New Britain herald., 1917-06-16
John Lester Long on Moreni, Destroyed After Two Hour Battle. in the Atlantic Ocean.
U-BOAT ATTACK AT
 RANGE OF 4 MILES
submersible Barely Disceemblo on Water and Fires 200 shots With Deck Guns While Oil Steamer Re- plies With 150 Shells Boston Hears q Loss of Japanese Steamer With Crew of 2z.

Crew 0f 27.
 Washington. June 16.-The armed 2 guard crew of the steamer Moreni, sunk by German. submarine June a IF. and their next of kin, as an- nounced by the navy department in- cluded:
 Thomas. Ralph Smith, gunner; father, Evan T. Smith, address un- 5 known; John S. Long, seaman; John Francis Long. father. 321 Elm street. New Britain, Conn.,; Ross Liddle. sea- man; Joseph Agar Liddle. brother, 5 Evans Mills. N. Y. Further details s0f the sinking of the tanker were awaited today by the navy depart ment
 3se At . range of four nautical miles. at which she was barely visible to the steamers American gun crew, the submarine opened Ire with htr deck riffes. She fired 200 shots, many of which took effect. The tanker re- piled with 150 shots without harm ing the speck from which came the deadly hail.
 After suffering from an illness cansed from the lack food and the hardships endured while 13 hours adrift on the Atlantic ocean in life boat John L.ester Long, aged 19. son Of MT. and Mrs. John. Francis Long Of 321 Film street has fully recovered and again taken up the activities Of his vacation.
 The oil steamer on which he was stationed was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine o6 the coast of England. At the time nearly all of the mon and officers were In their cabins and were 6orced to leave the steamer clad only in their night clothes. The Germans on board the. submarine which lk. VI steamer performed. what is perhaps the only act Of kindness accorded to them during the war when. seeing the de- , lapitated condition of their enemies. offered them clothes. which were eagerly accepted
 After being adrift for 33 hours on a heavy and turbulent sea i've of th9 men were picked up and taken to London and rushed to tho Queen Vic- toria hospital where they remained until they had completely recovered, Young Long was brought back to New York on transportation ship and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. where he is now stationed on the receiving ship. 5s
 He always had craving for the sea and would not be contented until his whim was satisfied and in 1915, when he was only 17 years of age he received the consent of his parents tc practice what he thought was his z calling. He went to Newport and enlisted there and served six months and was then assigned to the Vester. In the past two years he has seen service on many ships among them being the Arizona and the Maine.
 Mssston, June 1e.-The Jar1sst $ steamer Tansan Maru, which Jeff Boston May 9 for Manchester, Eng land, has been sunk by a German submarine. Cable advices here stated that Captain Nichikawa and the crew of 27, all Japanese, are believed te have been lost.
 The Tansan Maru. was under char ter to Patterson, Wylde 6 Co. of thi. city. and carried q general ca1go Ship and cargo were valued at $1.- 6O0,00O. The vessel was unarmed.
 Reports had been current in ship. ping circles for some days that thu vessel had been lost, but it was not until today that the agents received definite information
 The Tansan Maru, formerly thu British steamer Sir Charles Tennant registered 2,415 tons gross and wal ss built at New Castle in 1894. :, It is not known when or where tn, vessel was sunk.
 PetrOlite Crew Accounted for.
 Washington, June 16.-All the crev and naval gunners of the Americal tank steamer Petrolite, sunk by z German submarine near Gibralta now have been accounted for and re NAAFfAd wall.