The evening world., 1918-08-14
TANKER IS SUNK
OFF HOOK; TRANSPORT
FIGHTS OFF j BOAT
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The round canister Of T n r
/ dropped and exploded in the path of
the torpedo and the double shock as
the latter was detonated shook the
ship through its whole length.
A few minutes thereafter the re-
| lentless German pursuer unleashed n
second torpedo. once more the NOR
tar was brought into play, and after
quick sight the depth bomb was
pumped down near the water rocket
Of DEATH This torpedo also was ex-
ploded.
: During the running fight which
carried to point forty miles off Fire
Island Light before the submarine
abandoned the pursuit. a mysterious
vessel played an inexplicable part in
1.-The affair. The vessel, outward bound,
twice passed between the submarine
I and the British boat, so officers Of the
latter asserted tot-day, thereby ef-
fectually screening tho war craft
| from the fire OF the British craft.
Tho officers Of the transport could
not make out the flag with sufficient
clearness to determine her nationality,
but they declared to-day their belief
the intruding boat was either in fact
neutral or masquerading as such.
| During the entire time the battle
was in progress the transport sent
continual S o s wireless calls for
help. No response was received from
them, nor at any time did a naval
| patrol vessel. large numbers of which
are supposed to be playing sentries
along the approaches to New York,
make any appearance.
Though the flight led0 past the
naval seaplane scout station at Bay-
side, there sgs no sign OF plane
in the sky
The torpedoing of the American
| tanker Frederick II. Kellogg occurred
at $40 o'clock when the vessel was
east and little north of the mouth
OF Barnegat River.
The Kellogg, which was built in
Oakland, Cal. less than year ago
and was owned by the Pan -Ameri-
can Petroleum and Transportation
Company, with offices at No. 120
Broadway, was bound from Tampico
TO Boston, via New York and the
Long Island Sound route, with a
cargo of oil. Capt. c. II. White and
crew of forty-one manned her.
The lookout had seen no signs OF
a submarine nor was there any Wis
ible trace of a torpedo when. with a
deafening roar the whole stern OF the
tanker was lifted high in the air.
The torpedo, striking on the port
side little abaft of 'midships, blew
off the Kelloggs stern and sent the
ship 10 the bottom in less than four
minutes.
1--WE lowered away the only two
boats left" a member OF the crew told
an Evening World reporter. "and
were picking up some Of the boys
who'd jumped when we saw the sub
marine come to the surface about 300
yards away. 1t stayed on the top a
minute and then cived.
sam johnson, second assistant en-
glneer, the third assistant whom we
} called Jim and two water tenders
who were the only ones in the engine
room, were killed. Three OF the crew
, who ran to the fo'cs'le to get some
OF their duds were caught when thu
! ship went down; seven dead, all told
steward Clyde had the narrowes
. squeak OF all. He was in his stat
room and barely had time to run VI
on deck and jump as the ship wen
down with a long gurgle and sucking
Z noise. We didn't see him jump ant
Z thought he was lost until we picket
him up after he had swum about 10
!. yards away from where the shil
went under.
Z "It was less than four minutes fron
& the time the torpedo hit us until tn
Z last OF the masts slipped under.
4 didn't know a ship could get it $
Z hard or go so quick, Nobody save
d anything except what he had on.
= I'VE never saw anything OF tn
: seven men in the tireroom. Eithe
they were killed by the explosion
I which was right against them or the
Z drowned with the inrush Of water"
u When Capt. White and the sur
Z vivors were landed to-day at 9,i
= O'Clock Naval Intelligence officer
y Immediately boarded the rescue shi
4 and, barring all others from Gomin
aboard, examined the officers an
crew for two hours.
Before they permitted the men I
leave the ship they were warne
y, against saying anything about th
70 torpedoing
al At the office OF the Pan-America
n Petroleum and Transportation Con
ssss pany, owners of the Frederick r. Ke
Iogg, at No 100 Broadway it was sal
to-day that the Navy Department ha
a. advised against giving any informatio
of upon the sinking of the ship.
OK 1t was learned from other source
that the crew of the oil tanker are Il
first IN prOfit by a new ruling incol