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Show GERMANS TORPEDO-HDSHTALSTEAHER TORPEDO-HDSHTALSTEAHER ONE OF THE MOST HARROWING DISASTERS IN HISTORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE. Homeward Bound Steamer Attacked By Hun U-Boat, 130 Helpless Patients Being Sent to Their Death When Ship Vent Down. A Jlriii.sli I'oi-t. The torpedoing early Monday morning of the J'.ritlsli .ship Warilda was one of Lhe most harrowing har-rowing disasters in the history of submarine sub-marine warfare. The number of dead Is variously estiinaled from 10.") to :0 and upward, and includes several women nurses. The ship carried COO sick and wounded. Among them were seven Americans, two officers and five 011-Iisleil 011-Iisleil men, all of whom 11 ve been accounted ac-counted for. There were aboard SO nurses and members of the voluntary aid department, depart-ment, and the crew comprised about liOO men More than C0 survivors, brought here shortly after G o'clock, were given first-aid treatment, food and clothing. The patients were placed aboard special trains and sent to hospitals. hos-pitals. The torpedo struck the after part of the engine room, killing the third en gineer and two other members of the engine room force. The dynamo was destroyed, plunging the vessel iiito darkness. Just over the dynamo va3 the wardroom, ward-room, which contained more than 100 patients. Most of these weix killed outright by the explosion, and the others, many of whom had been freshly fresh-ly Injured by the torpedo, found themselves them-selves trapped. It was impossible for outside aid to reach them, and all excel)! ex-cel)! a few who jumped overboard and were licked up, perished. Tins part of the ship quickly settled and water flooded the wardroom, drowning the men caged there. Stories of the fearful struggle in the darkness to rescue helpless invalids in-valids are told by survivors. The ship remained afloat more than two hours, but; for a great part of the time continued con-tinued under headway, because the engines en-gines could not be stopped. This condition con-dition greatly hampered the rescue work, and in addition three or four boats were smashed while being lowered, low-ered, throwing the occupants into the sea.- |