The Arandora star was carrying about 2.000 persons, and survivors had terrible stories to tell of scenes fon board before the vessel sank, The ship was struck in broad daylight, about 6 o'clock in the morning, according to two soldiers, who said: "The internees, particularly the Htalians, made a wild scramble for the lifeboats, pushing everyone aside in their eagerness. Apparently only tone torpedo was fired, but it must have ripped the ship open, as she began to settle very' rapidly.
"Everyone was provided with life~ belts, and the lifeboats were rapidly lowered, and rafts were released.
After two hours in the water swimming and resting on our planks, we saw a plane and knew that assistance would sion be on its way.
"Fortunately the sea was not rough, but all around us we could see the water strewn with wreckage and bodies."
An official of Messns. Frederick Leyland & Ca. Lid., two owners of the liner, stated last night that the {otal losses could not yet be estimated. He hoped that more survivors might yet be landed, in addition to those who have already arrived at a Scot-fish port.
"The skipper of the Arandora Star, Captain OW. Moulton, has had charge of the vessel since 1927. In pre-war days, when the liner was cruising, he took her practically all over the world—Reuter.
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