Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-19 | Page 1 | 19 Die When U.S. U - Boats Collide

190IE U-BOATS COLLIDE t0. American Submarine F-l Is Rammed by F-3 in Home Waters During Dur-ing Fog Monday Aft-'ernoon, Aft-'ernoon, Says War Department De-partment Announcement. Announce-ment. COMMANDER OF VICTIM RESCUED Exact Location and Details De-tails of the Accident Withheld Under Censorship; Cen-sorship; Vessel Lost Was Sister Craft of One Sunk in Honolulu Harbor. (, WASHINGTON', Dec' IS. Nineteen lives were lost when the AJneriean submarine sub-marine F-l was rammed and sunk by submarine F-3 in home waters during a fog .Monday afternoon. The F-3 was undamaged and picked up fivo survivors of her victim. Secretary f Daniels announced the disaster late to-day to-day In a brief statement which gave no further details. lieutenant A. E. Montgomery, commanding com-manding officer of Ihe F-l, was among the fivo saved. His mother, Mrs. .I.ulia - Montgomery Pralt, lives at Fort II. G. Wright, New York. Mo hope Is entertained for the missing men. The F-l was one of the old-type f submarines. ,v sister boat submerged in Honolulu harbor three years ago and failed to operate. Before she could be raised the entire crew of officers and men, numbering more than a score, was suffocated. At the time submarines of t this class were found to be generally faulty In construction. How yesterday's accident occurred the navy department has not yet officially ascertained. 1'nder the rules of censorship censor-ship the location of the accident and other details wero withheld. It Is assumed as-sumed that the boats wero engaged in a practice crulBe. The Survivors. laeu tenant A. Montgomery; mother Mis. Julia Montgomery Pratt. Fort II G Wright. New York. Machinist (temporary ,T. M. Schmis-ki Schmis-ki uter; father, Charles C. Schmlssauter. J fill City, Tenn:. Henry IJn.nl Brown, gunner's mate, I first class; father, It. B. Brown, Macon, I .Joseph .1. Burns, chief gunner's mate- Jr wife. Hulh Burns, 290 First street, San f l'edro, cal. John Calvin Stewart, ship's coolt third ! class; mother, Mrs. C. B. Campbell, Hu ron, S. D. Those Lost Are: ; JOHN ROBERT BELT, seaman: mother. moth-er. Mrs. 3. K. Unit, Hlllshorn. Texas i FRANK MATHEW BERNARD, machln- f Ist's mate, second class; sister Amelia , Quintal, 1231 Fifty-third avenue, Oakland, , WILLIAM LESTER CARTWRIGHT, seaman; mother. Amanda Cartwright, Munoy avenue. Fresno. Cal. i HARRY L. CORSON, chief electrician I (general); next of kin. Hazel M. Corson, i 747 Daisy avenue. Long Beach. Hal. . JAMES GOONAN, chief gunner's mate-I mate-I mother. Mis. Minnie McClain. 730 Atlantic Atlan-tic avenue. I-Imih. Ohio. SIMON GREENBERG, electrician first class: mother, Sophia Greenbcrg, ;,912 Walnut street, Philadelphia. LYMAN F. LOVLY. machinist's mate, second class: father, Lyman J.ovlv, 2343 Bryant street. Henver. Colo. RALPH E. McCLURE, electrician, second sec-ond class; mother. Josephine McCiure ITSt.; Palllster avenue. .Detroit. Mich DUNCAN A. M'RAE, electrician, first j class; sister, Florence Mary MeKae , Blaine. Wash. JOHN P. MESSANG, chief machinist's . mate: wife, Anna Messani;, 225.1 Xorth I Hope street, Philadelphia. GROVER E. METZ, machinist's mate. ; second class; wife. Hazel Mela, 904 Plvisadero street. Xun Francisco. , EDWARD E. HALL, machinist s mate, : fust class; wife, Muhel Marie Hall. 330 Forty-first street West. Seattle. Wash ! RAY ELLSWORTH SCOTT, electrician, 1 first class (general); wife. Mae lOdith Scott. 13 tihlo street. Ynlleio. Cal. ELBERT P. SMITH, machinist's mate, second class: sister. Florence S. Stephens. 2:;fi Twenty-first street, Mercedes, Cal GUY RAYMOND STEWART, chief machinist s mate: father. Grant Stewart i 1 05 West Fiftieth street, m Angeles, Cal. DUDLEY STOUGH, chief gunner's mato; wife, Marie II. Stough, 332 Ohio street. Yallejo. Cal. CHARLES F. VINCENT, electrician second class; father, Philip S. Vincent'1 Exeter. Cal. THOMAS ALFRED WALSH, machinist's machin-ist's mate, first class: mother, Anna A o'Hrlen, t.30 Swan avenue. Hilliard, Wash. CLYDE W. WYATT, machinist's mate, first class; mother. Nellie Martin, Venice Cal. II is assumed that the survivors, including in-cluding Lieutenant Monlgomery, In com-" com-" mand. were on deck when the collision y - occurred and that the boats were running p on the surface. 11 The men on deck are ahvavs equipped r with life-saving suits or life belts. r