Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-02
SUBMARINE SINKS
HOSPITAL VESSEL
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No one OH board saw The wake of
the torpedo. The first intimation of
the presence of a submarine was Il jar
and the roar of AN explosion from aft.
Then the lights wen, out.
All that followed. save when a dim
light was obtained from an emergency
dynamo. just before the ship founder
ed. took place in the darkness The
engines were running, once to stop.
then full speed astcrn. But from the
engine room came no answer
The rchearsed routine OF the ship.
however. held good. With the German
enemy. one must be prepared for every
emergency like this. and along tho
darkcncd decks the crew CROPPED to the
boat stations and stood by for orders
to leave her.
save for any of tho ships company
or the cnginc-room crew, who may
have been killed by the explosion of
the torpedo. it is clear that every one
got away. One of the small boats.
called accident boats. was held back
for those last TO leave the ship. I;ut
when all the others were away, the
captain went to his cabin for an cleo
trio torch. and. on returning to deak,
found that this also had gone.
The submarine hailed the boat in
English: Come alongside, il ordered
The boat was pulling down to pick
up Il drowning man. The second officer
stood up and shouted back: We are
picking up man from the water
SHOTS ARE FIRED AT
MEN IN I.IFEBO ATS
Come alongside repeated the
brusuue voice from the submarine The
boat held on Its way, and forthwith
two revolver shots were fired at or
over t..
&c Come alongside I will shoot my
big gum shouted the submarine COM
mander. The boat lay alongside the
submarine and the captain (probab!y
the man picked up) was ordered on
board. In case he should be made
prisoner and kept on board. he gave
the second officer. who remained in
the boat. the course to steer. He was
then taken to the coming tower OF
the submarine. where two officers
awaited him.
The commander asked his sharply:
What ship is that
1t is the hospital ship Llandovcry
Castle answered the captain.
es,-thc comma nder did not at
tempt to appear surprised--'but you
are carrying eight American flight
officers
I'VE are not replied the captain.
We have seven Canadian medical Of
hccrs on board. The ship was chartered
by the Canadian government to carry
sick and wounded Canadians from Eng
land to Canada
"'ro the submarine commanders re-
iterated: You have been carrying Amer
lean flight officers, he added I have
heen running to Canada for six months
with wounded. give YOU my word
OF honor that we have carried none en-
ccpt patients, medical staff, crew and
sisters
''fhe commander then demanded if
there were any Canadian medical Of
hcers in the boat and he was told there
was one. He ordered him to come
aboard.
THE Canadian medical officer was
roughly hauled on board and thrust
along the deck. This was done so
violently and with such plain intcn-
ton 10 injure the Canadian, Major r..
S'' VI Wv dElllN medical
corps. that he actually had a small
pohc IN his foot broken by the handling
he received,
Major Lyon was interrogated. after
protesting as u medical officer, and
ordered back into tho boat. The cap
tain also was allowed TO go. The boa,
was cast off and pulled away from the
submarine.
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The submarine began to circle round
the wreckage at full speed. Several
times 1t shaved the boat narrowly. once
swirling past within two feet OF il.
once 1t stopped and again took the
second and fourth officers aboard and
questioned them
By this time the submarine COM
mander invented Il new excuse H..
stated that there was II big explosion
art as the vessel sank, and that. there
1o'e. she must have been carving
ammunition. The second officer cx
planned patiently that this was the OK
ploslon of the boiler and the falling
OF the funnel They were allowed To-
return TO the boat, which then MAD.
a sail and proceeded.
SHELLS
UNSEEN TARGET
Again for a while the submarine
circled and threatened her by swoop-
ing close to her: then moved off and
seemed to come to stop From this
position, says the captains official
statement, she opened fire at an un-
seen target. firing about twelve shells.
1t is. perhaps. too early yet to guess
what the unseen target may have been.
the other boats when thew
are picked up can furnish evidence on
this point"