The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-06-21
Ky. MOUNTAIN B0Y
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NJ, ona $500 ,.e,,S.'- r..e-..-'. - =.
.s,iIing 20 Iand I. hal,,,.- h..a &C.
waiting ahon, fif,se, ,,1n,,,os 4, -,
ntair that me shi,, could ~, .,,...,,,
afIoat much tonrs, "a ,1,a o'.,,... -.
given 10 ahandon .hir r,..ryono
went over ,he sac Il, % rra.,.,,, 49,,
mar a. conId he exnec,sd ,nS.r ~,
-,rcums,an,es 1 y-at,sd ,,,,,I 80, -
them cleared the aegI - ,hars ,,,,,,,ia
he NO danger of anvone iun,n,ry on
ma iumned on . Iifa az, a. ~. .,da
az the shin hut was afraid ~ world -
drawn under nv tie .,,cfIo,, -, 49,.
shin went down and iumned ror an
other further our. NO sooner b.d 7
potten on This one Than q, ,y,,.hed r,,,h,
hack AGAINST the side ~ the .btn ana
nearly hack on deck tben fnmreo
and swan for il. and was almost Ali
in when a raft floated along 10 me |
lust hung on with my hands az the
ship started sinking: was like 4 dog
tired out with swimming and hanging
on for life.
The BOYS were singing ..The star
Spangled Banner. and when we were
going over the side someone stared
singing I'VE are Going Overn Our
gun crews standing TO their knees IN
water fired seven shots inst hafore
the ship sank and everyone YELLED ike
mad. | tell Won no one couid he a cous
ard with all that going on.
About two or three minutes after the
ship went down the submarine appear
ed right among the boats and rafts
1t was one of the latest and largest
types. and flew the German hattIe
flag and her number was U-IOI1 /
was on a raft all alone and fioated
right into the submarine. / could AL
most spit on deck. She cruised around
amongst the RATS and asked for the
captain. She had a three inch pr,n
fore and aft. Two men came ont az
her deck and manned one OF the gI,nz
and we all thought they were going 40
fire on US then. bur they only tooL the
shell out and went in again The can.
tain and three or four men Of the .ph-
marine were on the coming tower. ,h.y
took Isaacs. our First IJeu,enant from
a lifeboat- md picked nm one s.auan
from a raft, gave him coffee ana Cog
mac and SCI him ahoa I'd on. ~ ~. lisa
boats. / thought they were certainly
going to take me and did slme ex-
.ceIlent work playing ..possuu. on them
stretched out on the raft Ite vas
dead as a door nail and they raid no
attention to me. / was floating west
ward and was ON the raft nv mvsal,
and was afraid l would be s.nara,ed
from the Others. but finally drifted into
some other RATS and tied 10 ,ber, -rhs
submarine stuck yirht xyith I. ,,,,t,
about three IN the Afternoon wai,i,g
10 see IL some Of the other shin. wo,,Id
try 10 pick n. nm. The Other .h,n.
thar were with US had mn ont NJ sivb,
as quickly as possible ana came m ~
the states. Our wireless. annara,,,s
went on the bum ~ thai We could
only send about 10 miles and n ,ba
otner ships had nor been yvi,b =. 81
send $. o. S. We might have been an,
there vet. We drifted about * n,ilas
before destroyers came after ne vvh,ch
was sometime after midnigbt Be-
Iieve me. there was never 4 n,ore vel
come light than the searcbnrbts ~
those destroyers. We had bad notbipy
to eat or drink all day and were cola
and wet and worn ON, They ma
warm clothes. hot coffee and hard tact
for US. and il sure did taste pood 10 ~.
we arrived ,f.l,. =, IS--- r...,
and were placed aboard the Great Nor-
thern. which left there three aav. lat-
er and arrived here today The statue
of Liberty certainly looked eood 10 ~
and feel a deep regret for INV shin
mates vino would never see the vel
come sights again.
One OF the radio men was lost and he
was one of NV hest friends We 80
together and intend 10 send
something to his folks. knew the or
ficers and most OF the men Who ,xsr.
lost. HimmeIvrieht ana vvrso, ,v.r.
in store room near wber.. ~. Co.
pedo struck. thew botb ate 81 ~.
same table with me They w.re ,,sn
red like rats and drowned
Il suppose the papers had All ,h.s
news and rumors about our IittIe mis-
hap, didn't they? was worried mare
about you folks at home than abou,
myself. for / didn't know What migh,
be printed in the nevfspaperS wei
am PERFECTLY healthy ana uni,,,,,r-,,.
he is hours salt batb mad. m. .o,,,,
saIty seagoinr sailor. I received vo,ir-
md dads letters today: / suppose Won
lad no idea what was going ~ han,,s,
20 me.
We have to get an entire new on,f,,
,efore we get another shin. we NAV
,e here a month or nore. n,a.
stand we Will leave. this ship TODAY TO