Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
NINETEEN KILLED
ON i. s. SUBMARINE
FL Is Rammed and Sunk by "a
in Home Waters.
FIVE SURVIVORS PICKED up
Commanding Officer Among Thoss
Saved-Lost Diver Broke Worlds
Record for Depth in San
Francisco Bay.

Washington, Dec. 19.--Nineteen Uvas
were lost when the American subma-
rine FL was rammed and sunk by sinh.
marine F-3 in home waters In q fog
Monday afternoon.
The F-3 was unchanged and picked
up five survivors of her victim.
Secretary Daniels announced the dis
aster in a brief statement which gave,
no further details.
Lieut. A. E. Montgomery, command
ing officer Of the FL, was among the
FIVE saved. His mother, Mrs. Julia
Montgomery Pratt, lives at Fort Il. G.
Wright, New York.
Four other Survivors.
Other survivors are:
j. NJ. Schmissauter, machinist ia,
Their, Charles G. Schmissauter, Hills
City, Tenn; Henry l.. Brown, gunner's
mate, father, Fl. r. Brown, Macon, Ga,
Joseph j. Burns, chief gunner's mate
wife, Ruth Burns, San Pedro, Cal.
John J. Stewart, ships cook, mother
Mrs. Celia B. Campbell, Huron, S. D.
List Of Lost
The list OF those lost was announced
by the navy department as follows:
Jotn r. Belt, seaman, mother, Mrs
J. Il. Belt, Silsbee, Tex; Frank NJ
Bernard, machinists mate, sister, Anne.
liza Quintal, Oakland. Cal; William L
Cartwright, seaman, mother, Amanda
Cartwright, Fresno, Cal; Harry L.
Corson, chief electrician, next of KIN,
Hazel NJ. Corson, Long Beach, Cal
James GOOnan, chief gunners mate
mother, Mrs. Minnie McClain, Lima
O.; Simon Greenberg, electrician, first
class, mother, Sophia Greenberg, Phila.
delphia Durley Slough, chief gunners
mate, wife, Marie Slough, Vallejo, Cal;
Charles F. Vincent, electrician, father,
Philip s. Vincent, Exeter, Cal; Thomas
A. Walsh, machinist's mate, mother,
Mrs. Anna a. O'Brien, Hillyard, Wash.
Clyde W. Wyatt, machinistS mate
mother, Mrs Nellie Martin, Venice
Cal; Edward e. Hall, machinist's
mate, wife, West Seattle, Wash. Ray
e. Scott, electrician, wife, Vallejo, Cal;
Albert p Smith, machinist's mate, sis
ter, Florence S. Stebbens, MERGED, Call
Guy II. Stewart, chief machinist's
mate. father, Grant Stewart, Los An
geleS Cal; Lyman f. Lovely, machin-
lists mate, father, Lyman Lovely, Den
yer; Ralph E. McCluer, electrician,
mother, Mrs. Josephine McCluer, De
troit: Duncan A. McRae, electrician,
sister, Florence NJ McRae, Blain,
Wash; John 2. Messange, chief ma
chinist's mate, wife, Philadelphia,
Grover Il. Metz, machinists mate,
wife, San Francisco.
FL Set Depth Record.
The submarine FL broke the worlds
record for depth when, in September
1912. it reached depth of 283 feet In
San Francisco bay off Point Diablo.
Practically feeling its way through
the dark green waters at the bottom
of the bay, the submarine remained
at this depth for ten minutes, cruising
at q speed of six knots and finally RS
ing to within 10 feet of the surface
with as much ease and certainty as
sporting porpOise.
The remarkable demonstration ID
submarine navigation was accom-
plished under the command OF Lieut.
James 3. Howell, who had been put
ting the craft through a series or tests
since it was launched at the Unaoh
Iron Works.
The vessel was submerged for SIX
hours.