Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-08
.COMMUNIPAW,
u. s. OIL SH|P,
SAFE, REPORT
The PetrOIite May Have
Been Victim of the
Submarine.
ATTACKED NEAR TROBUK;
NOTHING HEARD FROM HER
Tanker Reported Sunk Reached
Alexandra Monday, Own
ers Are Informed.
i"ALL ON BOARD LOST"
THE SEARcHERS REPORT
Standard Oil Officials Anxious-
ly Await Word TO Clear Up
Conflicting Messages.
ATTACKED NEAR TROBUK;
NOTHING HEARD FROM HER
"ALL ON BOARD LOST"
THE sEARcHERs REPORT
BY the Associated Press.

- AAAN fAn1bEAAAtu IEEAns
LONDON, Dec. s f12:47 p. MA
telegram from Alexandria, Egypt re-
ceived today by LIoyds says thar tho
American ship Communipaw reported
sunk off the coast of Tripoii by
submarine arrived at Alexandria On
Monday,
i is inferred that possibly some
confusion has arisen in regard to the
identity Of the vessel torpedoetd-
Dispatches from Genoa, where tha
Communipaw put In recently, said she
carried crew of thirty-nine men and
/ five American officers. She was COM
manded by Captain George Nora.
strom.
Earlier dispatches indicated that The
vessel torpedoed was sunk with All
on board lost.
II the report Of the torpedoing Of
the Communipaw is suhstantiated.
she must have discharged her cargo
of oil and have been on the way ID
another port when attacked.
1t is recalled that the plant af
which the Communipaw is said to
have been sunk corresponds CLOSELY
to the position of the American tank
ship Petrolite, when 1t was attacked
by a submarine on Sunday.
The announcement from Rome
the torpedoing OF the Communist
said she had been sunk rear T
Tripeli, The position OF the
was given as or the soutfeat
Of the Isle of Crete. The Isl
directly north Of Tripoli al
miles from the African coast
NEW YORK, Dec. ga dispafci1
from Alexandria, Egypt, appafeHtiF
conflrmatory of the report received
by London Lloyis that the oil tanker
Communipaw was safe, was received
today by the Standard Oil officers
here. This message stated thar the
Communipaw reached Alexandria on
Sunday last and would sail for New
York on Tuesday (yesterday.)
The dispatch came from Captain
Nordstrom. of the communipaw, and
was given out by David +. Warden
manager of the foreign shipping der
partment Of the Standard Oil Eon1-
panv of New Jersey.
I'VE are anxiously awaiting WeFo
from our vessel the Petrolitess said
Mr.. Warden, '-but have received no
news except Will We dzAN ~ A-4|
papers"
Whether a mistake has heen made
in reporting tlle communipaw ior-
pedoed or whether she was torpedoe4
after leaving Alexandria on her
home voyage, Standard OH ofiieiais
can only conjecture.
The Communipaw could make only
nine knots an hour, Mr.. Warden Snl9s
and assuming she left Alexandria o.,
Tuesday. or even on Monday she
could not have gone $50 miles 70 ?
point near Tobruk, Tripoli. on where
the original cable dispatch from
Rome said the ship had been struck
This dispatch was filed at Rome, 7:43
p. M. Tuesday. the day the Standard
on had been advised the Communi-
paw left Alexandria.
81 feel sure the Communipay IS
safe" said Mr. Warden. But we are
still puzzled as to what. # anythlIlE,
has happened to the Petroliie. We
do not expect any word from her
until she reaches Algiers.