Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
TRANSPORT SAFE
AFTER WILD DRIFT
Buford, Carrying 1927
Men. Towed to Port End
ing Troublous Trip
DISCHARGE WANAMAkER
Many Philadelphians Included
in. Consignment Landed
at Newport News

FTont-lne experiences were tame
compared to the trip back to the United
states aboard the transport Buford. ac-
Cording 10 Philadelphians who landed at
Newport News after a stormy, twenty
one day trip. During the voyage the
steering gear of the Buford was broken
and several appeals for help were sent
out.
Fuel was almost exhausted and sew
eral members OF the crew collapsed after
they reached port because OF the
terrific strain The ship was towed into
Newport News by tugs which went to its
assistance yesterday after O S calls
had appraised them of the position of
the transport
The Buford left Bordeaux with 1927
fighters. distributed among the member
ship Of ten casual companies. virtually
every state in the union being repre-
scented. Trouble was encountered few
days out from Bordeaux. Heavy storms
resulted in the nsvigators losing their
hearing and a wireless call was sent TO
other ships to determine the position of
the Buford.
The heavy weather continued during
the entire trip The crew was on duty
almost constantly. and the casuals
exhaustion. The strain was terrific, and
when the steering gear broke In mid
ocean many of the men gave themselves
up as lost.
Steered by Hand for Ten Days
For the last ten days the Buford was
steered by hand, an almost impossible
task. Time and again the ship swung
around in the heavy seas and offered its
80, he
only TO be swung back I'm line by the
combined efforts Of sailors and soldiers
who jumped 10 the wheel to add their
might to that Of those already on duty.
For the last four days the navigators
aboard the ship could not determine it's
location, other than to ascertain they
We're nearing the coast The Buford
will be laid up for repairs as result
Of the trip. Among the Philadelphians
aboard the Buford were:
Max .Dinger. 2657 Orthodox street
321st Machine Gun Battalion; George
G. Cohn, i411 Chestnut street. Fifty
sixth Pioneer Infantry; Robert J. Latch,
552S Summer street, 314th Infantry
James /, McGintey, 1909 South Nine
teenth street Seventh Field Artillery ;
Harry L. Bergdoll. Ontario street. 32Oth
Machine Gun Battalion Elmer a. piehl,
G2s Spring Garden street. ll2th Infan-
try; Andrea Piazza, 1902 Federal street.
Fifty-sixth Pioneer Infantry; Fred
Springer 5722 Market street, 5000 NJ.
7 c. John j. Grace. 2Sll Chatham
street Sixty-frst Infantry; Lattimer Gal
Iaghan. 59OS Baltimore avenue, 307th En-
gineers HaE Baronian, PA South Fiji
tv-sixth street. Twenty-sxth Infantry :;
Louis Rubin, 51s Sigel street, 3l6th In
fantrv Harry Taper, 1912 Spruce street,
Sixty-hrst Infantry, and George l..
MacElroy. 1876 East Fisher street, 1o9th
/ Infantry
Nurses Also Return
Several Philadelphians have arrived in
| New York aboard the transport New
| Amsterdam Among them We're Mary
/ T Markan, 2744 Park avenue, and Ada
/ f. Page. Germantown, >nurses; Ray
mond Van r. Schuyler, Broad and Dia-
mond streets. and Angelo Minicozzi, 1923
South clifford street
Captain John Wanamaker, Jr., son of
( Rodman Wanamaker, has received his
/ discharge from the army. Captain Wan
amaker went abroad with the Seventy
! eighth Division, trained at Camp Dix,
! hut was transferred to a staff school
/ before getting change TO go into &C
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