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EMPRESS OF BRITAIN

SINKING

DESCRIBED

Vivid descriptions of the last scenes on board the 42,318-ton Empress of Britain, flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleet, which blew up and sank about 150 miles off Ireland after being bombed and machine-gunned by enemy aircraft, are contained in London newspapers just received in the Colony.“

The ship blew up while she was being towed in an attempt at salvage, and of the 643 people on board; 598 were landed in a western port by British' warships.

The commander of the ship, Capt. Charles Howard Saps- und an R.A.F. Micer, did a good bit worth, stood on the bridge till it was burning away beneath him, of work between them. McKinnon encouraging his gunners as they battled with a German warplaned about a dozen people in the till all were killed or wounded and the guns out of action. Capt. them could get the engine to start.

motor-boat with him,, but none of Sapsworth, who brought the King and Queen back in the Empress "They managed, however, to row of Britain from their Canadian tour, was among the survivors. the boat to a lifeboat lying nearby

Many of the passengers and

on the chance that someone there Meanwhile, far beneath in the crew were rescued after having bowels of the liner, other men kept the R.A.F. officer, and he got the could help. There they came across been alloat in lifeboats for more the engines going, though they hand

engine going. than six hours. About 400

to use gas-nasks and hand-torches in the smoke and fumes through others were taken off the fore-which the powerful ship's lights castle and stern of the liner by could not penetrate. naval units. Some were killed

Lifeboats On Fire outright by bombs which struck)

When the ship was hit some of the the ship and many others were ilfeboats were ket alight by the fire seriously injured.

bombs and burned fiercely as they swang at the davits.

Attack Described

was then ↑

Flying Boat's Signal "After that it Was Easy, The motor-boat towed the empty life- bents up to the ship where the flames. had been spreading rapidly all this time, and it was not long after till we were all away. I was one of the last men to leave the ship. IL Calm obedience of the officers pre- the middle of the afternoon, between The attack began when enemy vented panie. Women and children five and six hours after the attack. bombers dived out of the morning were ordered below until the attack "All these hours the flames had sky and raked the gun crew with was over, and were shepherded to been spreading forward, and when machine-gun fire. Having put the use boat stations and the forecastle we got away the ship was burning finer's gun out of action, the pilots by ofleers and ratings.

within 10 feet of the bows, so we circled to the attack, swept over the There was little danger of the ship had not much space left. In a few bombs, one of which might explosive sinking tunediately, and passengers minutes we would have had to take

made a direct had plenty of time to get to the life-

to the rafts.

"Just before we got into the boats Incendiary bombs were dropped bouts quietly and in order. Other

passengers and crew, numbering; {a

flying boat came along and sig- during a further onslaught, and the bout 300, made their way to the fore natted that rescue ships were on the was ablaze amidships while eastle, tram which they were takenway. The rescue ships came up assenkern and crew took to the left about mix hours after the attack. about three-quarters of an hour after, boats or congregated in unaffected Nearly 100 who crowded in the stern and we got into the boats. The Navy

were taken off within an hour.

men were grand." Lights the fore-part went out,

Another member of the crew sald GRAND NEW YEAR and embers of the crew conducted that a number of people were killed passengera to the forecastle with and injured by the explosion of the ATTRACTION torches. Meanwhile the captain bombs and the aircraft's machine- manoeuvred his ship so that the guns.. thickly-peopled part was kept clearį. of smoke and flome,

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parts of the liner:

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Japanese Minister To Australia

Saionji's Grandson May Be Appointed

of Prince

Saionji, the last of the Japanese Elder Statesmen, who

Prince Koichi Saionji, 38-years-old grandson

died recently, is being mentioned as Japan's first Minister to Aus- tralla, writes Robert Hughes, Sydney "Daily Telegraph" corres pondent in Tokyo,

Earlier It appeared likely that Yackichiro Suma, Japanese Foreign Office Spokesman, would be appointed, but apparently he has been passed over.

Prince Koichi has travelled

Rapid Taking Off The wind was fresh, but for- tunately the sea was calm, and the fought back very bravely. I heard task of taking off passengers Was Capt. Sapsworth commending him carried out with the least possible highly. The skipper himself was very cool. He stayed on the bridge until The youngest passenger was it was burning under his feet, and months-old Neville Hari. He was he was on the fore part fill the very saved by being lashed in a blanket to the back of a sailor, who slid down

"We managed to collect some of Goft rope into a lifebont with the injured and carry them aft, where

setiling a Japanese colony in the Neville stung behind him like ai and some other men stayed, along

Northern Territory. with the ship's doctor, helping to extensively, but has had no pre-Prince Saionji stood above politics. "Neville was as contented as if he attend to them until we were taken vious diplomatic experience.

