The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-19
U.S.DIVERS CLASH:
NINETEEN KILLED
American Submarine RI Is
Rammed and Sent to Bot
tom by the F-3.
OCCURS IN HOME waters
Lieut.. A. E. Montgomery, Commanding
Officer, and Four Others, Picked
Up-Craft Broke Depth
Record in 1912.

Washington, Dec 19.-Nineteen lives
were lost when the American subma-
rine- FL was rammed and sunk by sub
marine F-3 in home waters in fog
Monday afternoon.
The F3 was undamaged and picked
up five survivors of her victim.
Secretary Daniels announced the dis
aster in q 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 II. G.
Wright, New York.
Four Other Survivors.
Other survivors are:
J. NJ. Schmissauter, machinist, fa-
ther, Charles G. Schmissauter, Hills
City, Tenn; Henry L. Brown, gunner's
mate, father, III. 2. 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.
by the navy department as follows:
Jotn r. Belt, seaman, mother, Mrs.
]. E. Belt, Silsbee, Tex; Frank NJ.
Bernard, ,-machinist's mate, sister, Ame-
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 gunner'S mate,
mother, Mrs. Minnie McClain, Lima,
O.; Simon Greenberg, electrician, first
class, mother, Sophia Greenberg, Phila-
delphia; DWley Slough, chief gunner's
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, machinist's 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, Merced, CAL;
Guy III. Stewart, chief machinist's
mate, father, Grant Stewart, Los An
geles, Call. 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 M. McRae, Blain,
Wash; John P. Messange, chief ma
chinists mate, wife, Philadelphia;
Grover E. 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 a depth of 2S3 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 a speed of six knots and finally ris-
| ing to within 10 feet of the surface
| with as much ease and certainty as a
| sporting porpoise.
The remarkable demonstration in
submarine navigation was accom-
| plished under the command of Lieut..
| James B. Howell, who had been put
| ting the craft through a series of tests
since it was launched at the Union
Iron Works.
The vessel was submerged for six
hours.