Show ONE lONE SUCCUMBS 17 INJURED IN l Speed Boat of l H 10 Water Taxi Company Catches Catch s Fire Off San Pedro Sailors Civilians Burned Injured Taken Aboard U. U U.S. S. S S. S Pennsylvania and U. U S. S S. S Tennessee and Sent to to Hospital SAN PEDRO c ci Cat 1 Dec 8 S By P One P.-One One navy sailor is dead a a.- a. seventeen sailors an and two ans seriously burned as a t result of tuG tuG- e- e burning and antI sinking in of a a. private 3 j water taxi th the LaMoyne LaMone In the lip harbor early today today There w were te wh fortY five men on n board the cr cra craft rt I when It caught fire firc In The rhe injured men were taken I aboard the U U. S S. S S. S anla an and the h U U. S S. S S S S. a Tennessee and ar I were made by the commander com corn mander pander in chief of the battle fleet t to transfer the seventeen burn burned d n naval val ken men to the naval hospital at 1 S San q Diego The body of the sailor i J f was recovered and taken on bon board boad r the Tennessee where efforts 3 1 made to establish his identity C CAUSE USE SURMISED J I An explosion or backfire caused the disaster and the survivors were wee v e Picked out of the water by other v craft craft The burned burned who on p crated the tile craft were George Sa Sands J and Melvin Melvln Sprague of San i F Arrangements w were re made to tran fer fec them to a hospital here The Tho La was a new craft o of J i tile the fleet of speed boats operated by the 10 H Water T Taxicab company engaged in transporting men to ane and i from the vessels of the United V States battle fleet in the the- harbor S here The explosion occurred not fat far ac from the anchorage of the ba battle Ue ship Pennsylvania during the early s hours of the morning A fleet of shore craft and the city fire cr tt w were re called out and nid aided d in t tho tio o rescue of the me men who had een a I f freed forced to 10 j jump overboard 2 from the tho vessel n LIST OF INJURED oJ The list of ot Injured i Ensign Cromwell U U. S S. S S S. S Ten- Ten V t U I J S. i- i X A A. A Pratt seaman first CI class Sg m vi Oklahoma r f a G G. J. J J Cowan fireman third Oklahoma l' l lL Sj L L. L Vo ships ship's cook homa C. C C C. La Lawborn whom fireman second class Arizona W W. 1 F F. Gallagher electricians electrician's s mate third class New Mexico 1 L L. P P. Bogel engineers engineer's mate fist fust i class New Mexico i. i W W. E E. seaman first class New Mexico A A. A. A V WH V Allen seaman first class class- d. d H H. Richards electricians electrician's ma mate ei Tennessee W W. L L L. Krise fireman third class t tJ Maryland a J J. J E E. McCormick signal man manit it second class Pennsylvania I 4 Admiral S S. S S. S RobIson commander command command- er in chief of the battle fleet Is u ls-u J sued a statement reporting that one life was lost and that the twelve most most- seriously burned naval men had been transferred to the naval na tug Brant for conveyance to San Diego |