The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-30
four MORE SHIPS
HAVE BEEN SUNK
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last night while the torpedoings
were revealed earlier In the day.
A total Of n men were killed IN
the sinkings.
The tug obviously struck mine.
Fourteen Of rs crew members, In
cludirg the master. Capt. Roy Ale
len Of Quenset. r. J., were killed,
survivors said at an east coast port.
II was broad daylight when the
laig went down.
"she lifted IN the air." seaman
william Balfonr Ofnorwo0d. Mass,
said. "She didn't settle and sink
she lust disappeared In q flash and
there was nothing left 81 her.
Two mea were Killed and one
missing IN the sinking Of the Ameri-
man merchant vessel. Tlliyty-thFee
survivors were landed AZ an east
coast port.
Two men we're lost when the H0F-
Neelan ship was t0fpeaoed. Mine
hours later, the 81 survivors were
rescued by the Jug0slav ship. and
q few hours iater q submarine -
apparently the one that had sunk
tile Norwegian ship-sant the Jugo-
STAY ship 10 the bottom, two Of the
crew of Il were lost.
Mine days later survivors 81 both
kinklngs were rescued and taken 10
. Caribbean port.
BWaaias Aak Chance
An Fast Coast Port, June So
0uPl Two American Eeamen who
saw 50 Of their shlllnates so down
with Q United States merchantmen
IN the Atlantic, begged today for q
chance TO get back ~" the Mar
u-boats which murdered our bud
dies"
Second engineer Robert Gates. 0f
Los Angeles, and seaman James
Burns, 0f Rochester. q, ", said
they had tried 70 enlist IN The
armed forces but had been tod
that the job they were doing N the
merchant marine was more ilap0Fg
tellt than egly other duty they
might perform for thelF country.
Gates, Burns and four others
were the only survivors ~ the crew
Of 80 aboard the medium -alzeA Eesv
sci which YVES sunk % the night Of
June 4,
~ all happened 90 fast that u
still seems IKE Q bad DREAM Gates
aatd, y was la my cabin ~ the time
alle first tafpede exploded, Seconds
later, ] was siaGdillg on deck with
water gushing over me from all
sides SHE vas completely under ~
less thar 4 minute, Most Of the
erew were below aeekwtlley didn't
have q chance,
Glllnglng 10 Rasl
= ghadglt vet realized what had
happened H5len ! found myself
ellnelng 10 The bottom NJ 40 over.
turned lifeb0at with four other
members NJ the crew, Al ~ ms took
d terrible heeabng from DIE fl0ailnR
wFaekage tossed About bg tha Wage6,
my head was covered with blood
end the other men all appeared lllr
alEea, Later We RRW BaFFus first
name And address ullkn0Wnl tFylng
70 stay Rfoat wiib a broken leg, We
hauled him over 10 The boat end
... ss "A a. q Y slung ~ feV deaf We
During thR gliellt, Burns Rald, they
kaw signai ilalllb from what appear
81 ~ he tKo submarines, Tlla men
believed that possibly each 0f the
haidels haa hFed . torpedo Into
hleiF vessel,
AiIhe aeeena Torpedo hlt iNmeair
s sl. following l.s n. llla arst' Burns r,
allolhev sub"
when nleENlng came, tlle AZ slaFs
glYefs Tlebted lhe Nfelleaf, IN Which
fhes aklled alla Tewed Eeg slg days
and nlghss,
~ WsS pretty plGlful watching
HaFFlk hlff2F wlih That broken leg,R
CAFES SAID, we made 4 kpllnt ~
one NJ NlA AaFs $40 tried ~ make
nun Rs comfortable a. naRGIhle N
the bow ~ TIE h9at, Hls leg had
swollen 10 twice w. IloFnlal klHe, hllt
We poor glg didn't YET cut whlips
peF,
Ne Glolias On
s9Ne 0f hla fellows didn't h@We a
silell 0ll, Ige vas asleep 0ll he aaek
when We sub AitaekeA lls. Aila Wa
bleWB Into TIE Wakef, Wa fka6 HIM
lp A pAlg ~ pants out ~ huFlaN
bars from tie lifebaot alla used Elle
remainder Of hte material 70 make
~ awning fog TIE llieboat We we're