Show Disregard of Rules Caused Death of 57 S Yanks on Moldavia Contrary to Orders U. U S. S Men Were Below Decks Deck in n. n 5 Submarine Zone Report Says j i Official Inquiry L Looms oms' oms r ri f i I I S By United Press L LONDON T ONDON May 27 death The death of seven fifty-seven Americans when 1 the British steamer Moldavia was torpedoed torpedo d in the English channel Thursday morning was due to the tle fact that they disobeyed the rules which require all passengers to be on de deck k while a ship is is passing through r u the hd danger g z zone r ac ac- c I g to a dis t t h t to th the E j I I j I I l I g to a dis t t h t to th the E dispatch pa c o e Express from a channel port today This may result in an official inquiry inquiry inquiry in in- the dispatch stated Fifty-eight Fifty men were below at the time the ship was torpedoed the dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis- dis patch said six Fifty were instantly killed by the explosion Another r died before reaching port The Tho other is isnow isnow isnow now in a hospital Five minutes before we struck the weather was so thick you couldn't see your hand before your fa face e an m eel is quoted the inthe dispatch as say say- ing lag S ONE COLLISION AVOIDED We Ve narrowly averted one co collision ision in an effort to avoid another collision with a vessel whose whistle came through the fog tog This whistle we believe was wag really sounded by the U boat We switched on our lights at the same moment that the moon cam cama J out from behind the clouds An instant later the torpedo struck us on the ort ort side Despite the noise of the explosion and the crashing of tim tim- bers hers the men mn were orderly Fortunately the moonlight lasted for an hour permitting the transfer ot the men to the destroyers The destroyers destroyers de de- de- de str dropped several depth bombs over the spot where the periscope was wa seen for an Instant but apparently with no effect |