Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-11-11
IS IT THE MARIA TEREsA2
Navy Department to Investigate Re-
port That She Is Stranded on
Cat Island.

day from Capt. Crowninshield, chief of
the navigation bureau, who is in New
York, called attention to the report that
the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa had
been seen off Cat island. The captain
expressed his belief in The accuracy of
the report and suggested to the depart
ment that the repair snip Vulcan, now
at Norfolk, be sent al once to make
search for the derelict. The depart
ment acted at once upon the sugges-
ton. A telegram was sent to the COM
mandant of the Norfolk navy yard d.
recting him to place the Vulcan in COM
n.and of Capt. McCalla. the captain of
the yard, and send her with all dis
patch to look for the Teresa. A similar
order was cabled to Capt. Converse at
Guantanamo, directing him to send the
wrecking tug Potomac from that place
northward on the same quest. She goes
in charge of Commander j. L. Craven,
and the department believes that she
will be in the vicinity of Cat island with
in 36 hours. The Vulcan was one of
the vessels which was towing the Te-
resa when she was supposed to have
foundered, and the department believes
that she will reach the scene of the
wreck in about 4S hours after leaving
| Norfolk.
Cat island lies about 80 miles south
west of the spot where the Teresa was
last seen, and it is said at the depart
ment if the vessel did not founder out
right within very few hours after hay
ing been cut adrift she would almost
certainly have fetched up on the shoal
beach off Cat island, for the wind III
tide set directly CD that beach. If so,
the location is much more favorable for
saving the ship than the position occu-
pled by her off Santiago, where the bot
tom was covered with rocks and the
Wreckers worked at great disadvantage.
capt. McCalla was selected for the task
because of his great energy and ability
Tor this particular class of work, and
the officers declare that if any man can
bring the Teresa into port he can.
1t is the belief of naval constructors
that the Teresa took water aboard all,
most altogether through the decks, and
not through the hull, as would appear
from the first accounts of the loss of
the ship. These decks were rude, tenn.
Po.ary constructions, and were entire.
y unsuitable for rough weather. The
1act that the reports indicate that the
snip settled by the head and that, water
ran into the coal bunkers and tbence
INTO the firerooms goes to bear ont tha
CONSTRUCTORS theory. 1t also tends to
give color to the report that the shin
may not have foundered at once bnt
nave drlfted ashore on Cat island. 1t is
presumed that the wrecking company
winch had the vessel in hand will take
immediate steps to recover the shin If
! possible, in order to secure The largo
salvage which was almost within lie
grasp when the ship was cast off.
Nortolk, Va, Nov. 9. - The Merritt
Wreeking company has received infor.
J ination that the Teresa is ashore at Cat
Island. Capt. Chittenden will leave with
the steamer Merritt at once
| lhe telegram came from /. T. Ner.
rltt, at New York, and read as follows
Teresa ashore Cat island. Hold Nor
rltt with crew and apparatus, also
Capt. Chittenden." The Merritt was
to have left for New York Tuesday
afternoon. but that order was revoked
and preparations are now making tc
start Tor Cat island. The navy depart.
ment at Washington has been notified
Funeral of David A. Wells.
Norwich, Conn.,, Nov. 9.-Impressive
but simple funeral ceremonies were
held here over the remains of the late
/ David Amos Wells, the political econ
omist There were private services al
the late home of Mr.. Wells, followed
by public service at Christ Episcopal
church, which was largely attended
many friends from out of town being
present. Interment was in Yantic Gem
etery.
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