Show I E ESCAPE FROM TORPEDO GRAPHICAllY TOlD TOFU OF IN lETTER In a A. letter Jetter from the Dardanelles written to the Frankfurter a machinist on a Turkish steamship describes the experiences tho-experiences experiences on board durIn during a n. submarine submarIno attack Let me give you a description o of our last adventurous trip he writes We Wo had been Informed that sovera British submarines had succeeded in passing through the Dardanelles to the Sea of ot Marmora Marmara Therefore on this tiis voyage of ot the Turkish ship we we were accompanied by a torpedo boat The sea was as smooth as a lake with beautiful sunshine We Ve had onboard on onboard board men horses and many army transport and supply wagons About 6 G o'clock that evening we passed an Island Not ono one of ot us thought of a submarine A few minutes minutes min mm- utes later there was a a. cry of ot alarm from tho the captain as ho pointed to starboard where about meters distant we saw a silvery slivery streak Inthe Inthe in inthe the green water which seemed to be approaching us with with remarkable rapidity A torpedo was the tho cr cry The captain shouted orders and Immediately Immediately Immediately Im Im- Im- Im mediately the tho ship took a zigzag course to avoid tho the deadly missile It was a tense moment I stood at tho the rail and watched tho the torpedo fly 1 through tho the water Will it strike us 1137 It was now flOW making for our stern There was a a. loud report and tons of ot water flew Into the air We expected the worst However as luck would wOl havo have it tho the torpedo barely grazed our stern the tho ship was not damaged and we continued our course No NOl periscope per perl- scope was visible but the officers were on their guard I 1 was ordered be below below below be- be low to my po post t in the engine room The hours hour th that thit t I passed in that room that night I would not care caro to live through again The thou thought ht that death was all aU around us and tho the surety of ot certain destruction down Inthis in inthis inthis this part of ot the ship should a a. torpedo got get us ua was nerve racking I could hear tho the stamping t of ot the hoofs of ot tho the horses on tho the deck above and every time a hoof hoot came down unusually hard a cold tremor ran mn through meAt meAt me meAt At last the tho night was over and andIn andIn andIn In the tho morning wo we reached Wo We heard then the tho continual thunder of oC the guns of ot the English and French fleets which seemed to be suffering from tram too much ammunition It looked as it if they were wera shooting merel merely for sport for tor their shells did no rio damage Wo We soon unloaded our cargo and amI within a a. few days we wilt will make our return trip Wo We all hope that luck will b bo with us again |