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Show I J S fill - S I r Amr H I f frrFJ Ji JpJ I ' Standard Oil Tanker Healdton of 4480 Tons Sent to Bottom in the North Sea; Part of the Crew Arrives in Holland; Ship Sent f Down Outside "Zone." 14 REPORTED SLAIN BY THE EXPLOSION Owners Say Vessel Sailed From Chester, . Pa., on January 26 With a Cargo Valued at $106,886; Survivors Are at Terschelling. LONDON, March 23, 3:35 a. m. A Eotterdam dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says that It is reported there that thirty-four men of the American steamer Healdton wore either killed when tho vessel was attacked or drowned subsequently. A torpedo which penetrated the engine en-gine room is said to have been responsible re-sponsible for tie death of thirteen men. LONDON, Harch 22, 10:05 p. m. The American Bteamer Healdton has been torpedoed, according to an Amsterdam Amster-dam dispatch to the Central News. A boat containing seven of the Healdton Heald-ton 's crew haj reached Terschelling, Holland, the dispatch adds. The sinking of the American steamer Healdton is confirmed by a Keuter dispatch dis-patch from The Hague. The steamer Healdton is a tanker of 4180 tons gross and is owned by the Standard Oil company of Neiv Jersey. She was built in 1908. Tho Healdton was last reported as sailing from Philadelphia Phila-delphia January 2f for Rottordum. 13 AMERICANS AMONG THE CREW OF THE TANKER PHILADELPHIA, March 23. Tho crew of the tanker Healdton included thirteen A mericans, according the per-sonncJ per-sonncJ as given out by the shipping commissioner com-missioner hore early today. Tho Americans are: Charles Christopher, captain. I. Wll'.crup, chiof mate, Now York. W. Chandler, second mate. C. I'. Hudgins, third mite, Virginia.. S. W. Smith, able enajnau, Chicago. J. Caldwell, chief engineer. G. W. Embrcy, first assi5ta-nt engi-neer. engi-neer. Louisiana. John Emery, second assistant engineer engi-neer New York. w. O. Johnston, third aF3istant engineer, engi-neer, Michigan. Emery Leveaux, oiler, Michigan. John W. Steincr, mess man. Pittsbur?. B.. b. Bnlzano, wireless operator. George Healey, second cook, San Francisco. Fran-cisco. NO WARNING GIVEN CAPTAIN OF THE AMERICAN SHIR TVASHTXGTON, March 22 Amen-ean Amen-ean roniil aMn at AniBterdam r.ablM tho Hint" department. toniM that, t.b AnHTV-Rn -t;jmer Healdton. punk bv a Rubjn;iri!(fl yrterda v off Ter,-.fblJng, liollun,;, tori-ence Tuthour, warn ing jjnrl rhfit tfiity of beT crew Tvero drowned. Th con-nl'c Hispqtcb follows: "Standard Oil ship Healdton, from (Oontiaued on Pwfo TtasJ. U. S. OIL SIBIMER ! 11; 34 MOWN1 (Continued from Page Ono.) Philadelphia for Itott.crdam, rRrjfo oil, torpedoed without warning S:15 evening even-ing oi 21st twenty-five miles Dorth of Terpc'hellinK. Holland. Twenty of rrow drowned. Ono died of injuries. Others (taken) to North Holland. Submarine peen after torpedoing. More details to follow. ' ' The sinking of the Ifcnldton adds another an-other rave chapter to tin.1 story of war wif'ed against American shipping hy Germany to be laid before congress by President Wilson at the special session he has called for April 2. It can cause no immediate choline in the situation. Rince the destruction of three American ships last Saturday and Sunday administration admin-istration officials have considered that a state of war existed. The Healdton was unarmed, having left port before the president, authorized the navy to furnish Runs and gunners to merchantmen. Her fate serves to heighten the profound interest with which the government and the public await the time when an American vessel ves-sel prepared and ready to send a shell into a hostile submarine on sight will enter the war zone. |