East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-25

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-7gab5eez voyage report % steam
ship M0rens bouus for Eav@na. ItalF.
eta. FseanOnt Tex ard Gibraltar.
Il The steamship Nere-i sailed from
New YORK Dn Mzy } 1917. Bore
sighted before ieavfng rhe harbor.
May leth head target practice.
FIRED 10 shots from each gun. Every.
thine waE i'm good condition
Arrived Al Beaumount. TEX or
NaY ~. 1911. Nar Gibraltar. spain
on Mar ~. 1917. picked Up mo
tor BOAR from fhs schooner Cslgsns.s
Empress. aith four men On Board
Arrived al Gibraltar on June 4.
1917
Sailed from Gibraltar on June =.
lIsi7
About a m. June -. the en-
g'nes stopped. was awakened ami
asked tbe captain what was the tron-
bic. He said something was wronz
IN engine room and engines had 80
be stopped They remained stopped
FOR atouf three-quarrers of an hour
AttaSl6ed by U-Isoai
rine ~ f:Os a m on June Il 1917
Fhe sa% of port quarter about s00o
Yards aYas. She fired four or np~
shots before We located her We
swung around until our Stern faced
the submarine and returned the nre
al range Of about 1000 Yards SUD
marine stayed aOout 5000 70 5000
yards away and for that reason our
dio call for assistance
After half-hour fgh, We Zere
hit ia the gasoline tank AFT. and
fire started II WAS reported to me
thar the ammunition aft WAS running
low Immediately I lined up the for
ward guns crew with the merchant
crew TO paas ammunition from for
ward 20 aft Aboui an h0ur later fire
broke out all over tine ship and il be-
came impossible for the men 70 pass
any more ammunition aft when
saw such was the case ! happened 30
be ahaft the maiHnast ard called
for one of the guns crew 10 go for
ward with me. ] reached the bridge
being burned on the way: the mar
was una bic to follow About this
time steering gear was shot awav
and We Etarted to Eo around in cir
cleE.
Orders Gunners from IIreISOat-
Coming down or the bridge.
saw the captain and the boatswain
Sh0 was holding the falls ready 10
lower the Iifeboat The aptain said
TO come and get in the lifeboat. as il
was starting 10 burn. told him 10
wait lie said he would hold the
boat as long ss possible for me
Il then noticed two Of the guns
crew IN the lifeboar. / ordered them
70 get out and come with me. We
went forward and manned the for
ward gun. with which we fired four
shots before the firing pin went out
Of commission.
when the submarine saw our fire
was coming closer she steamed full
speed astern. 80 that we could not see
her. Then az we could fire no more
and as the captain called that the
lifebOat was burning We got into the
boat
ship Going I'm Circles.
Meanwhile the engines Of the ship
had not been stopped and she was
going around in circles which she
continued to do for about a half hour
after we left.
"The lifeboat upset when 1t hit
the water. and two OF the merchant
crew were lost. We swan around
until we were able TO get the capsiz-
ed boat. turn IT over and climb into
IT,
Il round out afterward that soon
after 1 went forward during the
fight. the after gums crew aud mer-
chant crew left In their boat as fire
was becoming too hot and would have
burned the boat also found out thar
the first mate Of the ship left much
earlier. before any Of the other boats
with three men. leaving behind the
men who were supposed to go in that
boat.
Praised bv u. Boat crew
THE submarine called the boats
alongside and CONGRATULATED us. shook
hands with the captain and told us
that II was the best fight they had
ever seen any merchantmen put up.
He asked II there were any English
men in the boat. told him no.
THE Germans treated two men
who had been wounded and returned
10 the other boats. The commander
Of the submarine said he would
towed us toward the beach but for
the fact that VIC had called for assist
ance
THE submarine then left us. and
conmenced firing again into the Mo-
reni She finally hit the Moreni's en-
eine room. which stopped the en-
gines We then lost sight or thc CUB
marine.
About an hour after the subma-
rIne left us. We were picked up by
the Spanish steamer Valbanera
tabout 3 a. M. June 13. 1o17l. who
had received our call for assistance.
The captain or Valbanera told me we
were then about II miles off Cape
do Paios. Spain.
Cheers from submarine.
Shortly after submarine came up
near valbanera officer OF ship got
in small boat and went over 70 sub
MARINE He returned TO ship and