The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-02
Up to Last Reports Only Twenty-Four on Board Have Been Ac-
 counted For.
All Lights on the Ship Were Burning and There Was No Chance for the Hun Commander to Be Mistaken in the Class of Vessel He Was Attacking.

was a 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 all most suggests the hope on his part that he would find her full of in-
 jured and helpless men.
 "The Llandovery Castle, R. A. Syl- yester, master, was chartered by the Canadian government to convey their ! sick and wounded from England to | Halifax. The Llandovery Castle had
 or board total of 25S persons, in-
 cluding so Canadian army medical corps men and If female nurses. One | boat containing 24 survivors, has
 reached port so far.
 1t was during the night of June 27, toward 10:30 that the crime occurred. The Llandovery Castle, steaming on her course at some 14 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 of war and peace from at tack or molestation.
 "No one on board saw the wake of the torpedo The first intimation of the presence of a submarine was a jar and the roar of an eplosion from aft. Then the lights went out. "All that followed, save when dim light was obtained from an emergency dynamo just before the ship foundred took place in the darkness. The en- zines were rung once to stop then full speed astern. But from the engine room came no answer.
 "T'he rehearsed routine of the ship, however held good. With the German enemy, one must be prepared for every emergency like this, and along the darkened decks the crew groped to the boat stations and stood by for orders to leave her.
 ''F'rom ths bridge the captains begaphone, loud in the night, bade them hold until way was off the ship. The carpenter was aft making an ex- animation. In the wireless cabin the Marconi operator was trying in vain to transmit the ships position. His key gave no response; the spark was gone.
 "The carpenters report was that number four hold aft was blown in and that the ship could not remain afloat. The order wa sgiven to lower away the boats on both sides and abandon ship.
 "Thd officer commanding the Can adian army medical corps on board, reported that hi people were out. This is important in view of the fact that no boat but the captains has been picked up.
 Save for any of the ships company or the engine room crew, who may have been killed by the explosion of
 the torpedo. it is clear that every one got away.
 'sOne of the small boats. called ac-- eident boats. was held back for those
 last to leave the ship. But when all
 the others were away the captain went
 to his cabin for an electric torch and
 on returning to deck found that this also had gone.
 "The submarine hailed the boat in
 English; Come alongside, 1t ordered
 '"The boat was pulling down to pick
 up drnwning man. The second off,
 cer stood up and shouted back: We
 are picking up man from the water.
 "tCome alongside.' repeated the brusque voice from the submarine.
 "The boat held on it's way and fortli lwith two revolver shots we're fired at or over it.
 "'Come alongside.' will shoot ung ibig gun sfoated the submarine com.
 mander. The boat lay alongside thu IsubmarinG and the captain (probab11
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