The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-27

ing the Lusitania, and the reader is
given the words Of SchWicgcr AS he
set them down with his own hand.
The inscription upon the little !
paper bound volume containing |
Schwicger's log follows:
War Diary.
III. NJ T-boat for the time from /
March rs. 1915, to August 81, 1915. |
Commander, Captain Lieutenant
Schwicger"
Beginning with the start of his
voyage details are related leading |
up to tho afternoon OF tho fatal day. |
After speaking OF another engage /
ment and one futile shot with "A tor |
pedo, tho diary says:
May Z. p. m.---Right ahead ap- |
pears four tunnels and two masts of
"A steamer with course vertical to /
us (shc stecrcd from south south /
west coming toward Galley Head) |
ship is made out to be large pas
scnger steamer. 2:0j p. m.-Sub- |
merged to II meters and Travelled |
with high speed on converging
course toward steamer. hoping she
would change course TO starboard
along the Irish coast. 2:05 p. m,---
The steamer turns starboard, directs
her course toward Queenstown and
made possible an approach for a
shot Ran at high speed until 81
p. m, in order to attain a position
directly ahead. $40 y. m.--Clean
bow shot from 700 meters range.
CG" torpedo, three meters depth
Adjustment cutting angle 30 de-
grees. Estimated speed 22 sea
miles. shot hits starboard side right
behind bridge. An unusually heavy
1atnna ffpp fp11nua tUith a.
| explosion cloud; high in air over
first smoke stack. (to the explosion
of the torpedo there must have boen
a second eNplosion-boiler or coal or
( powder?) The superstructurc over
| point struck and the high bridge was
| rent asunder, fire breaks out, and
! smoke envelops the high bridge. The
ship stops immediately and quickly
/ heels 10 starboard, at the same time
| diving deep at the bow. IT mas the
| appearance as If IL will capsize very
soon. Great confusion arises on the
ship. the boats are being made clear
and part being let down into the
water. In this they must have lost
| their heads many boats, crowded
| full, were let down bow first or
stern first into the water so they
were Immediately dashed fun (sic)
fewer life boats can be made clear
on the port side than on the star
| board owing to the slant of the boat.
The ship blows off. in front appears
the name 'Lusitania' in gold letters.
The stacks were painted black; no
stern flag was raised She was run
ming at a speed of 20 sea miles. 3:35
| p. m.-AS IL seems the vessel will
| keep afloat only "A short time, sub
merge to IL meters and put to sea.
I could not have fired n second tor
pedo into the throng OF humanity at
tempting TO save themselves, any
way. AIS y. m,-Went 10 II meters
and took n look about. In tho dis
tanCe astern are drifting a number
OF life boats. Nothing more is TO be
seen OF the Lusitania. The wreck
! must lie:-Old head OF Knsdale
lighthouse in 35S degrees Rw. IA
sea miles away; at a depth OF about
90 meters (27 sea miles) from
| Queenstown and 81 degrees 22.6l
north and sal west. The shore and
lighthouse were to be seen quite dis
! tinctly.
MAY continued 5:15 p. m
Submerged to "a meters and trav-
eled to sea. 6;l5 p. m.-Pumped out;
loaded; trip continued. Round about
are occasionally visible six smoke
stacks from very large inbound and
outbound steamers II is remark
able that especially today so much
traffic should he found hero although
on the day before two large vessels
were sunk south of St Georges
channel 1t seems ineXplicablc,
anyway, why the Lusitania was not
sent through the North channel The
district south Of Ireland from Fast
net rock to ST. Georges channel be-
tween 30 and so sea miles from the
coast will remain ono OF the best re
gions for the com mercial war. For
tho vessels cannot go past hero at
night II they want to go into tho
Irish sea. A convoy OF destroyers
will hardly take place at sea- there
fore, the counter effect will be more
, pleasant 10 bear here and lighter
than in the vicinity OF harbors or
fire ships II is urgently recon
mended, however, that boats which
are to operate here only with &C.
torpedoos, as many large vessels arc
, travelling here against which a
bronze torpedo would have but little
effect" II was nearly two years
, after the destruction Of the Lusitania
> that Schwieger was decorated. Ther
, the highest honor within the gift
| OF the German military machine was
. bestowed upon him-the insignia OF
pour le merite"-which was grant,
ed only for extraordinary bravery
!. and heroism, shown on repeated oc-
, casions Captain Lieutenant Schwie
ger was lost at sea In 1917 on No
vember 3 of that year, he put ou
: in the U-SS and was never heard o.
again,