The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-28
THIRTY MEN ARE
LOST At Sc A
THE UNITED NAVAL TUG cHERo.
KEE FLoUNDERED
USED BED SHEETS FOR SAILS
Another Long Missing U. S. War Boat
Puts Into An European Port.
Submarine Chaser Adrift
Since January is.

Washington, Feb. 27.-"Thirty men
probably lost their lives when the
United States Navaf Tug Cherokee
foundered off the Atlantic coast yes
terday," Secretary of the Navy Daniels
announced today. .....
The bodies of four of the dead have
reached Philadelphia.
The compliment was five officers
and thirty-five enlic-ad men. 1t is
known that ten survivors have been
landed. The message gave no details
of the laundering.
Survivors Escape On Rats
Daniels announcement read:
THE navy department is advised to-
day that the United States steamship
Cherokee foundered yesterday off the
Atlantic coast. OF its forty on board
ten have landed. Four bodies have
been picked up by steam ships.
''The ten known survivors got a.
way on the first line raft, and four
others on the second line raft, but
two were washed overheard and two
others we're dead when they were
picked up by British steam ship"
Hospital Ship Destroyed.
London, Feb. 27.-An American de-
stroyer brought in survivors of the
hospital ship Glenaft Castle, which
was sunk in the Bristol Channel yes
terday, the British Admiralty an
nounced today. ..
The Glenart Castle was outbound
with lights burning but had no pa
tients on board.
Eight boats with survivors are still
adrift. The Glenart Castle sank in sew
en- minutes
The Glenart Castle was steel ship
of nine thousand tons. The Bristol
channel is deep indentatiOn of the
southwest coast of England.
Used Sheets :or Sails.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 27.-Safe
arrival at an European port of a 10
foot submarine chaser with French
crew aboard which had not been
heard from since Jan. Is, is announced
by the navy department. The little
craft was separated from her escort
during a terrific gale while bound for
Europe.
No navigating instruments were
aboard, but after being blown far off
their course, the FTenchmen estimated
their position had headed Tor port. To
their remarkable seamanship is attri-
buted the success of the voyage
With the engines disabled by the
storm, the crew rigger Up sails from
bed coverings and sailed for thirty
nine days.
Secretary Daniels announced the
news in this statement:
Official Announcement
II was delighted to receive mes
sage today telling of the arrival in
port of an American built submarine
chaser which became separated from
her escort in the terrific gale of Jan.
Is had not been reported since that
time and which we feaTcc was lost.
This was one of the 10 foot boats
which we are turning over to the
French government, and was manned
by a French crew which saved the
craft by remarkable ga: o. naViga-
ton.
"In the storm, which was one of the
worst on record, the engines Were dis
abled and the boat left adrift far out
at sea. The crew managed to rig up
sail made from BED coverings, and
were able to make two or three knots
an hour before the winds. There were
no navigating instruments except a
compass aboard, and the crew had to
estimate their positions. Thev sailed
for thirty-nine days, going on short
rations, and finally reached port"