GLOUCESTER CASTLE A FULL SHIP
FINE WORK BY DOCTORS AND NURSES.' (ADSTRALIAN-MEW BEALAN* CABLE '.ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 14th April. There were 450 wounded men on board the Gloucester 'Castle. The doctors and nurses did magnificent work in saving the wounded. They calmly and methodically removed the patients to the upper clicks, and thence to the rescuing boats. There was no semblance of panic, and the best traditions of the Army medical service were splendidly maintained. The torpedo struck th-e ship at'three o'clock -in the morning.* A lai'go number of craft of every description, quickly answered 1 the wireless call foi" help, and Ihe patients suffered little from their distressing experience. The crew on deck distinctly saw the submarine. They agree that no warning was given. Many of the enginel'oom staff were badly scalded. Tho. Salta, which was a converted French liner, was outward, bound for, France. —
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170416.2.53
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 90, 16 April 1917, Page 7
Word Count
145GLOUCESTER CASTLE A FULL SHIP Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 90, 16 April 1917, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in