On the sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 2, 3 May 1915, Page 6

On the sea

■~r— " I ‘-ft ■ t* * i ; , . ,‘ 4 LAST OF THE LEON CAMBETTA. \ " United Pees* Asaoounow. Rome, May 1. An officer of the Leon Gamhetta says the third crew were sleeping on the decks, and the rest, except the officers, were in cabins, which were barred outside. Suddenly the ship was plunged int darkness. Admiral Senes ran out of his cabin in his night-shirt. There was a scene of indescriable anguish. , The crew barred below, were desperately, shouting to ,be released.- Their comrades were fumbling in the darkness, not knowing where to turn first. Soon the shouts became feeble murmurs. Then as the ship filled there came the .silence of death. Explorers of the hull will find masses of corpses tightly linked in desperate attitudes, which tell of supreme death struggles. Seven officers seized Adnjiral Series forcibly and lowered him into a launch. It capsized awere--,drowned. As the last boat was . making for the shore, long after the Leon Gamhetta had sunk, it passed a cadet, the last living -objfect. It was impossible to take him aboard the crowded boat. The cadetgasped; “Never mind, lads. Carry a kiss to mother.”