The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . of war were broughthome to Deal and Walmer. A loud explosion was heardfrom the gunboat as she lay off Deal pier and great vol-umes of smoke enveloped her. When the smoke cleared,the Niger was observed to be settling down forward. Men,women, and children rushed to the sea front, exclaimingthat she had been torpedoed, or mined, and soon realizedthat she was doomed. The Deal and Kingsdown lifeboats,as well as boats from other ports, were launched in aneffo
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . of war were broughthome to Deal and Walmer. A loud explosion was heardfrom the gunboat as she lay off Deal pier and great vol-umes of smoke enveloped her. When the smoke cleared,the Niger was observed to be settling down forward. Men,women, and children rushed to the sea front, exclaimingthat she had been torpedoed, or mined, and soon realizedthat she was doomed. The Deal and Kingsdown lifeboats,as well as boats from other ports, were launched in aneffort to save the sailors. Consternation and almost panic 218 SUBMARINES AND WAR-ZONE DECREES prevailed among hundreds who stood watching from thebeach. In the midst of other British forebodings, came the newslate in November that the battleship Bulwark—a predread-nought—while lying near Sheerness, had beeu mysteriouslyblown up and sunk within five minutes, 700 livesbeing lost. The cause was probably internal, but a subma-rine was suspected. As there were few, if any, survivors,and the whole affair took place quickly, it long remained. OFFICERS AND CEEW OF THE GERMAN SUBMARIXE r-9 a matter of conjecture as to what had caused the loss of auseful warship of 15,000 tons and more than 700 some days the Bulwark had lain at Sheerness. It wasa few minutes before 8 oclock when a roaring, rumblingsound was heard by almost everybody on the neighboringIsle of Sheppey, and by many residents on the first assumption was that a Zeppelin raid had becomean accomplished fact—that the first bombs had been dropton English soil. But the silence which followed, with the 219 IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA cloud of dense smoke which hung over the river, preparedpeople for something worse. Very few on land witnessedthe blowing up of the ship but all heard the report. Many-looking toward the river saw the Bidwark suddenly envel-oped in flames. In December came word of the
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