As an Elder Statesmen, the old had been wrapped in his mother's off."

He was always summoned by the shawl. He was big-eyed with won-

His selection would be an in- Emperor when there was to be a der at the novelty of his descent, but showed no signs of excitement.

practice. novation in Japanese diplomatic change of Government or when some |other" question of high national im-

portance had to be decided.

The younger members of the

active part in politics.

Forecastle Scenes

Into them.

Women Very Brave

One of the stewards suld: "The women were very brave. You could not have found a more herols crowd.

herself

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A member of the crew, J. P. Dono-One of them, Mrs Trotter,

An Oxford graduate, Prince van, of Southampton, gave a vivid

found Saionji is joint secretary of the Salonji family have never taken un on 0 rafi. Not far away description of the scene on the fore there was a lifeboat, but as it had Oxford Society in Tokyo. castic.

Some years ago he founded "When the bombs began to dron," only four men on board it could not he said, "about 40 or 60 of us lay reach the raft, so Mrs Trotter and liberal magazine, which had a great However, In the early down on the deck. Then the lights steward left the raft pad swam to following. the boat."

stages of the China war, Prince A total of $1,520,159.00 was reach- went out in the forward part and we

Salonj! was requested to water downed on Saturday by the War Fund made our way towards the forecastle Engines Kept Running his policy. Because he felt that the naugurated by the S. C. M. Post by torchlight. The steach lell by the

An engine-room officer said: "We magazine had lost its individuality Ltd., with the following donations: bombs was terrible.

kept the engines running for about he closed it down.

"Perfeita at - Christmas Party $10.00 about 300 people were three-quarters of an hour after the "Finally

Collected in Cocktali Bar, Peninsula Prince Saionji speaks English and

Rotel gathered in the forecastle, including attack. The smoke and fumes were French fluently, a number of women and children, so bad down below that we had to garded as the Japanese Prince of

He Is widely re- Capt & Mrs M. Costello second donation) About half an hour after the attack wear our gas masks as we went about Wales. No one would credit him with Signal-Pool Bull

Signals, Loel-ball-Quint Stall ... some of the boats lowered from the our jobs. The lights stayed starboard side came up forward and the engine room, but the smoke his age of 38. He is about 5 ft. Din, air J. C. Saunders fin memory of we got all the women and children so thick that we needed high, of solid build, and a keen golfer.

Old Feudal Family torches to see what we were doing." "When these boats, were full we Several members of the ship's gun

The D1-year-old Prince Saton, still had about 140 on the forecastle.erews were killed and wounded as who was Japan's famous veteran In case there should not be enough they strove to beat off the raider. Liberal statesman, lived ofter his re- bonts for us we began to make rafts. The crew of one Lewis gun were shot trement until his death on the hills

"We gathered together all

down by the raider's guns as they under Mount Fuji. wood we could find-cablu doors fired on it. between decks and awning spars→→

Members of the crew paid tribute great feudal families from large rafts. and made tree

We to the courage of the engine-room Japanese Emperors may take a wife. Prince Koichi is a son of Salonji pushed these to the rails ready

the staff who remained at their posts to them into the water when

stop the engines and shut off all Hachiro, who was an adopted son of time came. We had led tincs

the old Prince Saionji. to apparatus which might have led to them so that they would not float

un explosion. Some of the crew who

It is an old-standing practice of the away front the ship.

were caught in the after part of the House of Salonil to adopt a sun, even "There were some very plucky ship opened portholes and dived or family.

when there are already sons of the things done when the boats were jumped out into the waler and on to "The adopted son becomes in all being inunched. I *Aw one man the rafts,

respects one of the family, and In-Proceeds of Fele at Victoria Dar harits equally with the real sons. Satonji Hachiro was the adopted brother of Prince Mori Saionji, son of the Elder Statesman. Prince Nor! held for many years the important

"Owing to the fire- mrending a

To secure dollars to purchase vitalfeudal lordship of Nagatu.

Emperor's Men number of the boals had to be got ar materials, Britain has sold the

United States certain important sub- The Salonji stood firmly by the away with only four men in them, sidiary business interests in Aus- Emperor Mell when the "Agent the idea being to get them safely iraila, it was learned at Canbarra Enlightenment" was inaugurated. In ndoat and then get the people into| them.

to

named Street who was in the water climb up a rope to the deck and help one of the soilor to lower a boat. This bant was the means of many lives being saved,"

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