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November 23, 1939.

SINKING OF THE Shanghai Sequel To Death LATE NEWS

COURAGEOUS

GRAPHIC ACCOUNTS BY SURVIVORS

Of British Soldier

Shanghai, Nov. 22.

Private J. F. Eckförd of the Sea- forth Highlanders appeared before Mr. C. H. Hutnes in the British Police Court to-day when, the pre-

U-BOAT BLOWN TOliminary hearing of a charge of

PIECES

murder of Lance Cpl. James Davis opened,

Tho case was adjourned un 31 MORE MEN SAVED Tuesday,United Press.

Many of the survivors of the air- Reuter adds that only evidence of craft-carrier Courageous, sunk by a identification was given. Davis was German submarine, brought to their found shot dead on the back of the homes in Britain recently atorics head while on duty in a blockhouse of the heroism shown by men of the on the defence perimeter on Novem Royal Navy as their ship sank.

They gave accounts of;

ber 4.

A boy seaman who waited on deck

and smoked a cigarette until the water seemed much longer. I must cry went up, "Every man for him- pay tribute to the bandling of the self."

destroyer that saved us. She was

A petty officer who dived 10 mes so navigated that the swell created from a destroyer into the nen toby her progress helped us to swim rescue exhausted men.

towards her,

A badly-burned stolter, whose first words were, "What about the lads down below?"; and The captain, who issued orders unt

the last minute, standing at the salute on his bridge as the ship took her final plunge.

ADMIRALTY

STATEMENTS

"As I got fairly near her a fellow: swam alongside me and sald 'Help when a man off the destroyer caught me. I gripped him by the hair and me to pull me aboard I was sti hanging on. That chap's long ab renco from the barber's saved his

omelat announcements by the life.

Admiralty last month showed that "Another Impression which will there are 712 known survivors, but live in my memory is that of a Royal 648 men still unaccounted for. An Marino sergeant who seemed to Admirully statement issued was as cover an enormous distance swimm- follows:

ind from man to man and making

"The following are approximate such remarks as 'Keep going, my ind, Agures of the complement of H.M.S. and you will be all right. Keep your Courageous and of the survivors of heart and your head up. There the disaster, according to the in- were heroes in plenty, no doubt, but was the greatest I formation in the possession of the that sergeant Admiralty up to 1 p.m. Sept. 19:2

"Complement Officers. 00; ration

1,170; talal, 1,200.

"Survivors, lints already published.

Officers, 45; ratings, 301; tetol, 120.

"Amelinate number of addlilonal

survivors, lists to be published ap Soon as names are available.--- Onleers, 3; ratings, 230; total, 235, "Approximate total of known sur

vivors. Ofleers, 70: ratings, 811;| total. G81."

saw."

WATCH AS MEMENTO

STOPPED WHEN SAILOR

DIVED INTO SEA

Stoker William Brilton, of Busby, ar Ginsgow, a pensioner with 23 youru' nuval service, showed his friends a watch, its fingers rusted by Immerston la the sea, which ad

The Admiralty announced that 31stopped at 6.0 p.m., when he plunged

Into the sen. more survivors had been accounted for, Of these, 23 are in the Royal Marines and the rest in the Royal Fleet Reserve.

He warmly praised a petty officer in one of the rosque destroyers who dives 10 times from his ship, swam to men who were exhausted; and

A German official statement broad held them up until they could be got cast said: "The mnouncement uboard. A young AB, went over- ment of the British Admiralty re-board twice to save a couple of men. garding the sinking of the aircraft-

After the Courageous was hit the

Doubt is east 00 the authenticity. gineer

at the

Carrier Courageous has been con-officers carried on, Issuing their firmed by the tineking U-boat."

orders crisply and quietly. One en-

though the officer,

lower Admiralty British

decks, were awash, plunged down a Adiniralty's statement that "the sult-hatchway in an attempt to trim the marine was immediately heavily at-listing ship. tacked by destroyers and is believed "I was playing rummy with some

to have been sunk.

mates." he said. "when there was

This is confirmed by accounts given by several survivors who saw explosion. The next I knew I

wis shoulder deep in water. A submarine sink as they waited to be, rescued.

One theory In naval circles Is that two submarines were involved in the attuck on the Courageonn.

One of the youngest survivors is Bugler R. D. Emerion, of the Royal Marines, aged 15, and only 5ft. in height. When the ship was struck he went on the flight devit, took off his bugle and tied to the ship's, rall. Then he undressed, clambered down the starboard side and struck out for a roit,

was 1. There

"ROLL UP THE BARREL"

"When I got on deck I was about all in. heard the Commander say,; 'Cut all the floats adrift. I unlaced my boots and slipped into the water. saw a bont full of men and struck out for her, but she foundered before could reach her, and I was mially ticked up by a destroyer which took on board about 380 survivors."

Petty Officer P B. Worralle, of Walsall, sold. "After the explosion

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Japanese naval nuthorities Pratas Island, midway between ilong- kong and Munila, gave valuable as sistance in tacing the course of the freak typhoon, local meteorogical ometals reported,

Three reports were finshed by radio

to Hongkong, and the Japanese were

till co-operating this afternoon.

