Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-15 | Page 1 | U. S. Submarine is Wrecked on Rocks Four Are Killed

'II, S. SIIR1E iS WRECKED 01 ROCKS FOUR SREKILUDj ; Surviving Members of Crew Rescued by Destroyer On Eagle Boat. SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 15. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Commander James R. Webb and three members of his crow were! lost when United States .submarine H-l wont aground at the entrance of Madaiena bay,. Lower California, according ac-cording to a radio report received hen. Besides Lieutenant Commander Webb, those listed as dead are II N. Giles, machinist mate-; M H. Dcal-mnln Dcal-mnln and Joseph Hofman, seamen. Their bodies were reported to have been buried by the survivors in the sandy beach of Santa Margarita island, in the mouth ' of Magdalena bay. about G50 miles south of San Diego. j It is believed the II -1 can be saved, j The vessel was reported to have: grounded Friday. The destroyer Sinclair Sin-clair called to tho scene by S O S mes-saqos mes-saqos broadcasted early Friday night by the U. S, S. Eagle, got a line to the H-3 Saturday afternoon, but it parted.) Other vessels arc believed to bo stnd- ing by. 1 The K-l was bound from tho "anal zone U the Pacific submarine base at San Pedro, Cal. i WASHINGTON. March 15. Reports! to the navy department said the sub- marine H-l, which went ashore Saturday Satur-day near Magdalena bay, Lower Call-1 fornla, was driven on the rocks during a storm, but could be refloated. Sur viv ing members of the crew weie ros-cued ros-cued by a destroyer and an eagle boat. The collier Neptune and another destroyer de-stroyer are en route to aid in refloating refloat-ing the vessel.