The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-29
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Tile Life saviir1 rey ook ol1 ''l1
and Are II elplsss
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FAIN1 LIGHTS ON B0ARlDI. J
Wien Seen J .5 aylight Ship
Eight. Miles From Shore
I5ss and Waves Beating Her. B
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NoRFoLK sS M; "a Dec. Is Bat ---1B TERED
By: heavy seas that have been lashed to-
fury by q /, forty -nailo gale. n n 4 known
steamer lies helpless on the inner rDla:-s
mond Shoals, ight miles Of Cane 9 IT.
teras to- light ana fain ights seen now ,,
and 8thne carr,. ~ mess So the llfe-savN.' "
ing corps on shore that there are human "a
lives aboard the wrecked craft that can q;
not be saved until wind and sea have.
calmed suffic cently3 to allow the surf boats
to be launched. d. ; ,
y: The observ er & OF n the United States
Weather Bureau at Hat tteras first So W tho
steamer when the fog lifted shortly De-SE De.S
fore noon to-day. AT that timo she q
3peared to be In distress and later itsw
seen that she had grounded on the inner
shoal, known to nariners " as II ellis
5Hole',Rin the graveyard OF shipping. l'lls
heavy seas careened t he vessel on ller
beams and at o. clock this afternoon snes
was lying on u her port side with seas
washing all over her II &
Fires Out u
II Tho smoke that 81 her funnel omitted
early In the day was no longer dlscerr1ibles
and it was then supposed that her fires
had been extlnguislcd by water flling2 all
the hull Y 4 ll 4
The steamer has three 8niasts and one
funnel. Her engines and boilers arc ait
and the funnel Is be- tween the main mast
IA nd rnizzen mast. u From her description
lit Is thought that she may be one tho
fruit liners that ply between West indian
ports and Baltimore or New York, AT g 3
O'Clock tonight the observer at Fla tt erfas
reported that the life saving crews e O
several stations along the rolinaa coast . 4
III tho vicinity OF II Iatteras were ready
on the beach to launch their surf boats
the minute tlleSwind and tide had abatMe M
sufficiently to allow 1t. EsE. AT that time
the wind had dropped from forty to .thlrtS--
$six miles an hour, but the m eroury wa y =
falling as steadily as the gale mo me i
approach of freezing Gather 5poaes l " y
for the crew impriso med upon the str q ral'u-
x ed steamship. N; S = q &, 8
e The report states that ct sunse ~ tl1s 9
vessel had apparently rlghted "a heEseili
somewhat, and that Sif the Wlhd ann ssa
did not increase there was q good 2cllance
4 of ]. her remaining intact until morning,
If this is tho case the prospects z aare
I; bright for tho lfe savers being able q 70
reach her, IA g 53a 4. 4 l. isfS vi
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From the size Of the II steamer IT. ! - :
estimated she carries a. complement OF
twenty-five men, but 1t has been impos.
/ tsible to secure view that would alloW
INV sIlrnise 5ns to her character being
ma, made There may be passengers aboaid5
word from the scene expresses little
hone that loss of life can be iayerteel lSor %
several hours to-day, while on her port
beam, the steamer was at times COM
pletely covered By the breakers that9 PILED s,
upon her decks and sides Win terr'''c =
force. 4, l n " ~. q, Y !,
saw lights upon the craft tonight, Ihsse
appear ia, those on shore 70 be torch lights
and ,ntlSl not signals OF any reguar clnra,ct cter
'A "A desperate effort will be nade BY tns
combined crews OF several llfe Saving
stations to take off tne people OF s'e
vessel at tho first oppof tlhl'y'