The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-15
FIRST DISPATCH OF SEA TRAGEDY
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va 0A@6A V ANA AVAAD . Continued from Page i) were taken aboard the rescue ship. All but one were of the crew of the panay. Many of us have hurts in- suiilciently severe to be called wounds, and ell arc suffering from shock and exposure. But 1t seems miraculous to us all that we are alive. aF
 Our wounded are: Lieut.. Comdr. James J. Hughes, Washington, D. O., commanding of1leer of the panay, broken leg.
 Lieut.. A. '. Anders, Weiinef, Texas, end Vallejo. Oallf,, executive officer, bullet wounds In throat.
 Lieut.. John w. deist, Altoona, Pa., watch ofIleer, leg wounds.
 V. P. Cassie, American embassy clerk, broken leg.
 Ans0nla Man There
 Alex Kozak, AnSonia, Conn, ma. chinist's mate second class, chest wounds. KoEak'S wounds are severe,
 Edgar W. c. HulsebuS, RED 2, Canton, Mo-. coxswaia, back wounds. Hulsebus' condition also is serious.
 Charles Scott eehroyef, Baxter, Iowa, seaman first class, head and leg wounds.
 Peres Dix ziegler, route 1, Dela- ware, Ohio, cook, head and body WSsSI' Cssil 2. or..n, ,7soS South ouannah street, Tulsa, okla., see. man first class, wounds in both shoulders.
 Kenneth J. Rice, III North Tn. diana avenue, MiShawaka, Ind, cleo. tgieian, back wound.
 Carl F. Birk, Milaca, M!nn., cleo. tyiclans mate first class, wounds in hands and back.
 John N. Lang, i0eS Pacific ave. nue, Long Beach, Calf, chief quar- tefmaster, wounds ln arm and chin.
 Robert D. Hebard, Friendsh!p, Wis.,, fireman first class, hip wound.
 Newton L. Davis, l633 Anna street, Shreveport, Ga,, fireman first class, suffering from shock.
 Some Not Mentioned
 (The dispatch did not mention tho three men known dead nor J. Hall Paxton, American embassy secretary, and James Marshall, writer for Golfers, who were wounded).
 tIt was expected that Marshail who was ct Wuhu up the river, and Paxton would be taken aboard tho Oahu CT the Bee today).
 (Those killed were Charles Lee Ensmingev, 1889 Bacon street, Ocean Beach, Calf, storekeeper first class, os the panay; Capt Q. H. Oarlsen, Waterbury, Conn., master of the Standard 0il steamship Melpang, and eandro eandri, 1tals ian war coyrespondent).
 I send this dispatch In coopera. ton with O. M. McDonald, of the London Times; Norman eoong, HoE1- olulu, Of the New York Times; and Luigi Hafsini, Jr, Italian war VSeeVOkSeseSSetW
 Courtesy oe Navy Men
 The dispatch is sent by courtesy of American and British navy au. thorities over the wireless of the British glinboat Bee, and hence iS necessarily limited ag to length.
 We hope to send the complete story of our almost incredible expe. riencOs as we steam the 200 miles down river to Shanghai.
 All of those aboard the Panay, and the American and European personnel of the standard oil ships, ore accounted for.
 The Panay, aboard whose sister ship this dispatch D written, waS struck by Q Japanese Air bomb, dropped from c high altitude, at about i:S0 D. m. Sunday. Lieut.. Comdr. Hughes rave the order to abandon ship at 2:00 and the little ship sank ct 3;34 ?. m.
 TWO Japanese navy landing party craft fired their machine guns at the Panay after the bombing. The United States flag was plainly visis ble on the ship.
 Went Inland, Returned
 Those of the survivors who landed on the north bank of the river, at lSohsien --including the members Of the Panay's crew and the newspaper ccrrespcnd dents made their wey inc iand but came back to the river when they learned that the Bee, first of the rescue ships, had ar rived.
 We were scheduled. At first. to board the Bee ct 4:S0 ?. iii.: yes. terday. But our eynbeFkatlcn was delayed for hours by the activities Of little Japanese aTmored beats operating near Hohgien. They made iE iiapgseticable tor the Bee afid the oahu to contact those ashore.
 But the pee and Oahu made good their rescue at 70 o'clock last night We were taken aboard and received by ReaT Admiral Reginald v. Holt, a British world war hero. aid ths