Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 2 | Captain of Ancoma Discusses Attack

CAPTAIN OF JHCOU 1 DISCUSSES ATTACKi LOXDO.V. Nov. TO. 2:.V, a. m. A di?- ! path to the Dally Telegraph from Milan i gives the deposition of Captain Maseardo of tne Italia n steamship Anrona, wlilch j was recently sunk in tho -Mediterranean bj' a submarine. The deposition was taken by a commiislon for the Italian govern- : meut on tine arrival of the aieamer Cag- j lia,rl at Naples with survivors, who also I were separately examined by tb.p rnminls- iilon before they -Acre allowed to land. The j depoHlifon of the captain hau: Almost at the .same Instant the sub- j marine was sighted, a sheil struclt the sea it went y yard." from my ship. The submarine was then several kilometei-s away. It steamed toward us firing j furiously, aiming especially at our wireless, which I saw was cut and j dangling. 1 I ordered the boats lowered. The j pa.engc-rs were pa nie-.m i jrken and h'-yond control. The firu boat cap-tn cap-tn zed and ad t he occupa nt s were drowned. The second llleboat had hardly reached tiie water when it was .-irurk by a shell. The third loat was finally lowered, after an accident which had caused several persijim to fall overboard. The submarine kept shelling us until un-til the Anc-uia ceased moving and only .stopped lirbig when ishe was within 'l .varrts of us. Hy then iiewr-1- all on 6--ard alrtiady w ore in the lifeboats or had Jumped overboard with belts. Tlie phelln h.ad taken the Anmna bv enfiladft from prow to tern and had luiversed the oiflceis' sai"n and fv-eral fv-eral etibllirt. jolng through. I found about thirty people till on board ainl gave the order f'.r the last lifeboat to be lowered with the second officer, s-une nf the crew and th rest of the p.isengTs. The aubtnarinc then discharged a torpedo. I Mood on deek waiting for the -shock. The torpedo hit us for-waid for-waid between the first uiul second watertight wa-tertight compartments. The terrlllc shot made a garlng hole and the vessel ves-sel began 1o sink. It was at this moment Ihnt the submarine, sub-marine, a large b ..it whosn na t Ion a I -ity waft then unknown to me, hoisted an erlrely new flag of the Austrian o'lnm. Tho flrat oftlcer and myself started to climb down a catde. but the able of tbe te mer row in t h air and w e were obliged to Jump Into l-e sea and Ruirn to a lifeboat. The m m was lit -terd with people and wreckage. We mi ved several more. Meantime, tiie Ali'ona sank. V continually pent up nignaK but It was not until the following niorn-tlig niorn-tlig that we nnK the Kreii.-h steamer steam-er pluton. which t'-ok the occupant h 'f five llleboats and left us. W n- tinnei .mt- t-oule snttthward and tn tho I evening landed on the Island of I e m to a.