"The crew and staff went to their
posts. The stretcher cases were low
ered first to the boats. Meanwhile, in
response to distress calls, many ves
sels came hurrying to her assistance.
Kven while wounded and helpless
Tommies lay unaided in their cots, the
cowardly prisoners made another at
tempt and managed to crowd into a
lifeboat, which, however, toppled over
directly as it was lowered. Then
I hey fought each other to reach an
other boat containing' some gravely
w ounded.
"I shall ne\ er forget the behavior
of our invsi lad:-. They tried to stand
at attention, crippled as they were,
while the graver cases were hoing
looked after. The crew and staff re
mained at their posts until the hist
man was taken off. Some doffed their
garments and threw them to those in
the lifeboats, wanting warm clothing,
and ir> the midst of the distress and
tragedy our men were able to strike
up sonie ;??.oul.tr ditties."
The !.anfrav?c was a vessel of H.2S7
sross ton:'. She was IIS feet in length
rtn-.l was built *n l!U>7. Her owners be
fore the war were the Booth Steam
ship Company. of Liverpool.
The Donegal registered 1.P07 Ions
gross. She was built at Greenock in
ITKM, and was :SP>I feet long. The Mid
land Railway Company, of Belfast,
owned the steamer before she was
taken over by the British Admiralty.
CAI.AI.S !H)MIIAI?l>i:i) IIV
(?Kit >1A \ OKSTIKn I Wth
I R> Associated Pre**. I
CALAIS, KB. A NOB. Saturday, April
21 (via Paris. April 22).?German tor
pedo-boat destroyers to-day fired 100
shells in the region i>f Calais. Some
civilians were killed. Twelve persons
were slightly wounded.
