Two were taken from the lower hold, one at each end of the vessel, and two more were found close to the carefully protected section of the vessel in which a rather insignificant but deadly shipment of high explosives was stored.
The discovery of the four bombs and their immediate consignment to the sea saved the ship from being blown to bits.

With another hour to spare, it is more than probable the remaining four would have been found, notwithstanding the amazing cleverness with which they were hidden, so thorough and so dogged was the search.

Confusion, terror, stupefaction and finally panic followed the successive blasts.

The decks were strewn with people prostrated by the violent upheavals, and many there were who never got up again.

Stunned, dazed, bewildered, those who were able to do so scrambled to their feet only to be hurled down again and again.
Shrieks, groans, prayers,--and curses,--filled the brief, ghastly silences between the muffled detonations.