Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-02
FINISH IS QUICK
WHEN U-BOAT HITS
Wanton Cruelty of Germans is
Shown in Dispositions OF
Sub" Victims.

Vivid p,cturcs of the murderons war
wagcd bv the submarine pirates IN their
invisible craft on our merchant service
are contained IN series at dispositions
and statements which the writer oi this
article has been permitted 10 examine AT
the Admiralty TheHe Statements are
made by officers and men OF torpcdocd
ships. For obvious reasons the names are
"camoubaged
Here is one deposition:
AT 2 a. M got message Owl torpedocd
Began to zigzag bv ordering the helm n
port Almost immediately sighted sub
marine right ahead coming from star
board past II was "A very Ing one. md
there were four OF five men around tho
coming tower | put the helm hard-a-
starboard and tried TO ram her. but mis-
srd her by feet. rs heard the men shouting
aboard of her As soon rs saw had ms
sod her | sung out tho gun s crew, Look
out close on port SIDE. and put the helm
hard-a-port To bring the enemy astern
almost Immediately aftcrward | heard
The report OF my gun, and ON turning
round saw big bright tlare-up in the
water on the port quarter, like big eN-
plosinn About ten minutes afterwards
i noticed what appeared 10 bc the wake of
n lbFfHhl ift~~hiH tffttA 'if if'f rt'ifs
Observed The bow and stern wake of n sub
marine on the port quarter steering
parallcl Ia lis and ronlng ON At good
s,red Fired ut her. but madc no hit
Ordered Z ease fire MS I hoped Ia escape
~ the darkness 81 g 20 tnrpedocd and
sunk with heavy loss ot life
WoItkING ~ rams
In this instnurc two submarines must
have been acting IN support oi ono an
other No the vessel hlt was large. 300
icct long. with q Ing coming tower two
high masts aud one large gun M >,
whlrh fired the fatal torpedo, was $50
feet long. with raised centre. darn green
coming tower only seven feet high no
maSts and officers % Austrian appear
aucr
In another case after tho ship had bccn
torpcducd. about midnight The boats cap
aizcd The narrator SAYS
Swan Ia upturncd boat Afier We had
been on the upturncd boat for some niu-
utcs . submarine appeared, which came
up close Ia the port boat and hailed uR to
come on board hut was told that il was
impossible as the boats were rapsizcd
The submarine camc a. the Rtarboard
hoat after VIC had been IN tho boat about
ton minutes and came 80 ClosC that We
were touching the side NJ the submarine
We asked him "a upright tho boat Tor uF,
but no answer was gwen The submarine
then went ahead and put h. helm hard
over. with the result that tho y hole 81 the
men on the upturrcd boat were thrown
INTO tho water aud tho boat scnt under
The submarine then stcamed away Those
IN the submarine must have heard that
there was = man under the upturnod boat.
n ! r. I L.
-HoAT USES sEARCfItGHT.
In ono case We find submarine using
scarchllght tho only such instance IN
these dcpoSltions SIN men from a torpc
docd ship had struggled % an overturned
boat Ono uf them SAYS The submarine
came close tn us and flashed her search
hight on the boat and on hose IN tho water.
and after jcerinr M them made of towards
the west The submarine was signalling
with her Morse lamp and was answered by
flashes some distance away 20 the west