The evening world., 1917-12-01
ALCEDO VICTIM,
ASTAMfORD BOY.
HAD A CLOSE CALL
Radio Operator lilJnn cut
~ Ills Station. but ~uf.
wives Many Womls.

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bs,s ius' received 'sffsr froan fbsif
con stuart ssndreutsf SWING vivid
socpunt - biz narryF escape from
death wbon ths United states Patrol
iip1t Aireip wta sunk bY r. ubma
fins ~ tho nrat Amefi,,n var vessel
to ~ dotn ln tho var Young sand.
reuter- Was piio operator on the
Alccdo. vhloh lost pn ofncer and 20
mon ou' NJ iis complement ~ soven
ofnrora pnd eighty nve mon
According ~ tho On aill reports. the
Alcedn. vhich was converted Yacht.
formerly tho property ~ Grorrc w
Cbilds DrexSl ~ philadelphia, was
torpcdocd NJ ts0 4 VI on Nov and
sank In four minutes in the FIRST
Dispatches " WIS intimatcd that the
submarine commander made no at
! tempt tu save the survivors. who took
to their boats, aud this IL borne out
IN Sandrcuters letter. lie says that
| the submarine rose among the life
boats aud that the captain questioned
tie half drowned men and then went
on his way Tho boats were rowed
ATTY miles TO land. where Sandreuter
cablcd home that he was safe.
Sandrrutcr's letter. which gives
generous praise 60 fireman named
Collier as the hero ot the occasion.
| follows:
Dear Ma and Pa: I suppose you
you would bo worrIcd when you snw
In the paper that We had been sunk
I certainly had "a close shave all riHh;.
II was on watch at the time. aud
the explosion blew the shack TO pieces
and blew me back with II. saw Il
good supply Of stars and darkness,
and when opened my eyes I saw va.
ter In front Of me. felt as II SON "
body had hit me n sharp blow ON IT,,
nose and had peculiar slckonin;
feeling.
The foremast OF the ship. whiri
was about six fee, from the sha.k
was blown away and carried tn
aerial with II. although at tho thu,
didn't know II.
II got up and went out where th,
side OF the shack once was and won
amldshlps. whore the generator Az
gas engine were. 10 see II coullu'
start them, but | soon saw thor
wasn't any use, as | couldn't haV
gottel back. as she was already
coupe Of feet undir, so | went III
and art. slipped on my shoes an
overheard. didn't have any pre-
server, IS mine was In the shack al
got blown up. ~as In the watc
about hve minutes when HAIRY,
pulled ma into n dory. | didn't knu'
, was hurt until got In. and who
, breuthed 1t hurt and my tOnSu
started to swell.
There was another dory full
{ water alongside and twenty eight inc
in the one I was In. Collier, one
our tremcn, picked up scoop tn
was floating by (the ship had sur
a before this) and went overheard
70 the other dory. lie held on with oi
! nunu ana bdlltu WIN mo olHcIs
soon had II empty and half OF q
men In our dOry got into II. II
g hadn't been for him we probaD
would have been swamped. He al
secured the safety valve In the e
gine room before hs came up
. that the boilers wouldn't blow up.
r we were deciding which way
, pull for shore 1--WE didn't see an,
body else except our two dories ful
- when we heard a noise that sound
0 like an neruplane motor and saw
, low, dark shape coming at us. v
thought we were gOners sure. II W
the submarine that had sunk us. T.
}, Captain asked US questions, etc. al
p finally went on his way.
we ruwed nifty miles TO shore al
> the weather was calm all the tiT
i and knew Who was making L .tlu
q so did some OF the others. II on
took twelve hours TO make II. AS /
wind was with us,
= Il got a broken rib, wrcnChod mu
= cles In my back, some bones on I
Il top OF my head loosened no that y
~. can slide them with your hng
p, bruises. etc. I also bit through u
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