HOW HEROES DIED

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11949, 7 March 1917, Page 1

HOW HEROES DIED

ID TOBPEDOED TRANSPORT. STIRRING STORY OF BRAVERY. By Te'errapii-- Pr»*fl« A.«oc : s ,; or--Ce?»T:?lit (Received March 7. 9.20 e.ni.i . PARIS. March 6. A stirring narrative is published describing the- sinkintr of the transportAthos on Fcl-uary 17, which i.v dinclined as. a =-oeom! Birkenhead. AY hen the torpedo struck iho .Uhos the cap: ain -are her • ion minute.* of life. TO CERTAIN DFATt!. The oilier engineer. Doazel. wdioso hand wa« blown off, went to the engine- room •instantly to prevent ar. explosion. He knew that he could never come up. and he did not. COOLIES SAVED. The Athr.s carried 1 TOO Chinese coolies going as labourers'to France under Captain Silvesue and. a down interpreter officers. These --.nved all iho coolies, but Captain Sih.es'.rc uid the inrrrprerors went down. The also can fed three German spies caught, in IndorC-hina and confined in separate cells. LIE.!:; FOR SPIES. Serjeant M.onjean. who was responsible for them, went to the hold and unlocked two cells, rhe prisoners from which \vo)-(>. saved. While he wa,s unlocking the third cell the At has sank, and a spy mid. Moujenu were drowned. WENT DOWN SALUTING. A battalion of Senegalese infantry under French officers could not be saved, and sank, with the Senegalese drawn up in line presenting arms and the officers, at their head saluting. Captain Dori&e, commanding the transport, went down with the ship and came up, but died on the surface. Two men swam ashore with ]m dead body.