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By Ernie
HOW DARE YOU COME HOME THIS LATE?
October 25, 1939,
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HERE!
Courageous: Last Drama
Man Dives To Save Swimmers; Boy Smokes As He Waits
SURVIVORS of the Courageous, British aircraft carrier sunk in half an hour by a German submarine, told vivid tales of their ship's last moments when they landed from rescuing destroyers.
A petty officer from a destroyer dived 10 times to rescue exhausted men; an engineer officer raced below while the lower decks were awash, in a desperate effort to trim the ship; a boy seaman smoked a cigarette on deck until the cry, "Every man for himself."
These were among the stories of heroism by officers, men, and boys, told by the survivors -listed at 681 of a complement of 1,260.
There were men who calmly Stoker B. W: Dellow, of James-street,; reached a float with a number of men on it. Everybody was cheerful "A nest of flame streaked across and singing 'Rolling Home.' gave advice to each other with Devonport.
"After about 45 minutes a de- the decks awash, carefully my hold as oll cought fire. Thu
WITC choking. Light abutroyer came alongside, and she was
handled so beaufully throwing away their heavy, fumes
that ahe disturbed the foot. We clothing and their heavy money, power went off at once.
"We all raced up the companier. hardtv giving ways.
swarmed up ropes to the destroyer's Officers stood by
decks, and soon had some hot rum." ordera, as if for boat-drill, white, DECK CAVED IN
SEVERAL MEN DIED the ship was sinking.
BY THE EXPLOSION When the explosion came,
IN JUMPING FREE
"The stokers' mess deck was hit Paris. France Germany says she wants Courageous, a ship of 22,000 and caved in
of Britain's seven "I saw pala dead in the corridors. CURIOUS incident in Europe's peace, but she is violating and will, tons, one Acting is reported in violate all the treaties signed by her." aircraft carriers, was steaming The ship was rapidly listing to pert. commander so far as weather condi
The German "Freedom" station. ! the "Paris Sim which states that the
As the inner finished speak- ng aber voice roke in on the samt warstength saying
་་
tow minutes
A gunnery officer said everything of the submarine was in favour
I went to the flying deck, which was tions were concerned.
officers and men He sold: "Owing to the let the Courageous took a number of men The four escort destroyers had just crowded with
were
In Stuttgart annoncer began his nightly which has been silent for several ahead at fast speed.
unsuccessful their "I dived off the sloping deck, and who Fren uddrast with an announce-fights, has started again. Comment
efforts to jump clear. ment but inded shortly to reading on Hitler's speech, the announcer finished a circuit of the ship. They There was no pante.
were on the lock-out for just such
"I am sure that a number were said: the set Eltz's speech.
turned over to out on my back.
There were "Hitler knows
we shall achieve a danger as within half an hour sent after swimming
eries of 'stick It' and 'come along peace eventually, by Aghting, not her to the bottom.
Men stumbled from below deck as Courageous was going down by the killed in their jumps.
bowi. against British and French soldiers,
shook the ship, The starboard rait was still lined here from fellows who, like myself, explosion but against him and his criminal the
Over the darkness
with men, many of them in the a bad grabbed pieces of floating wood. lumbling in Hitler felt compelled to
"I did see one thing which in- overnment. speak of peace because he knows friends killed by the explosion. Germans cannot and will not endure! A torpedo hit the boiler room, of lumping overboard. There was
was told by lone man hanging from the ensign-pressed me, even though I had been in the Service for over a quarter of a century. a prolonged war. What Hitler wants wint happened there and is not peace but a victory of force."
is the true Frenchman ding. Don't listen any longer
to the voice of the trailer of Stuttgart.
"Germany wishes to break the formidable union
of
Britain
FLASH!!
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GERMANY'S MARCH INTO POLAND!
.. Pictures of one of the many Gorman air fleets on a day's Somowhere near Cracow .
... the schedule of lightning war, assignmont in the "Blitzkrieg"
2.
