XF.WPORT. It. I.. May
Falconer and thirty-live membersi or
Hie crew of the British oil tank motor
ship Sebastian, which went ,t?t,h?
torn southwest of N:uitu.kct Moas
lightship early yesterday, told
arrival hero to-day how the t."ie?l
States gunboat-Sacramento used the
sinking vessel as a target as she
started to sink. . j
For eight hour* the Sacramento l ad I
Itov.i towing the Sebastian, while the
latter's crew, aided-by jack let*, fought
a lire In the engine-room. At !
the gunboat's command' r saw that me j
ship could not stand up much longer,,
and ordered her crew to take to the
h?tn an effort lo get away In quick,
time. Thomas Jones, a British ns?yal |
gunner, jumped lo a small boat, whic 1 ,
was swamped, and was lost. . ,i ?
aboard the gunboat, the Britisher s i
crew watched the Sebastian settle
slowly. Then a big gun on the Sacra- ;
mento boomed, and as a second shot
sounded. the ship disappeared from
view. , r? i !
The fire, according to Captain fal
coner. was caused by an overflow of,
fuel oil In the exhaust pipe In the
engine-room. j
ORATORICAL CONTEST
AT LYNCHBURG TO-NIGHT
ISIkM of Kiwl-liradr M?le I nlvfrnl
tlm and rotlccen Will He
Represented.
|Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
IANCHBl'RG. VA? May 11 ?-fc-ight
of the lirst-grade male universities am
colleges of Virginia will be represen ed
in the annual oratorical contest which)
I* to be held Saturday night at 'tan- (
dolph-Macon Woman h t ollege _ l?r..
William A. Webb, president ot th?.
