Evening journal., 1918-02-28
NAVY BLDAED FOR
wreck OF cherokee
Old, Unfit Hulk Never Will
Weather Gale. Newell
Told Wife
90 PERISH AND TEN
RESCUED BY TANKER

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. 2s.-
Tweniy-nine officers and enlisted men
Of The naval tug Cherokee, including
Junior Lieutenant Edward y. Newell
OF this city, the commander who were
lost when the little vessel foundered IN
a nfty-mile sale close 20 The Maryland
coast on Tuesday morning are said 10
have been sacrificed hy ihe error Of
somebody r. She Navy Department.
The survivors Of the tus one OF whom
Nas Alfred A. Martin. oiler. of 30 80
carpenter street, this city. were
b ought 10 League Island yesterday by
iiio British tank steamship admiral.
that picked them mp after hours OF
dlicut work IN a terrific sea- Four
bodies Of geamen We're also brought in.
Relatives Of Newell said that he told
them the Cherokee was unseaworthy
when she sisrted on her last trip f.om
New York 60 the Norfolk Navy Yard
10 undergo repars
Her steering scar broke and she
lsbored crosswiso with mountainous
waves until she was hammered 10
pieces Her wireless operator talked
Through tho tumult 20 The radio sta
lion Of the United States naval reserve
al cape May and told forlornly Of the
Cbc okees trouble iil the waters
closed over him.
My husband told me week ago
iial The Cherokee was on old hulk.
ir0i for use and that he had made
seNeitl complaints 60 The department
bout The ships wrotched cond ton,
slfl youue Mrs Newell. wife of iho
Cncr0.ccs commander when news
OF the loss reached her yesterday at
hcr homo, 80. 5521 Walnut street Mrs
Newell is 20. Her husband was ~ and
an experienced seaman.
pmcers of lhc Admiral which
hrouehl in lhe Ten survivors. said
ile stoering gear of ihc Cherokee had
coiapsed under The stress of the sale.
,a1ne The vessel helpless Thirty
ninc officers and men vcro aboard the
iro Twelve we're found on lifcraft
vhcn tlc Admiral answered the T. %.
~ and located The foundcrcd vessel
snortil after o'clock on Tuesday
morning. while lha Storm was siill
raglns. 1wo Of lhesc were dead whcn
they were taken aboard the tanker.
Anothcr British lonkship. the Aung
ban, brought in iN0 other bodies
PICKED dp later
Tie SURVIVORS were brought directly
90 League Island and placed ln ihe
yard hospial.
\l of them wcro suffering from lht
effects of long exposure and the con
diii0n OF several was regarded 90.
serious Tho Aungbau landed her two
dead az Marcus Hook Yesterday on hc
way up the river TO the Point Brecz
o.l works rle bodies were claimed b,
lhe Navy Department Both ih
Aneban and me Admiral were bodl'
m5nled IN the gale, and after The sngll
remaining liferaft was sighted o boat
crew from the ADMIRAL were IN peri
for more than am hour Wien they wcr
lowered into The heavy sea tO rcscu
The luryiVors.
News Of ihc wreck WAS issued from
the Navy Department ai Washington
which had no hopes last neht ina
amy others 0f the Chcrokcc's compan'
had been saved The SURVIVORS nov
IN ihc navy yard hospital here ar
ihe following
T. c. Alderman. seaman, secon
class.
r. j Hall, gunners mate, secon
class.
o. z. Barker, chief mlchinisls mate
Alfred a Martin oiler Philadelphia
Harry r. poynler fireman, secon
class.
E a. Gudgcl fireman. second clas
jefferson H. Warmock. freuun sec
ond class
D. r. Bruhacd electrician. radi
second class.
Ernest w. Scnuotb chief boaisNat
Il =. n. r.. =. Boston
Rudolph g. k0zcck fireman
about o'clock ON Tuesday mornin
ilo radio station OF the naval rescrN
ai Cape Nay caught The distress c8l
of ile Cherokee which reported ho
ssif fouuderius OH FcuNick Islam
twenty-five miles below the OolaWW
tsipcs and about oight miles above o
line Of Ocean City. Md. rhe cal
We're relayed io The coast patrol rus'
ai Lcwcs. Del and @ culirr Na- rush0
io The Fenwick Island region. $40 lra
of iho tug was found.
rho tanker had picked up iho Il.
lfcss calls and turned from hcr con-
20 AID the tug only wreckogo and
few upturned lfcboal- 1ud The lif
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