Somewhore nazr Bromberg (Polish Corridor) ... Fint pictures with the Reich's land army
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Nowost pictures from Danzig
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Naxi-fied! The "Free City", which was the focal point at the start of hostilities, gors increased Gorman garrisons.
The bombardment of Westerplatto Fort at the edge of Danzig. ¦ German training ship "Schleswig-Holstein" in cosscloss attack on the fortress, where "suicide battalion" holds out nearly a week before surrendoring, 5.
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TO-DAY AT QUEEN'S
THE
pole, still hestating, whether
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le
"I saw the captain alone, saluting
Anally wen his Dag, no the ship down."
Stoker William Brition, of Church road, Buby, ntar Glasgow, tails In petty officer's feat in saving ten
men.
"I saw a poor frightened little 15- years-old sticks (drummer boy) standing on the deck evidently not knowing what to do. Then I saw two min ash him to a raft and I hope the throw him overboard. poor tle devil has come through.
"As for myself, I just sworn and wam and swam-for three hours.
"And 1 shall always remember a
"He dived ten times from the de-.
men who
were stroyer, swam to exhausicd, and held them up unti inly could be got aboard. There Royal Marine Sergeant who stemed was also a young A.B. who went to cover an enormous distance swim- overboard twice to save a couple 0.1 ming from man to man and cheer- ing them with such remarks as, Keep going my lad, 'Keep yourself be oli right," afloat and you will Keep your heart and your head up."" COOLNESS MADE IT
men."
"Stoker Britton said that in com. picte darkness he and some of his mates groped their way to the top deck. There would be 50 of them in the mess deck, and he did not suppose 12 of them got out. BURNED, HE ASKED
ALL SEEM UNREAL
Leading Telegraphist Edward Col lings, of Devonport, curly-hatred, 22, told of hundreds of men thronging the starboard side of the ship hoping to correct the list.
FIRST ABOUT FRIENDS Immediately after the submarine attack, one stoker, though smother ed in ol and badly burned, thought at Brst of his comrades.
"What about the lads down be-unrent. low?" he exclaimed..
Stoker Andrew Logue, of Glasgow, said:
"I stripped off everything except shorts and singlet. I was going over still the side while the ship was moving, but some older had been in the last war told me to wait a bit and they would tell me
men who
when to jump.
"Everybody was perfectly cool and zatn had got rid of heavy clothing before diving into the sea.
"As the men waited to go aver board they calmly counted their money, throwing away the coppers notes into and tucking liver and their body belts.
BOY OF 15 LED
SINGING ON RAFT
"While I was swimming I saw a float with men on her. One of them of about 15- --he seemed a kid chouted 'Come on lads! what about
Bois and they all began.
u
sing
"The coolness and the casualness of everyone made the disaster seem
"The lieutenant of our station was giving orders as though we were going to boat drill."
a
by Collings was picked up destroyer after he had been swim- ming for half an hour.
The crowds of women-wives. of the men ot sweethearts, sisters Courageous kept vigil for news of survivors until the early hours of the morning.
During the morning they watched red-eyed while a naval funeral pro- cession filed alowly out of the gates. The dead man whose coffin was
borne on a gun-carriage and covered with a Union Jack had been a rating of a destroyer,
AFTER FEVER
CARE
During fever, the whole system
19-years-old, John Desmond including the digestive organs is.
Wells, son at a Seaton (Devon)
widow, was in bla hammock when the Courageous was hit
-
"I believe I was swimming in oil for nearly an hour until I was picked up by a small boat.
"Even when men were swimming they were singing,"
One of the bonts was sunk in t rush of water from the Courageous after going only a few yards, an Exeter boy anid, ja
About 30 men were in her, and they were forced to swim.
"Meanwhile, Illed on deck and smoked a cigarette, Then I heard anout Every man for himself!' and, alpping off my 'trousers, 1. wen. down the ship's, aldo on a rope and dived into the senURS
"I struck out for about 40 yards and, when I looked round-I saw the etern of the Couredeous Rd right up in the air, and the ship suckianiv. plunged.
"I awem like blazes, then and
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