THE LOST KING EDWARD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2668, 13 January 1916, Page 5

THE LOST KING EDWARD

ATTEMPTS TO TOW THE MINED j BATTLESHIP j London, January 9. ; A survivor from the battleship King ; Edward VII states that the disaster oc- ] curred on Thursday at 11 o'clock in: the morning. The weather was moder- ! ate, and the wind high.. All the water- i tiglit doors were closed. The stock extinguished all the lights, and it was j some time before other lights were got j going. Nevertheless, every boat was ! out within "half an hour. Meanwhile : a collier cam© up and. began to tow the '■ ' • battleship. • . j An liour later four destroyers:. re- •, to wireless appeals, and .took I a, tow, but heavy seas sprang up, ren- ; dering towing difficult and- dangerous. First one hawser and then another <■] parted, until they were all gone. . The captain, at 3 o'clock, seeing that there :■ was no hope of saving the. ship, or- ; dered every man to save himself. , At ; the same time he ordered the destroy- . era to stand alongside. The stokers - remained at their posts until the last, i keeping the dynamos going. All were i oif safely by 6 o'clock, and the captain. ; left the bridgo at 7.30 p.m.. Ten min- ! utes later! the battleship disappeared. ! Thorn was an; ontire. absence, of panic, ; and the offiers set a splendid example. i