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Show DRAMATIC DETAILS OF EM HDRRDH Luigi Moroni, Wireless Operator Op-erator of the Verdi, Tells of Calls for Help. VESSEL SENT TO SCENE No Sign of Doomed Liner; Italy Does Not Blame Germany for Disaster. NEW YOEK, Nov. 20. Fresh and dramatic details of what happened in the Mediterranean on the morning of ' ' November 7, when the Ancona was torpedoed tor-pedoed by a submarine flying the Austrian Aus-trian flag, were brought to New York today by the new Italian steamer Gui-seppa Gui-seppa Verdi, here on her maidon voyage. voy-age. The Verdi heard the Aneona's wireless wire-less death cry, flashed it on to the shore stations which the sinking steamer could not reach, and then rushed to the Aneona's An-eona's aid, her boats swung outward, her passengers lined on the deck and her officers momentarily expecting a death blow themselves from submarines known to be lurking near by. The Verdi steamed as near as she dared to the spot i where the Ancona went down, but Ler lookouts saw nothing. Then turning ". swiftly she fled for 'Gibraltar and se-; se-; 1 curitv. Luigi Moroni, the youth at the key I of the Verdi's wireless, told the story ; here today. First the French Vessel. "We were about 200 miles out from ? Palermo watching for submarines which ' we had been told were near by, on the morning of the 7th," he said. "At f : twenty minutes past 9 I got a signal. 1 ' 'S. O." S. France submarined,' the mes-t mes-t 6age said. Then 'Help!' This was fol-r fol-r lowed by the France's position, and then there was nothing more. "I notified Captain Zannoni and re-t re-t layed the France s message at once to t ' the shore wireless stations at Bizerta t ' and Cape Speroni. Captain Zannoni al-f al-f tered tne course of the Verdi eo that we would avoid the France. We had t 1 reason to believe the submarine that at-t at-t . tacked the France was after us. ! : Ancona Asks Help. ' "While I was talking with relay ships c regarding the France, the Ancona rs wire- less broke in. It was then half-past 10. " 'S. O. 6., S. O. S., Ancona,' we got. 1 . Ancona gave her position. I sent this E message to the shore stations, and within . a few moments the shore stations sent I ' back an answer: e " 'Go to the Ancona,' it said. p "Captain Zannoni swung his Ship right about and gave orders for full speed. Then he called the passengers up on the deck. At first he did not tell them what he had heard, but soon decided de-cided that it would be better to do so. After this was done the stewards begau to run with provisions, water and life belts to the small boats. These were quickly loaded with emergency supplies and swung out on their davits. "The passengers then were assigned to the boats, every person being given a number. They were then asked to be prepared to enter the lifeboats, aa we did not know when a submarine would fire a torpedo into us. |