Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 300.115H34/

The Consul at Amsterdam ( Mahin) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Amsterdam, March 22, 1917.
[Received 11.30 p.m.]

Standard Oil ship Healdton, from Philadelphia for Rotterdam, cargo oil, torpedoed without warning 8.15 evening of 21st, 25 miles north of Terschelling, Holland. Twenty of crew drowned, 1 died injuries, others more or less injured; 40 saved, 13 brought to Ijmuiden, others to northern Holland. Submarine seen after torpedoing; No doubt German. More details to follow.

Mahin