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Show BRITISH WARSHIP AT BOTTOM OF SEA THIRD LARGEST FIGHTING MACHINE MA-CHINE SUNK BY TORPEDO OR MINE OFF IRELAND. The Whole Crew of Eight Hundred Officers and Men, With One or Two Exceptions, Saved by White Star Crew. New York. Rumors of disaster to the British super-dreadnought Audacious, Auda-cious, which have persisted ever siii-ce the White Star liner Olympic, diverted from her course, arrived at Lough Swilly on October 29, are confirmed in mail advices received here from a nnint in Ireland. After a career of less than two years, the Audacious, third in tonnage and armament of his majesty's warships, war-ships, lies at the bottom of the ocean off the north coast of Ireland. She was hit by a torpedo or disabled by a mine October 27. With the possible exception of one or two men, the whole crew of 800 officers and men was rescued by small boats from the Olympic. The rescue was made in a rough sea through brilliant and daring seamanship seaman-ship on the part of the White Star crew. The battleship's cry for assistance was caught by the wireless operator of the Olympia, which was only about ten miles distant. The steamer rushed forward at full speed. Volunteers Volun-teers were called for and double the number necessary to man the lifeboats responded. The crippled battleship was reached in a few minutes after 9 o'clock and before noon all but 100 of her men had been transferred. ' After taking off all the officers and crew who would leave the ship, Captain Cap-tain Haddock of the Olympic turned his attention to an attempt to save the warship. A cable was given her, but it snapped as it tightened. Meantime Mean-time it was socn apparent that it j would be impossible to tow the ship or keep her afloat. The cruiser Liverpool Liver-pool and several other warships had come up and stood by. Late in the afternoon it was decided to abandon the Audacious and soon after the officers of-ficers and men who had remained on board were taken off the Audacious plunged stern forward and in a moment mo-ment had disappeared. - - |