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Show LIEUTENANT HALL OF LOS ANGELES AMONG THE SAVED AN IRISH PORT, Feb. 7. George Newton Hall of, Los Angeles, first lieutenant lieu-tenant of engineers, was sitting on a lounge reading a book on "No Man's Land," which he was about to visit, when the torpedo struck. He knew what had happened and shouted the word "Torpedo!" "Torpe-do!" across the room. With several others oth-ers he hurried to the lifeboat station on the boat deck. "There stood several privates at atten- ' tion," he said, "awaiting my orders to launch the boats. In less time than it takes to tell they were joined -by the requisite req-uisite number. It was surprising to see how these new soldiers carried out their duties like veterans. "We got the first boat down to the salon deck, where it was promptly filled with soldiers and was lowered into the water without mishap. The second boat, however, was being lowered when the vind carried it on to a no: her life boat, j ruhi.-.L: it and sewral of the occupants. . AV then launched three more without 'urther trouble." ( Alter seeing the men r.-a : i t h e wa t v r ;.u-ly, Lie u Tenant Hall let bin: sol: iiu n y a rope. Lieutenant Wallace I'a'.ter- j -on of Cleveland, followed him down the ; -ope, and, much to th-.-u- su:"pr.?c, they :a into the last boat launched. The : :oa t was loaded to the water line with j !Xiy-f:ve men, who took turns at the j Durs for three hours until tlu-y were res- I jued bv trawler. |