The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-13

Puckett, of the Panay; Machinist's Mate Second Glass William T. Hoyle, of the Panay, and a Chinese ser want.
 They said that there were l2 for- signers walking down the south bank, hoping to reach foreign war ships, and that surviving officers and men of the Panay were on the north bank.
 The Bee searched for them all vainly, but continued its quest in- tending to ti cup at dark and start again in the morning.
 British admiralty authorities at Lond on were advised by Rear Ad- miral L. G. E. Crabbe, senior offl- cer of the YangtSe patrol, that many" survivors and wounded were at the village of Hsiashan on the river bank).
 The Bee made its way slowly along the river, intending to search till dark and the ntie up for the night to resume its quest of sur- vivors tomorrow.
 Number of Victims Unknown
 How many victims there were of the Japanese attack remained un- known. It was officially announced that one seaman of the Panay was killed. Lieut., Comdr. J. J. Hughes, commanding officer of the Panay, suffered @ broken leg. His executive ofiicer, Lieut.. A. F, Anders, was wounded. E. P. Cassie, clerk in the American embassy ct Ranking, was wounded in the leg.
 But 1t was feared with increasing intensity here that the victims were many. The Panay carried crew of 6O.odd. There were at least l5 civ- ilians, including 10 or more Ameri- cans, on the Panay. It was reported in Japanese quarters that the Standard oil boats were crowded with Chinese refugees, possibly troops.
 Japanese authorities here accept cd full responsibility for the att tack, apologized all round to Amer icaa authorities, and announced that they were prepared to punish the men who perpetrated the attack,
 Attack Came Yesterday
 The attack on the American ships, disclosed only today, occurred yes- terday. At about the same time four British warships, including the rescue gunboat Bee, and two Brit ish tugs were attacked at other points along the river-all by Jap- anese artillery and machine guns S.N 1axS Ia VNa vaapa u uiVVNlaVau
 The Bee and the Ladybird, gum boats. were attacked about 160 miles up river from the scene of the attack on the American ships. Ths Bee escaped lightly. But aboard tho Ladybird, as in the case of the Panay, bluejacket was killed Seaman T. N. Lonergan, who was in the Stokers mes sroom when 1t was wrecked by an artillery shell. Four shells hit the foredeck. One damaged @ six-inch gun. One wrecked the officers bath room, an- other the wireless aerials. There were splinter holes all over the ship.
 British Ships Attacked
 Japanese planes three times at- tackled the Broitish gunboats scarab and Cricket, and the little ships fired back in retort.
 Two British tugs were attacked. Aboar done, it was reported, passen- gers included Lieut.-Col. W. A. Lovat- Fraser, British military at- tache, and H. J. -Brune, British consul at Nanking. Lovat- Fraser was companion of the British ambassador, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugesen, when the am- bassador was wounded by Japa- nese airplane attack as he and an embassy party were driving from Nanking to Shanghai.
 Reports from up the river said that there were four distinct at- tacks on the American ships and that fire on the survivors ceased onl yAfter Japanese plane dropped orders to them as they reached shore.
 Three Planes In Each Attack
 There were three planes in each attack, 1t was reported. At l:25 D. m. yesterday--the moment when a radio message from the Panay to it's sister ship Luzon stopped dra- flatically--came the first attack. It sank the Panay and the Meiping, reports said, set fire to the Meihsia, and wrecker the bridge of the Meian. Five minutes later came the second attack. The third came at 1:40. Then, at H,30 P. m, nearly three hours lat"' irN
 planes attacked the stricken ships again, 1t was eal.. ....
 The planes plunged down in power dives from 7,500 feet to 1900 feet to make their attacks, 1t was said.
 There was a dramatic tension here as the result of the attacks. British authorities and American civilians. at least were most angry.
 Japanese Officers Sale
 The United Press correspondent at Hankow reported that Admiral Reginald V. Hit. chief of staff of the British rescut gunboat Bee, de- flanded of Japanese authorities that they put six Japanese officers aboard this ship as guarantee of good faith against attack and that he asked assurance against attack from shore with the comment that any further incidents against Brit is hships might have serious con- sequences.
 British admiralty authorities at London, confirming the report of the demand for six Japanese officers, said that arrangements had been made to carry them and that 1t was 
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