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Show TURKISH IWS IS DYNAMITED British Lieutenant, Single Handed, Blows Up a Brick Culvert. London, Oct. S, 5:55 p. m. How a Lieutenant d'Oyly Hughes, attached a British submarine operating In the Sea of Marmora, swam from tho craft, pushing ahead of him a raft boating explosives, with which he made a breach in the Turkish railway skirting tho beach, is related In an official report re-port given out here tonight. This statement, chronicling perhaps the strangest experience that has befallen any man during this war, says: "His weapons consisted of an automatic auto-matic service pistol and a sharpened bayonet. He also carried an electric torch and a whistle. The cliffs proved unscalable at tho first point of landing. Ho therefore relaunched his raft until a less precipitous spot was reached and after a stiff climb and a considerable march he reached tho railway. ' Sighting a viaduct, continues the statement, he planned to destroy that but abandoned the idea because of the piesence of enemy workmen Ho then selected a brick culvert, under which he placed a charge of explosives and lighted a fuse. He effected his escape by running -i mile down the -:i..... i i ,i t... v, .. x..o as the explosive went off. Debris was scattered near him, Indicating that the explosion was effective Having blown his whistle to summon sum-mon tho submarine, the lieutenant swam out to sea. However, on sighting sight-ing the submarine, he mistook it for a group of Turkish rowboats, whereupon where-upon he swam toward shore and began be-gan to ascend the cliff in hope of hiding. He then discovered his mistake mis-take and again entered the water Subsequently he was rescued by the submarine when he was on the verge of exhaustion. Salt Lake, Oct. 9. Lieutenant Guy d'Oyly Hughes is a Salt Lake boy. Ho Is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Hughes and Is 25 years of age. His parents sent him to England about fifteen years ago to be educated. They remained in Salt Lake for ome years and then went to England, where they now live. He has been in tho royal navy several years and recently became connected with the subma rine service. Dr. D Moore Lindsay of this city, whose son is a lieutenant in the English Eng-lish army took young Hughes to England. Eng-land. Mrs. John W. Hughes of Salt Lake is a sister-in-law of Dr. Samuel Hughes. |