THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
NOVEMBER 1925.
PICTURES OF THE AMERICAN NAVAL TRAGEDY.
A diver is shown going over the side of the lighter "John, Q. Chittendon to go to the bottom and examine the. wreck of the S-51. At his sido may be seen air and life lines leading to another diver already on the bottom:
Capt. John H. Dichi, com- manding officer of the steamer City of Rome, which accidentally rammed and sank the submarine- 8-51.
The Chittenden is shown alongside the submarine S-50. The arrow between them points to the lifebuoy which is anchored directly over the wrecked subinarino S-51.
1
NCA
This picture, takon from the deck of the U. B. S. Camden, shows sailors watching interestedly as the lighter John C. Chittenden, (left), a floating derrick and the sub- marine 8-80, sistor ship of the lost boat, try to lift it from the bottom.
Draped in blankets and clad underneath only in their underwear or pyjamas, the three sailors who were rascued from the submarine S-51 when it sank after being- rammed by the steamer City of Rome were landed at Boston and taken at once to the Chelsea naval hospital, little the worse for their experiences. Left to right, they are D.G, Kile, of Peoria, Miss., enginoman first class; M. S. Lira, of Bt. Louis, fireman first class, and Altred Geior, of New Bedford, Mass., electrician's mato second.class.
This ploture shows officers and men of the U.S. 8 Camden paying their last tribute to the first twe brought, up from the sunken submarline 8-51. It was taken as the bodies wore being transferred removal to Newport, R. I. The bodies were those of William C. Tesohemcher, of Banor Par Portland, Ore.
as, to be
Rear Admiral H. H. Christy and Commander Newton of the U. 5.8. Camden stood with bared head on the bodies of William C. Teschemacher and John L. Gibson Tere brought up from the sunken submarine and laid on the deck of the Camden. After mailers had arranged the bodies neatly in blankets the dead men were taken to Newport, R. 1, by a
destro
Page 5Page 6