DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

230 SUBMARINE WARFARE.
None of the crew were seriously injured; two-men suffered
cuts and bruises and several had narrow escapes.
The hold immediately filled with water and the ship
settled by the head. The captain stopped the engines;
the fires were turned out, and the crew took to the boats.
Before leaving the ship the captain sent a wireless call
for assistance and received a message from the British
Admiralty stating that assistance was being sent. After
lying off for about an hour the captain' and crew returned
to the ship and headed her for Liverpool. At
1.30 a. m. on the 26th two British vessels came up, and
one of these convoyed the ship to the mouth of the Mersey.
The return trip was made at a, speed of from six to eight
knots, and was without incident. While in clear water
it was possible to see, by looking down from the top of
No. 1 hatch, the large hole in the starboard side of the
ship; no holes were seen on port side.
From the accounts of the witnesses, and an examination
of the ship, I am firmly convinced that the ship was
torpedoed, and it seems probable, from the apparent
results, that the torpedo punctured the skin of the ship
before it exploded, as the effect on the interior structure
of the ship was very great, and as a comparatively small
amount of water was thrown on deck. A further examination,
made when the ship is in dry dock, may result
in more evidence, though I do not consider that more
evidence is necessary to establish the fact beyond doubt.
[Inclosure 2.]
J. H. TOWERS.
Deposition of John S. Greene, Captain of the Steamship
" Nebraslcan."
KINGDOM OP GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
County of Lancaster, City of Liverpool, ss:
I, John S. Greene of San Francisco, aged 48 years,
captain of the steamship Nebraslcan, of 2,824 tons net, of
New York, owned by the American Hawaiian Steamship
Company of New York City, N. Y., now at the time of
making this affidavit under Charter to the White Star
Line, said Charter having been made in New York May
1st, 1915, do depose and say:
I left in my vessel, the Nebraslcan, from Liverpool for
Delaware Breakwater, at 5.7 p. m., May 24, 1915, in
water ballast.
The name of my vessel, "Nebraslcan of New York,"
appeared in letters six feet in height amidships on both
sides of the vessel; the name of the vessel and home port
is clear and distinct.
We passed the Fastnet Eock at 4.33 p. m. on May 25th.
At 8.24 p. m. in Lat. 51.14 N., Long. 10.52 W., the ship
met with a violent shock, followed instantly by a terrific
explosion, bursting No. 1 hatches and deck, abreast of No.
1, throwing hatch beams and cargo derricks 30 feet in the
air, and filling No. 1 lower hold completely with water.
The engines in the ship were stopped and boats lowered