Arizona republican., 1918-08-06
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 VVAR|LDA MOST
 HE|NOUS CRIME
Vessel Carrying Wounded,
 Sick and Women Nurses Blown Up By U-Boat. Have Awful Experience

Have AWIul Experience A BRITISH PORT, Sunday, Aug. A. (By the Associated Press 1.-The tor pedoing early this morning of the Brit fish ship Warilda was one of the most narrowing disasters in the history of submarine warfare. The number of dead is variously estimated from 105 to l30 and upward and includes several women nurses.
 The ship carried 500 sick and wound cd. Among them were seven Ameri- cans, two officers and five enlisted men, all of whom have been accounted for. There were aboard S9 nurses and members of the Voluntary Aid depart ment and the crew comprised about 200 men.
 Over Six Hundred Survivors,
 More than $50 survivors brought here shortly after 6 o'clock, were given first aid treatment, food and clothing. The patients were sent to hospitals.
 The torpedo struck the after part of the engine room. killing the third en- gineer and two other members of the engine force. The dynamo was de- stroyed, plunging the vessel into dark ness.
 Patients Killed by Explosion
 Just over the dynamo was the ward room which contained more than 100 patients. Most of these were killed outright by the explosion and the oth- CTS. many of whom had been freshly Injured by the torpedo, found them selves trapped. It was impossible for outside aid to reach them and all ex- cept few who jumped overheard and were picked up perished. This part of the ship quickly settled and water flooded the ward room, drowning the men caged there.
 FrightfuI Struggle in Darkness
 Stories of the fearful struggle in the darkness to rescue helpless invalids are told by survivors. The ship re- ,nained afloat more than two hours, but for great part of the time continued under headway because the engines could not be stopped. This condition greatly hampered the rescue work and in addition three or four boats were smashed while being lowered, throwing their occupants into the sea.
 Praise Officers and Crew
 All the soldier patients and the nurs- es testify to the heroic efforts of of ficers and crew. Notwithstanding the excitement and confusion the crew un- der the masterly direction of the of ficers went coolly and methodically about the difficult task of bringing the sick and wounded up on deck. As many as could be handled in this man. ner were placed in slings and lowered to the escorting destroyers which, by wonderful seamanship in the rough water. managed to work in close enough to the sinking ship to take off men by lowering ropes.
 Morale of Wounded Wonderful.
 The morale of the wounded. lying on deck waiting to be taken off, is described by members of the crew as "too fine for words The less seriously disabled assisted their more unfortunate mates to go first. Women were placed in the first boats lowered notwithstanding their protests that they should not precede the patients. One boat, containing six women, was thrown against an- other just before touching the water and upset. Three women from the capsized craft were picked up bY an- other small boat, along with five wounded British soldiers, all of whom had managed to keep afloat although each had an arm in a sling.
 First Crossing Without Germans
 The Warilda had been in the channe service two years and this was hel first crossing from France in which she did not carry a number of Ger. man wounded prisoners. Members o the crew remarked over this fact.
 T. F.. Redman. one of the stewards had an unusual escape. He had beer placed with six women in the frs boat and when the rope broke hs seized another line and clamberec hand over hand to the top. There h. managed to swing in from the end O the davit to the rail where a wounded Tommy awaiting rescue, seized tn, stewards hand and aided him tt chamber aboard.
 Woman Meets Horrible Death.
 This man described how one woman becoming entangled in the ropes a. she was being placed in the boat, wal caught between the boat and the sid, of the ship. She was frghtfully in iured by the pressure and begged tt he released, but no aid was possible The small boat finally went adrift ant the woman was drowned.
 Depth Bombs Shake Ship.
 When the steward regained the decl he rushed below to get some of hi clothes. T stumbled over wounded il the darkness" he said Depth bomb were shaking the ship. I finally re turned to the deck There was place, in another boat which managed to g, free without disaster. The Warild; settled slowly at the stern and thel up-ended. When the water reached the boilers they blew up with a terri fife column of fire and steam"
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