| Show SUBMARINE FIRES ON BRITISH LINER ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SINK PASSENGER BOAT BOUND FOR FORTHE FOR FORTHE FORTHE THE UNITED STATES Torpedo Misses Mark and the Attacked Attacked Attacked At At- tacked Vessel Succeeds in n Escaping Escaping EscapIng ing Injury by Running at Full Speed From the Enemy Washington Into Into the grave situation situation situation situa situa- tion that has developed between the United States and Germany over the sinking of the Lusitania was thrust another issue when it was revealed on Saturday that the British steamer carrying a score of Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans had been attacked b by a German German Ger Gel man submarine The Cunard liner bound from Liverpool to New York with passengers including two twenty-two Americans was attacked without warning it was learned on her arrival arrival arrival ar ar- rival at New York by a G German submarIne submarine submarine sub sub- marine on the morning of Jul July 9 Should first reports of an attempt to torpedo without warning be borne out by the official investigation about to be instituted it was indicated in official quarters that the United States probably would regard the incident as adding a grave element elemen t to the already al al- already al- al r ready ady strained relations between the two countries Twenty miles from the graveyard of the Lusitania off Old Head of Kinsale the escaped the Lusitania's Lusi Lusi- tania's fate tate by one-half one a second of time or ten feet of space the German torpedo churning the water that distance distance distance dis dis- tance behind the liners liner's rudder Then the sped away She was followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed by the submarine which rose roseto roseto roseto to the surface manned a gun on herdeck her herdeck herdeck deck and shelled the fleeing steamer The attack was timed at 10 minutes to 6 o'clock In the morning when all allbut allbut allbut but a few of her passengers lay sleeping sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing In their berths Aroused by by stewards stewards stewards stew stew- ards the passengers dressed hurriedly hurried hurried- ly h and went to the upper deck where they put on life belts and took their places at the lifeboats They Heard beard the scream of the shells and saw the ocean spit up columns of water where the shells struck When the fire grew hot they were ordered for their protection protection protection pro pro- to the next deck below or nan half an hour flour the showed her heels to the assailant Through marine glasses the passengers passengers passengers gers watched the dark splotch on the waters water's surface astern They saw the lying low German warship coming on but the flight was faster than tl tile e pursuit and after seven shots had been fired without effect the submarine gave up the chase |
