Show an incident of sea war william mcfie author of casuals of the sea tells in an english paper land and water of an attack by a submarine upon a steamer and de 91 scribes this incident of the engine room before the boat was sunk for those three men the officers stood by for the better part of an hour the stokehold waa empty the steam was dropping and there was considerable water tn the bilges but they stood by watching the speaking tube and the ta blind white face of the telegraph f pointing irresolutely to stand by the orders from the bridge and present ly the strain 0 waiting grew oppressive so that the chief looking up toward the skylight said to roy friend mister go up and see w hats doing it must be now and he went up and came out on deck and found himself face to face with a problem of some complexity for the A deck of the ship was deserted and tar A across the dark of the sea he saw the boats crawling toward a smear of smoke on the skyline H |