Show King Nicholas Aids American J Nurse Nur Who Escapes Mined Ship ATHENS Feb 2 via London Feb 4 A 4 A vivid description of the he thrilling experiences connected with the sinking of th the Italian steamship Brindisi which recently struck a mine in the Adriatic is given by Marie Lemos of Irving Park Chicago one of the Red Cross nurses who survived She said The steamship with her decks covered with dead sank with Ith hideous rapidity I was shot Into the water which was full of struggling youths trying to keep afloat but disappearIng disappear disappear- ing one by one within sight of landWe landWe landWe land We struck a mine at o o'clock clock lr In the morning and the ship began to sink Immediately We tried to lower a boat but the ship ship heeled over so that everybody every every- body pody In the boat was thrown Into the water Miss Hample my companion could not swim and never came up I managed to scramble back aboard the Brindisi where I found some Montenegrins who were unable unable unable un un- un- un able to swim These men said they would not die by the enemy's hands They sang their national anI an an- them and then one squad shot I the others and finally killed themselves The decks were covered with dead and were awash with blood When the ship began to founder I slipped back Into the water and swam to a plank on which several men were cling cling- ing but who 10 dropped off one Cne by one Finally after being three hours hourn In the water I was picked up and taken to San Giovanni dl di Medua As soon as the persons persons rescued were safely ashore the Montenegrins lined up and re- re sang the national anthem While the men were singing an Austrian aeroplane squadron bombarded the town killing eighteen of those thole who had Just been saved From San Giovanni dl di Medua Medua Me- Me Me dua we walked to and rought to Join the Serbian staff at but six days later the evacuation of the town took pla place eKing e. e King Nicholas of Montenegro fetched us to in his boat He is a kindly and democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic old man who seems to understand From we walked five days through sleet and snow over detestable roads along which the hunger weakened Serbians died one after an other Reaching Durazzo seven pursuing Austrian aeroplanes bombarded the town where the remnants of the Serbian army were so 0 crowded that they were unable to escape the missiles Many were killed and others wounded From Durazzo we accompanied accompanied nied the Serbs Serb to Avlona and Co Corfu u and thence to o Athens |