Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-08
CONSERVATION
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Little grains Of wheat,
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commander then went aloft to obtain
better view. When he was half way
up, the vessel, now discovered to be
submarine, opened fire.
The Luckenbach Immediately re-
piled with both guns. The first two |
or three shots fired by the submarine !
fell about 1000 yards short. She was
| firing at long range. The Lucken- ,
bach's shots also fell short. AS the
submarine appeared to be closing In,
the captain was told to put the stern
Of the Luckenbach to her, which he
did. It was then that distress signals
were sent out by wireless.
Shell Starts Fire Aboard.
The submarine closed in to about
1000 yards. Early in the battle shot
from the submarine landed on the deck
forward on the port side and exploded
in the gun crews quarters, starting
; fire which partially destroyed the
? quarters and burned the effects Of the
gun crew.
ploded, putting the after gun out of
commission.
AT least 225 rounds were fired by
the submarine, out Of which there
3 were only nine clean hits" the COM
mander reports. "Pieces Of shell were
+ falling all around the deck. Two shots
= landed on the port side forward, strik-
e ing 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 the fresh water supply. An
other landed in the petty officers mess
p room and exploded, putting the ash
hoist out of commission and bursting
!. the steam pipe, also wounding two
men, one mess boy and one fireman
One shot passed through the weather
IN screen on the bridge and landed in tn
cargo, exploding but not starting
fire. Pieces of shell hit V. Louthe1
one of the armed guard, in tire
places. One of the ships crew VIII
was carrying ammunition forward wa
\. hit. Another shell exploded in the e1
KIP CINE room, wounding the first an
third engineers and putting the engin
out of commission. Bell, one OF tn
-. gun crew, was going up the forWar
~ ladder carrying ammunition when TT
shell that landed in the quarterma
ter's room exploded, the fumes fro
the shell binding him for about tV
hours"
Of Would Never Surrender.
% The distress calls were answered
md a United States destroyer at 10. II
en- destroyer was asked how quickly
NV could arrive at the scene.
the "Two hours" was the reply. T.
ich captain of the Luckenbach said: IL
,ral late. Look for boats"
red Don't surrender" came back t
In message, and the Luckenbach reptile
dis Never"
ach At about II a. m. smOke-that OF
de- destroyer-was sighted on the horiz'
,uld The Luckenbach, was headed tOWa
and the smoke 1t was shortly after Il
der. that the engines were temporarily
alter out of commission by shell. At abb
nigh II 80 the destroyer fired her first 81
inc, at the submarine WHICH suDlneis
alter ten minutes later.
"The ships crew behaved cred
do bly. no trouble being experienced
tho getting them to pass ammunition,'
NOR commander of the armed guard
med ports. 1.-THE fremen stayed bel
one GREAT praise is due the armed gu
7bi1o for the manner in which they perfo
NOR ed their duty. The men stationed
! On the guns never f1inched. When
onns after gun was put out of commiss
uord the after pointers came to the forW
gun and relieved one another, as
~ rounds were fired out Of the forW
gun"
The destroyer stood by until the
gines were repaired, which took al
two hours and half, and then csc
ed the Luckenbach to a convoy, WI
was reached about %. m