SUBMARINE

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7752, 22 July 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

SUBMARINE

THE DIARY OpH CLAIMS WO.\l)KKp r ,M FROM DESTRr* (“Now York lloraid’H A sensational ine warfare is (old i, v iH mandant Freiherr •ui.ary of IT-2(i?," been jublisln d bv Berlin. It gives’sonsJß dangers encountered the *’-202 was managed to extrude ei Manoeuvring. “It was three minuiH o’clock, and in half an be sunrise,” writes “Sky and sea were enjH dark grey mist and n O B visible. Suddenly my S cerned a dark like a ghost out of the ally the shadow looi; ferm—T saw a dark S and then one. two. funnels. It was a troyer. “I gave the alarm order “Submenu l at the water began tanks, and then it seeni(H interniimJd • m'.»-rval were filled and to sfnk. Never in seconds pass : o -lowly. H er, of course, had came speeding on withal of 1 er 40,000 horse Tier forward g ns “Great God! I hit us. One single sho{H lost. Our tower was notH merged, but I could shadow growing were falling all nroandH they dropped in the v.ateH a noise like a hammerotH with full force on a WrijH “One shot came so lifted our boat half -vqH surface of the water. aH and he will surely stril;eH “Slowly we sank, .mW submarine responded uH ment of the H we dived quickly. B “The red-glohed el*l showed that our ed eight metres. ihr-niH .and quickly mounted toffl (res. We were safe, ing of relief to penetrable wall of \vat(H us now from tlie destnH hearts that had almost sH ing - began to send theH again through our vetiiiH sank deeper and depppr.B to every movement of tlfl a faithful horse d-a-s tofl were now thirty metres® surface, “We could stiir licarfl the shells overhead. ll® man at the wheel and® wards with my tiuiml*. I® the while, lie smiled la® CAUGHT IX N® “Suddenly we were t® long in all directions, fl ine trembled like a v® mal. For a few seconds® conscious, and our heads® dels and all our hones® had happened? It was® for all the lights had go® we really alive? B “I shouted to the to® their stations. The !ig® again. All this happ® quickly than I can tellUfl “What has happened!® over with us? Hid ivekfl “Then the men reported® thing was in excellent® leaks were found. I “The submarine, how® almost right angles. B “ ‘Captain, there's fl wrong,’ cried the lieuten® caught in .a net. and atli® upper part of the net are® is enough to drive a m«ifl “ ‘Don’t lose your ner® ed. “We’ll get out of th® submarine submerged. B® then with all the power® ; gines, go ahead. But d® inch. Remember the ® 1 “The engines work® - The submarine, when she® i w.ard, bored right into® I tore it into bits, and as® I little craft responded ag® ’ helm, we gave a shout of® > knew' that wc had extiic® “ ‘Go deeper.' 1 cried 1 ' to thirty metres.’ I “I sat down and lieldi • head in my hands. W® I ed to be whirling like ® t Needles seemed to R® 5 my forehead, and tliere® I in my ears which 1 tried! - placing my hands overt* “ ‘Luck has been with! 3 to myself, ‘or we would' got out of this hell-' 1 “It was some time W able to think clearly. a ßll > cognised the fact that w f deep enough just in ti®J f emy had no doubt would alight right into tn< f would explode the mine s 5 Dilate us. As it was, " eetly under the net. soui> exploded in the direction 2 sistance, doing no more o 1 to knock us unconscious r ily. M * “No doubt the a-bo-ldines exploded, cheered« 1 destruction and informed 1 that another German su 3 been caught inn net and the mines. Well. 1 aDI - the enemy think he got Us- that we will never have * experience. Once wflfj • was a nerve-racking i we never can forget. j