The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-15
TANKER SUNK AT
BARNEGAT,7 DIE
Haze Enables U-BOat to Tor
pedo Frederic R. Kellogg 10
Miles From Shore.
TWO NAVAL MEN LOST
Vessel Founders Within Five
MinuteS-SurvivOrs Picked
Up and Landed.
TWO NAVAL MEN LOST

A haze that veiied floating objects
only few miles away materially IA
vored the German submarine that tor
pedoed the American tank steamship
Frederic r. kellogg--originally reported
az the Henry s. Kellogg-ten miles of
Barnegat at e:15 o'clock Tuesday eve
ming and prevented the tanker's look
outs from glimpsing either the C-boat
Or the torpedo.
Hydroairplane patrols alott of the
coast could see nothing through the mid
summer mist lying low on the sea and
the submarine had the game all her own
way. The engine room OF the Kellogg
is aft. as In most tankers and the tor
pedo blew it TO bits, killing four men
and driving the rest of the ships COM
pany, nearly all Of whom were at din
ner. to the open decks. Three other men
were drowned.
The Kellogg foundered stern first in
less than hve minutes. The stern life
boat was destroyed and all hands took
to the two other lifeboats, one equipped
with a motor. that they launched with
difficulty. Several men who tarried to
save belongings leaped into the sea and
gained the lifeboats after a hard swim
from the swirl created by the tanker as
she vanished under the sea.
Dory ms a Decoy.
The submarine came up to take a look
at her work about 800 yards from the
drifting lifeboats, and several of the
survivors say that she had lashed along
side her periscope the wreck OF dory
that they surmised she used as a decoy.
She submerged few minutes after her
commander found out what he wanted to
know.
1t was the intention of the survivors
to steer for the coast. with the motor
boat towing the other lifeboat, but the
motor was out Of order, so leg o NUT
ton sail was rigged and the boat. towing
the lifeboat, whose occupants used the
oars to help 1t along, laid a course for
Barnegat.
Two hours later. while it was still
light. the survivors sighted a coastwise
steamship, which had been on the look
out for submarines, having received
warning of their activity of New Jersey
and Long Island. Officers on the bridge
Of the coastwise liner. from Jackson
vile. were suspicious of the two life
boats and did not go to their assistance
Immediately. They feared that U-boat
might be lurking near under screen OF
tho lifeboats, so they steered around,
and finally becoming convinced that the
l.feboats held real castaways they took
all hands aboard and landed them yes
terday morning at an Atlantic port Sew
In ha CHI Of
hard fight TO escape being drawn into
the vortex OF the foundering tanker.
Victims of Attack.
The dead are: William Stilman.
naval cadet. 90. who leaves wife at
215 Commonwealth avenue. Shelton.
Conn: Chester c. Cobberle. naval cadet.
81. ~ South Fifth avenue Long Branch.
N. j.: Samuel l.. johnson. second eng-
neer. AZ, OF this city, Joseph Kramer.
third engineer. As. Norway; Francisco
de Louga, IT, mess boy. Lisbon, and one
fireman and one oiler. names not ascer-
tained.
1t is said that the two cadets were
drowned while making an effort to save
some things from their cabin. Capt. c.
II. White OF the Kellogg. who was at
dinner when the torpedo struck. said
First officer John Quigley. In charge of
the bridge. saw nothing Of submarine
or torpedo and that none OF the lookouts
reported anything unusual In the aspect
of the placid and misty sea.
The Kellogg was new. of 7,127 gross
tons, and was bound for Boston from
Tampico with 10000 barrels OF oil. She
was valued at more than million dol
lars and was owned by the Pan-Amer-
lean Petroleum and Transportation Com
pany. with Offices at 100 Broadway.
A British transport that arrived at an,
Atlantic port Tuesday had a brief duel
off Fire Island Monday with a U-boat.
Continued ON TtDeIfth Pd0e