The prisoners who were confined directly below this gun said that the shock and concussion down below was dreadful during the firing, and that when the shell exploded they thought the _Wolf_ had been hit. At this time they did not know but that the _Wolf_ had met a cruiser and many thought they were about to be drowned, especially when suddenly all firing ceased; they thought that the _Wolf_ had been vitally hit and that the Germans had scuttled her and were abandoning her. Many of these men will remember this experience for the balance of their lives. By this time the Japanese captain had decided that he did not have a chance, and stopped his vessel, while the _Wolf_ sent the prize crew on board. In the meantime the passengers and crew had managed to get clear in the life-boats, which were picked up. The people were taken on board the _Wolf_. There were some 70 odd passengers, 1st and 2nd class, among them 6 women and one little black girl. They were a sorry looking sight as they climbed on board the _Wolf_; many of them were only half dressed, being just awakened from their afternoon nap by the cannonading. Over a hundred of the Japanese crew came along with the passengers. The _Wolf_ could not accommodate such a large addition of prisoners without making new quarters for them, so they had to live and sleep on deck for the first three days, when they were transferred back to the _Hitachi_. The _Hitachi_ had altogether 16 killed or mortally wounded. The _Wolf_ incidentally lost its fresh meat for supper, because one shell had wrecked the refrigerator plant and spoiled all the fowl and fresh meat. One of the passengers on the _Hitachi Maru_, an American chap hailing from Chicago, told me his experience. When the _Wolf_ was first sighted he was in bed reading; someone told him that they were going to pass a steamer, and he got up and dressed and went on deck to watch her. There was speculation regarding her nationality among those watching although none of them imagined her anything but what she seemed--an ordinary tramp. When she dropped her ports and fired across their bow, everybody for a moment was dumbfounded. He ran into the cabin giving the alarm to those sleeping and secured some valuable papers he had in his cabin. The Jap crew were in a panic after seeing their gun crew killed, and many of them rushed the boats. The first boat to be lowered was filled with members of the Japanese crew, only one second class passenger being among them. On landing in the water this boat was capsized; but the occupants were shortly picked up by a boat, also manned by Japs.