SANK LIKE A STONE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 37, 7 October 1912, Page 6

SANK LIKE A STONE.

ONE SURVIVOR OF lA SUBMARINE DISASTER.

Loudon, October 4

The fourth flotilla, manoeuvring six miles off the South Foreland, was accompanied by the parent ship, Forth. The Amerika passed during the evolution. , , ; ~ ; -

At dawn the flotilla’s first hint of a disaster was received. The look-out of BIG reported a body floating. Pufleyne, second in command of 82, was hauled aboard the Amerika. She was then seen throwing rockets. She was merely scratched;' She launched two

lifeboats, hut was unable to do anything. , Pulleyne was picked up a mile from tile disaster, and was carried to the Forth. .Recovering partially, be narrated: thitt the submarine sank,immediately, 1 . and lie 'Carried ' down‘ with

her. He was their unable to continue the story. ~ . . The flotilla is now grappling for the 82, which lies' in deep water. Fifteen of her crew are }.dead. The Amerika’s , officers f-|tate that) the weather was clear. The f submarine crossed the liner’s ; hows at ten - miles an hour, and the liner was doing sixteen knots. Only the;conning towc was) visible. A collision was' 'unavoidable; The submarine sank like a stone. After Tile Collision. London, October 4. '■ The submarine | jvas: steaming on the surface, with her lights burning. Lieutenant Pulleyne and the coxswain were on deck. ' Lieutenant Pulleyne swam for three-quarters of an hour, but did not see the coxswain after the collision. Divers have attached chains to the submarine. Cut In Two. London, October 5. The purser of the Amerika states that the submarine crossed sixty feet ahead of tire liner, which was put full speed astern. The submarine broke in two like a match. Submarines Not Located. Expert’s Surmises. (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, October 6. Divers find they had located a rock in mistake for the sunken subma'ine. and dredging still continues in order to ascertain where ©he is. Lieutenant Pulleyne is recovering but is still unable to continue his story. Experts are of opinion that seaweed obscured tire periscope and forced the boat to ascend, and that Lieutenant Pulleyne, coming on deck at the moment, saw the Amerika and signalled her approach, hut was too late. The collision probably exploded the air cylinders, wrecking the interior and killing the crew immediately.