF
the missing boats'
According to Red Cross information
many were killed in the engine rooms.
There is harly any doubt of this. as
thesc was no response to Captain Syl-
vester's signals from the bridge after
the torpedo struck.
AS the enginemen '#cre either killed
or left their posts there was no one
70 shut off the power and the ship
kept on her way despite the great
holes torn by the torpedo, not be-
ginning to slow down until tho waters
rushed into the boiler room, cXtin-
gushing the fires.
This added to the confusion in
launching the lifeboats. There was no
panic, however. and by the time the
Llandovery Castle lost her momentum
most of the boats were over the side
them in good order.
Many Leap Into the Sea
Many We're unable to reach the boats
and the ship was sinking rapidly. They
jumped into the sea. A few of them
were picked up.
According to information received bv
the Canadian Red Cross here, Major
Lyon, from the Llandovery Castle, was
forced to stand in the coming tower,
despite an injured foot, while the Ger
man submarine officers questioned him.
The Germans insisted that Major Lyon
was an aviation officer, despite the Off
GERS strenuous denials. The Germans
even threatened to shoot Major Lyon,
contending that he was an officer of the
lighting unit, not & medical officer.
The Admiralty report on the sinking
describes the cruel treatment of Major
Lyon. and declares that the submarine.
after sinking the vessel, shellcd an un-
known target, which it intimates might
have been the missing boats.
"The captains boat, containing the
survivors, was picked up by the de-
stroyer Lysander, the commander of
which has reported that he had found
no trace Of the remaining five boats.
The Admiralty statement on the
sinking 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
And though. as it happened, she was
a. Canadian hospital ship returning
from Halifax with no wounded aboard,
the tale cf crime reveals wanton de-
liberation on the part of the submarine
commander and almost suggests the
hope. on his part that he would find
her full Of injured and helpless men.
THE Llandovery Castle. K. A. Syl-
vester, master, was chartered by the
Canadian government to convey their
sick and wounded from England to
Halifax. The Llandovery Castle had on
board total of 258 persons, including
eighty Canadian army Medical Corps
men and fourteen female nurses. One
boat. containing twenty-four survivors.
has reached port so far.
Hospital Lights Aglow
II was during the night of June q,
toward l0:3O, that the crime occurred.
The Llandovery Castle. steaming on her
her course At some Il knots. showed
the usual navigation and regulation
hospital ship lights. Under the over
cast sky she was plain to see and could
not be mistaken for anything but what
she was-a ship immune by every law