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Show I; SAILORS LEFT $ji TO DIE B Y HUNS Pour Wounded Men Put on fei ; Raft and Set Afloat By j 1 U-Boat Commander. ' LONDON, July 31. (Correspon- j ' Hence of the Associated Press,) Nine bailors, four of whom were dying of " wounds, left by a German submarine 1 commander to perish on a ramshackle ' raft in the North sea where eight of them died Is the story of Hun barbar- ! iiy told by Haakon Ohlson, the sole ! survivors of tho Norwegian bark Eg- 7 Hnton, now recovering in a British na- V ' val hospital. When near death, Ohlson F$ I was rescued by a British motor boat ' patrolling in Helgoland bight, tj? I The Eglinton was carrying coal to j ' orway when .attacked by the subma- i. K . . A-!nrr cVii-nnnnl 'Vhn nnntnin'e 1 1 right arm was shattered, the steward 1 i was badly wounded in the leg, a sea- $r ' man was shot through the body and ify ' j tj,0 second mate's arm was lorn by "V ! splinters. j I The ship filled rapidly but the crew1 j nut out a raft made of five planks and supported by barrels. A barrel of wat- fSt : cr and a case of biscuits were placed jj j on the raft. The submarine came up, g : fired into the sinking bark and pnssed W 1 l within twenty fqet of the unfortunates m i as it circled about the raft. ' , "Not a word did the Huns say to 1 ! - us," said Ohlson, "although they could i ! see our wounded and the plight we were in. There was a stiff breeze blow- ' ! jug and I expected the raft to break iYr up. The submarine steamod away. 1 The wounded seaman died socn 1 j afterward and we threw his body over- H'. ', board. The next morning, after a j sleepless night for all. the steward K" . died and then tho second mate. Wo ( shoved their bodies into the water also. On the third day the captain died. , Then I must have lost, count of time, ! j for on the afternoon of the fourth day ,i I found myself alone with the chief ' male; j ' I did my best to cheer him up, but ' he only said, 'I am going down into the cabin to get my pipe,' and I knew his ' mind was going. He died that after-noon, after-noon, and I .managed to get the body ; clear of the raft." j Onp of the barrel buoys had leak- cd and that end of the raft settled low I i in the water. Brine got into the bis-j cuits and into the barrel of fresh water. I "I was alone on the raft for five days," Ohlson went on. "I didn't see a single ship all that time, I must have been a little delirious, because I'd lose count of the hours. 1 was wet through. - J At night I'd hear the water swishing round Dif and then .1 would sleep." On the ninth day he heard distant - j firing He managed to get to his knees .J : to lock about him. There was the Brit-j Brit-j ; ish patrol boat When Ohlson was j. 1 taken aboard he collapsed. '. I ' ftn |