Show I SUBMARINE WE SEEN FROM LUSITANIA American Passenger Says He Thought Warship Was Friendly Vessel Vessel I Cork Ireland May Ia 9 9 a. a m. m Land m. Land I had been In sight three e hours and was as distinctly visible twelve twel e miles mies away sway when we e noticed about 1 p. p m m. m that tho the steamer was steering a zig-zag zig zag course towards the shore said Bald Dr I Daniel Moore of ot Yankton S. S D. D In Int t telling of his experiences on on the LusI- LusI tania Looking through glasses I could see on the port side between us and land what appeared to be a black oblong oblong oblong ob ob- ob- ob long object with wih four tour domel domelike pro pro- It I seemed about two miles a away a This This' object came along swiftly at times slowing down disappearing and reappearing Tho The Lusitania was zig-zagging zig along along at a speed of at about nineteen knots She Sho had done twenty knots during some periods of oC the Oabe voyage Later she sho kept a more even e cour course e and we e generally hen gen eral orally agreed that It w g a friendly submarine we bO had seen No o other vessel yes ves c sd sel except one or two fishing boats were visible visible At o'clock we went down to luncheon in the tho second saloon Of course we wo talked about the curious ob object object object ob- ob W we ve had hod seen hut nobody seemed alarmed About twenty minutes later there was a muffled drum noise In Inthe Inthe inthe the forward part or the boat The ship shivered trembled and almost Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately he began an to list to starboard She had been struck on the starboard side Unless the first submarine seen was speedy enough to run rings around the tho Lusitania the tho torpedo must have ha come como from Irom a second submarine which had been lying hidden to starboard We e heard no second explosion There was great excitement amon among th the passengers of ot cour course e. e but the tho women women wom wom- en on soon were ero quieted b by assurances there was as no dang danger r and that the steamer merely had struck a small smal mine The The passengers left the tho saloon In an orderly manner As I reached dock deck I had difficulty in walking owing to the list of the vess vessel With most of ot the passengers I ran to the promenade deck which was crowded I looked over the side but could see no evidence c of dama damage e. e I started to return to m my cabin but the list of ot the boat was so marked I 1 abandoned abandoned aban i the Idea and remained d on deck Looking over o the starboard rail rai I saw saw that water now was only about twelve fe feet t from the rail rai at one point While hile searching for tor a I came upon a te stewardess ardess struggling with a pile plc of ot them In a a rack and helped her put ut one ono on afterward obtaining one myself The Lusitania now was on her side and sinking h by the bow I aW taw a woman clinging to the rail rai near where a boat was waR being lowered I pushed her over o er the rail rai into tho the boat boat afterward afterward after after- ater- ater ward jumping down do myself It was a foot toot drop The boat fell bodily into nto the sea but kept afloat although so heavily loaded water was lapp lapping ng In n. n We e balled bailed baled with wih our hats but could not keep pace with wih tho the water and I realized we wo must soon sink Seeing a keg I threw It overboard o and sprang after It I. I A young steward nam named d Freeman al also o used the keg as asa asa a support Looking back I saw the boat I 1 had left lef swamped swamped Wo We 0 clung to the ke keg for tor about aboul an hour and a ahal half hal and then w were rc picked up tip b by a raft raf A number of oC those picked up b by jy tho thc raft was Injured Including a little Ittle boy whose whoso thigh was broken brokon I ls Improvised d splints and set his leg lie He was a plucky pluck little fellow for ho soon was asking Is 11 there a funn funny paper on onboard onboard board board The first steam fire CIre engine which b by bythe bythe the the wa way was a failure was made In 1829 In London from the designs of ot Capt John Ericsson the designer of the Monitor |