Picture shows Anthony Peach, second from the right, who is @ prisoner it German with a group of his room-mates, heavily Jaden boats as she sank Dr. Galbraith came out to Chin 1925, and has since done wone in 4 number of places in China, ineluding the Lester Chinese Hospital and the Margaret Williamson Hospital. In Shanghai, During the severe fighting in Shanghai in the autumn of 1037, afler evacuating from the Margaret Williamson, Hospital, Dr, Galbraith worked asia surgeon in the Lester Chinese Hospital, Tu her letter Dr. Galbraith wrote:
"That night T had slept in move clothes than usual (T never completely undressed, but the cabin' was terribly hot." T put my other things in order ax usual and the little hondbay with first ald things ready, I really did not believe we should hit, or T woud have.made a few more preparations, but before xoing sleep'T did plan one of two more things for the next doy.
"Women First"
"two wifnutes to six, that is two er more hours. before "daylight. we were awakened by a blow on the Bhip followed by & shiver. Out of bed' and" dressing like lightning! The bells began to ving, then came the multiple shott blasts meaning to take to the life boats. T got gaiters, shoes, coat and skirt, Chinese gown, cent and a life-ait-waistcoat, hat, scart and gloves, my little bag and lgebelt and pile of blankets, T help: ed my companion into her clothes und hurried on to the deck, Tt was not pitch dark for there had been moon earlier in the night. T shall never forget the peace and quietness: not a sound except the orders women first'; is your boat ready?" "Let her Ho," ote. "Our boat was the second en the port side, and we had an exciting time getting off. for we couldn't get free, and bumped against the ship, and nearly got under. the third as it was lowered, but we were off with a smashed rudder, and had to Keep away as we were not 50 manageable as some of the others, Two stayed in the vicinity to pick up uny who might get into the water, and they saw the U-boat come up about fifty yards from them, and the second shot was fired which blew on beloved boat (0 pieces. The captain, tine to the old tradition. would not leave, he blew the three blasts as she went down. There is a. great thrill in ancient chivalry, but common youse says iL ly waste, There was oom in the boat, people said at the time, but one cannot judge another, Me saved us because he thought of us and acled so promptly, and one would have liked to feel that he was saved also. The mon who literally Kaye his life for our safely was the engineer who Tet down the last life: belt and should have slid down the ropes or jumped and he missed snd was carried away in the darkness, A honeymoon couple came up and then went back to fetch some things, und another person went back 10 the bar for some money and they were Thotigh I do think reyrettully of possessions. for I had collected I the things saved from Shanghai, ud of course have lost everything 1 am too grateful for iny life and health to repine.
Well we bumped about in the life Voat. trying to bail for we were shipping so much water (most of us were silt so. that they Weak over us so badly. In all my clothes Twas frozen. What the peo ple without stockings, and some who were only in bedroom slippers which they lost. and most of the men only with sults over pyjamas, felt T can not think, "Caleulations reckoned that should be rescued by a destroyer in about 32 hours, which meant dare again, and T think we all felt zero. Everyone was being seasick, and they handed out some dry' biscuits end suggested we tried then, Our cicer, who had never been seasick before, made the observation off his own bat that he was not sick until he began {0 smoke, and every time acclaimed by the world' press, refused to leave the vessel and blew three farewell blasts on the ship's siren to the people in the beneath the waves. smokes were handed round T began gain, though we none of us luckily hed anything to be sick on. seeing that one could not move!' One of the six tfeboats was a. motor boat and had a wireless, which T gather sent out messages pretty frequently.
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