DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

218 SUBMARINE WARFARE.
Redmond, oiler, two firemen, and one coal passer were
on watch. Of these five men, the oiler and one fireman
were saved; the Third Assistant Engineer, Bazzell, Fireman
Antonio Martinez, and Coal Passer Segunda Blaz
lost their lives. I could not say how they lost their
lives, but I think they must have been killed instantly,
either by the rush of scalding steam or inpouring
sea water. Two attempts were made to reach these
men, but unsuccessfully. I and the first assistant, Mr.
Hubbel, went back twice, but the water was so high we
could not enter the engine room, and the live steam also
prevented us.
We got into the boats then, and in about 20 minutes we
had cleared the vessel. I was in No. 2 boat. We waited
a short distance from the ship for over 30 minutes, to see
if there was a trace of life on board, but saw nothing more
of the missing men.
We were picked up by the German scout boat Annie
Busse after about one and one-half hours, and after 48
hours delay on account of fog were taken in to Wilhelmshaven
and later sent to Bremerhaven, arriving at the
latter city at 10 o'clock at night, February 24th.
GEORGE S. KEOWEN,
Chief Engineer S. S. " Carib."
AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENCY,
City of Bremerhaven, Empire of Germany, ss:
Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above-named
Chief Engineer George Keowen on the 28th of February,
1915.
J. F. BUCK,
Consular Agent of the United States of America.
[Seal of American Consular Agency.|
[Inclosure 6.]
Sworn Statements of First and Second Engineers Assistants
of S.S." Carib."
We, Frank Hubel, born at Westfield, Connecticut,
October 10, 1880, and Thomas P. Tracy, born in New
York City, May 30, 1881, the first and second assistant
engineers, respectively, of the steamer Carib, having been
duly sworn do hereby depose and say that we have read
carefully the foregoing sworn statement of Chief Engineer
George Keowen of the S. S. Carib, regarding the voyage
we jointly made in the said steamer from Charleston to
Bremen, with especial reference to the sinking of said
steamship Carib on the morning of February 22nd, 1915,
and depose further that said sworn statement of Chief
Engineer Keowen is, according to our knowledge, in
every way correct and true; and we further depose and
say, that we know of no details concerning the abovementioned
sinking of the S. S. Carib which would either
detract from, or add to, the said sworn statement of Chief
Engineer Keowen.