St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-01-26

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ho steamer. The armed gard -
NJ der then vent aloft to 'tlsn i
Jet tel view. When he was "a fy-.,
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&c l.c q submarine and ope-lei, K.
First Shots F4L SHIT
rne Luckenbach inv at,'v
L; ened fire y .th both guns he
irst two, or three shots fired NY = e
submarine fell about 1000 var
short. She was firing at loag r.r<c>
The Luckenbl chs shots also * :.
short. AS the submarine a.',c1re j
&c be. closing in, the captain vas
told TO put the stern Of the -.ackeh-
zach to her, which we did. D',-ic's
signals were sent out by wireless.
Tho submarine closed in t. ab.sht
300, yards. Early in the sa.t.s re
sho1 landed or the deck fo-"n'a on
the Dort side and exploded III the
CUR crews quarters, starting 'i:e
whic,. burned the effects of the vi
crews. The same shot burst the ire
main. The fire main was blocked
off and water finally got to the ire
Steam was also turned on the tiaMes.
Shortly after the first shot la4ded
another struck the QuartermasGer )
room, without doing much damage.
A shot landed near the stern and
exploded, putting the after gun out
of commission.
Fully 225 Shots Fired by l-Boat.
At least 225 rounds were fired by
the usbmarine, out of which there
were only nine clean hits, the COM
mander reports. Pieces of snell
were falling all around the deck.
Two shots landed on the port side
forward, striking the oilers room
and putting a large hole in the SIDE;
one landed on the port side at the
water line, hitting the fresh-water
tank and destroying most of rhe
fresh-water supply. Another land
ed in the petty officers mess room
and exploded, putting the ash hoist
out of commission and bursting the
steam pipe, also wounding two men,
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shot passed through the weather
screen on the bride and landed in the
cargo, exploding but not starting a
fire. Pieces of shell hit v. Louther,
one of the armed guard, in three
places. One of the ships crew. WHO
was carrying ammunition forward,
was hit. Another shell exploded in
the engine room, wounding the first
and third engineers and putting the
engine out OF commission. Bell
one of the guns crew, was going
up the forward ladder carrying am
munition when the shell that landed
in the quartermaster' room explod-
ed. the fumes from the shell blind
ing him for about two hours.
s.Never Surrender" Flashed by the
Radio.
The distress calls sent out had
been answered by a United States
destroyer at $40, which was asked
| how quickly it could arrive at the
scene. 1.-TWO hours" was the re.
ply. The captain of the Lucken-
bach said, "Too late. Look fol
boats" "Don surrender came
back the message, and the Lucken'
bach replied, "Never.
At about III a. m. smoke was
sis ilted on the horizon. The vesse
| wa headed toward the smoke to les
sen the distance the destroyer would
have to come. 1t was shortly afte1
this that the engines were tempo
ra ly put out of commission by az
! es ,osive shell. At about 1880 a
| NJ. the destroyer fired her first sho
At the submarine, which submerged
lo minutes later.
The Luokenbaeh had commences
fring about 7:40 and ceased firing
| At I1:4O, 2o2 rounds being fired a
| ID 4 submarine.
The ships crew behaved credit
~. no trouble being experienced
| : getting them to pass ammuni
ton, the commander Of the armed
ruard reports. The fremen stayet
below. Great praise is due the arm
Cd guard for the manner in which
they performed their duty. The mel
| stationed at the guns never fiinched
When the after gun was put out Q
commission the after pointers CAM
to the forward gun and relieved on
another. as 1877 rounds were free
out Of the forward gun. H. Bolges
chief boatsmaius mate, Nas : grsa