The Japanese co-operation, which won not forthcoming fast year and during this year's typhoon seson, en- the course of the freak. abled accurate and quick plotting of

"Our destroyers were dropping everybody quickly calmed down and depth charges," he said, "und within carried out the orders of the captain, war told me to wait and they would La few minutes we saw the submarine who remated perfectly cool, telling tell me when to jump.

blowa

no doubt us to take things quietly, is therEverybody was cool and-or the about J. The conning tower broke was plenty of time. When the ship en waited to go overboard they one way and the stern was blown began to settle, he gave the order to cally counted their money, throw

ing away the coppers and tucking another and oil shot up from the take to the water.""

John Desmond Wells, aged 18, afsilver núd notes into thele Docty water. We all cheered,

"As we puddled away the men boy seoman, of Seaton, Devon, said belts.

"I saw a float with men on her, sang Heigh ho, It's off to work we he was reading in his hammock wait-

. We had not got for when the ing to go on duty when an explosion One, a boy of about 15, shouted, Courageous went down with 200 men stunned him.

Come on, lads, what about a song?' Coming to his senses, he jumped and they all began to sing lustily." un board."

Last night the bugler's health was from his hammock and nearly fell 50 A 17-year-old Exeter survivor toasted in the mess of the Royal feet into a well. The ship was list-said: "I helped to lower a bont which Marines barracks at a British port, ing badly and it was difficult to and got stuck, and a couple of us climbed U-BOAT LIFTED OUT OF WATER one's way about in the darkness. down over the side of the ship to

"After groping about I managed to push her off. One of the most dramatic accounts)

"About 30 men were in her, but was given by Naval Writer Tom Ket to the upper deck," he

"Many men were running about but there was a rush of water into her Hughes, 18, of St. Anne's.

When the first explosion occurred, there was no panic,

stern as she reached the sea, She "I old down a blister fn form of sank and the men be sold, he was in the canteen. He

were forced 10 made a rush for the deck, and as he protection on the ships side] to with-swim. was going up the compantan-way in six feet of the water and stayed "Meanwhile, I waited on deck and

the same.

added.

there was another explosion and a there for 10 minutes. Other men did sheet of flame.. He found men were| throwing overboard pleees of wood, cars and anything that would float. As an officer gave the order, "Swim for it," he clambered down

snaked a cigarette. Then I heard a about, 'Every man for himself, and I went down to ship's side on a rope. BALING WITH CAPS

"It was apparent that the ship was king, her bows being already near- under water. I jumped clear and "I reached a float with a number swam in the direction of a destroyer of men on it and they helped me which was standing about a mile off aboard. Everybody was cheerful.

a rope and dropped into the set. There were also two other destroyers Somebody said, Let's have a song, which was so thick with of that and two merchant vessels. we might have been swimming in

"I believe I was in the water an Home' and 'Show Me the Way to Go ¦ boys," and we struck up Rolling treacle." He reached a raft, nod was eventually taken aboard a destroyer. hour. I swam through oil and was Home.""

When we realised we had been covered with it from head to foot After about 45 minutes a des- torpedoed," said Naval Wilter when I was picked up by a small troyer came alongside, and she was Hughes, "our men were so infuriated boat."

handled $0 beautifully that Wells said that bi no time was hardly disturbed Die Boat." that they threw overboard depth churges in an effort to sink the U-there any panie, and when the men

W. Furze, an A.B., said: "The first were in the water they sang "Roll 'nah struck Courageous I bellove "I was swimming when I heard a up the barrel."

between the foretop and the petty meers mess. We got out as many as possible, and another man and Inned a cutter.

beat.

dull roar. Suddenly the submarine WAITING MEN COUNT lifted clean out of the water and fell back like a stone. There is no doubt) she was sunk.

CAPTAIN AT THE SALUTE

THEIR MONEY

COPPERS THROWN AWAY

and dropped depth

boats

she.

"Just as the cutter was going down she got a bit of a knock, but we |managed to get away with about 40

"Hundreds of us who were strig- Andrew Logue, a young seaman hands. We got about 40 yards away. gling in the water for our lives raised from Dumbarton, said a destroyer and baled with cops, but the cutter a cheer. While we were swimming raced over the spot where the sub-sank. someone shouted, 'Are we down-marino Iny

was taken in a destroyer and hearted?, and there was a resund charges.

then I saw the Courageous heel over ing "No!" in reply. Then we started "I was going over the side of the and go under. People were clinging to sing."

Courageous while the ship was still to her and I saw several go down Hughes said one of his most vivid moving," he continued, "but some with her. The last I saw of the recollections was that as he was in older men who had been in the last skippor, he was saluting the Ensign." the water he caught a glimpse of the commander of the Courageous, Capt. Makelg-Jones, standing at the salute on the bridge as the vessel took her final plunge.

A Kunnery officer stated "Owing to the list that the Courageous took, @ number of men were unsuccessful in their efforts to jump clear of the side of the ship and into the water.) I am sure a number, were killed. 241 anw a "frightened little 16-your-

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