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Show Survivor of the British Ill-fated E-14 Tells of Tragedy. CAPTAIN 'LOSES LIFE Siibmarine Beached Aft-1 er Fatal Shellfire of , the Turks. ' i i LONDON, Dec. 25. Via Montreal j The official report of thejsinking of the famous British submarine E -14 j off the Dardanelles early in 1918 with, the loss of her commander, Lieutenant Commander Geoffray White, and all . except seven of the crew, has just' been pubished. i The E-14 left Mudros on the eve- ning of January 27 and proceeded up: the Dardanelles to search for the Goe- ' ben. After diving under submarine' nets, she found that the Goebcn had I left a few hours previously, so Com- t ma.ndcr White turned back, keeping a sharp lookout for enemy craft, A torpedo was fired at the ship which: carried the Goeben's ammunition, j causing a heavy explosion which extinguished ex-tinguished the submarine's lights and I sprung the fore hatch. Leaking bad- ly the submarine rose to the surf ice. ; The forts immediately opened a, heavy fire, but did ndt hit her. She submerged sub-merged 100 feet and continued on her course but becoming unsteady, she J was brought to the surface as she could no longer be relied on under water. wa-ter. Heavy fire immediately opened on both sides of the straits and a shell hit the hull, destroying the upper, steering gear. An E-14 survivor says: "The captain, seeing that escape was hopeless, ran toward shore. His last1 words were 'we are In God's hands.'' Only a few seconds later I looked fori him and saw his body, mangled by shell fire, roll into the water and go under. The last shell hit the starboard star-board side of our boat, killing all ' near, I believe. The submarine soon after ran into a sand bank close in- j shore and the Turks picked up the sur- , vivors." |