SAVED BY THE RED CROSS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 7, 8 January 1916, Page 6

SAVED BY THE RED CROSS.

i Private Hubert Everett, son of Mr. L. , Everett, of Umukuri (Nelson district), i in the course of a letter to he father, . relates the following interesting experli ence:— [ On the way to England from Alexant dria on October 31st in the hospital ship • Ehtuii, and a day or two before reaching ■ Gibraltar, we ea-w a "demon of the deep" . sink a cargo boat a few miles away from , us, after giving the crew time to take !to the boats. The submarine came to ■ "bhe eurface and sunk her with shell fire. 1 We had in the meantime stopped, and ■ I when the steamer began to eink the sub- ; marine made over to us, and was met . about 500 yards away by one of our . ship's officers and one of the senior mcdii cal officers from on board. The submarine commander examined the ship's .. list, which the medical officer took out, . and in a minute gave permission to pick up the crew of the sunken vessel and Igo on. They said he was quite civil and polite. In lees than two hours we weTe •on our way with the crew aboard. One of our destroyers up only an hour. I later. It was very interesting for a I' little ■while, wondering what they were i going to do with us, but tbe hoepital' ships are painted so that no mistake j can be made, and there is no doubt it • j was only the Red Cross that saved us. i