The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
AMERICAN SHIP
 T0RPEOOEO, 20
 LIVES ARE LOST
Submarine In North Sea Gave No Warning to Standard
 Oil Tanker.

Washington, March 23-American Consul Mahin at Amsterdam cabled the State Department last night that sunk by a submarine off Terschelling, Holland. He reported that the ship was torpedoed without warning and ] that twenty of the crew were drown ed. The ConsuIs dispatch follows; < Standard Oil ship Healdton, from Philadelphia for Rotterdam. torpedoed without warning S;15 evening of 2Lst. I ftwenty-five miles north of Terschell- ing, Holland.
 Twenty of crew drowned. One died of injuries. Others Gaken) to north of Holland Submarine seen after tor pedoing. More detaixs 70 follow"
 Amsterdam, March 2s (via Lon 1on)-The American steamer Heald- , ton was torpedoed Wednesday even ing, according to 8 Terschelling dis patch to the Telegraff.
 Three boats were launched, one of < which contained eight men. One of the men, badly injured. was brought I to Terschelling by torpedo boat. An other died on the way. Nothing is known of the other boats.
 It is believed that fourteen men were killed by the explosion.
 Terschelling is an island of the 4 Netherlands in the North Sea off the I northwest coast of the Province of < Friesland.
 Philadelphia, March 23-The steam CT Healdton sailed from Chester, Penn, on Jan. 26 for Rotterdam with i2,137,711 gallons of refined petroleum, | valued at $1O6,ss6. She was last re- ported three days later .720 miles east ] of Delaware Breakwater.
 The Healdton was commanded by :. Captain Christopher. and carried a crew of thirty-eight men. She is a z tanker of 4.48S tons gross and was built at Greenock. Scotland. in 1908. Her home port was New York. She is owned by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
 Thirteen American citizens were among the 40 members of the crew of @ the Healdon. Whether any of them lost their lives has not been learned but fear was expressed that since the torpedo from the submarine was reported to have penetrated the engine room and to have been respon- sible for the death of IS men. some of them will be found among the vic tins
 The chief engineer and three as- sistants were Americans. Most of ,the < other members of the crew were Spaniards, Norwegians or Portuguese. The tanker was unarmed, having left this port before President Wilson au- thprized the navy. to furnish guns and gunners to merchantmen.
 As given out here early today by Augustin R. Smith, shipping com missioner, the personnel of the crew showed the following had signed shipping articles as American citizens before sailing on the ill-fated voyage: Charles Christopher. captain; l., Wil- 1erup, chief mate, New York; w. F Chandler, second mate; C.. F. Hud. gins third mate, Virginia; s. W. Smith, able seaman. Chicago; J. Caldwell, chief engineer; c. w. Elm brey, first assistant engineer. Louis iAna: John Emery, second assistant engineer, New York; w. c. Johnson third assistant engineer, Michigan; Emery Leveaux, oiler, Michigan; John w. Steiner, mess man, Pittsburgh; R g. Belzano (naturalized), wireless op- orator; George Healey, second cook San Fra ncisco.
 The 1Iealdton, a. tanker of 4,48e gross tons, owned by the Standard Oi O., sailed from Philadelphia on Jan 26 for Rotterdam with cargo o1 2,137,700 gallons of refined petroleum She had not been reported since Feb 1S, when a dispatch to the maritime exchange in this city from Halifa, said that the ship had been detained there since Feb. for examination How long she was held after Feb. IL has never been ascertained here
 According to Joseph c. Gabriel v local agent of the Atlantic Refnins Co-, where the tanker was loaded, the loss including cargo will approximate $2.50o,0O0.
 Herman H. Parker, the wireless op- orator aboard the Healdton, wa. saved, according to cablegram re. ceived here today by his father, Will liam Parker. The message was dated Terschel1ing, Holland. MT. Parker said his son was 19 years old and and native Philadelphian.
 The Healdton had an unusual voy age before she was sunk, accordins to agents of the steamer here Afte Germany had issued her notice fo, ! ruthless su ubmarine warfare the Her dalton picked up a wireless off the coast of France ordering her to re turn at once to Halifax and awai orders. She arrived there about Feb and remained until about Feb. 2S when she sailed again for Rotterdam by way of the Shetland islands rout which is out of the submarine wa zone ab1ished by Germany. Tn decision of the agents to have tn Hea1dton avoid the danger zone an, not call at Kirkwan for inspection caused the British authorities to pu the ship and crew through rigid ex animation in Halifax. When tn steamer left Halifax she had order to call at Bergen and then proceed t. Rotterdam.
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