Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-27
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
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Steamer Lincairn lowed Into Port
With Broken Propeller. q
BLADES STRUCK SUBMERGED WRECK
Veasad lay at Anchor off Cape Hat.
:eras Until Taken in Tow By
Steamer Troaan-signals so- Re.
lief Observation-Disclosures Notes.


With three OF her propeller blades
broken oil. TO the hub ana Il part OF
The fourth gone, the British steamer
iincairn, which sailed from this porl
Tor Brunswick, Ga, last Saturday. re-
turned here in helpless condition
at noon yesterday in tow Of ;he Brit
ish steamer Torjan bound from BAL.
timorc for Vera Bruz with a cargo.
both vessels now ride ut anchor in
the harbor OFF the Casino.
Whcn Ten miles east, by north Of
Cape Haudras Light about IL o'cloci:
Sunday night The I.inrairn's propeller
struck a submerged wreck. whic,
snapped of three OF The blades 10 The
hub and broke Fart OF oil the fourth
made, crippling the steamer so that
she was practically helpless. After
the Incident The Lincairn's Prov was
turned back up the Atlantic coast ard
the vessel started 10 return to this
port. After covering eight or nine
miles with the piece of propello:
blade Captain White saw that 1t was
useless 10 attempt the journey to
Nowr1rt News so he dropped anchor
early Sunday morning 10 await II tow
lie was then about twenty miles
north of Cape Hatteras.
Spoke Malt Steamer Sunday.
Captain White stated yesterday
that between > and . o'clock Sun.
day afternoon lie spoke Il steamer.
which he believes was tho Ward liner
MORO Castle, bound from New York
Tor Havana, Cuba. AS the Moro Cas-
Tic had mail aboard she could not
take the Lincairn in tow, so Captain
White asked the master of tho Ward
liner TO report him to the Diamond
Shoal Light ship so that an account
OF the accident 10 the Lincairn could
be transmitted ashore from the Lighs
ship by wireless telegraphy.
Evidently the message was not de-
livcred by the Ward Liner for no re-
port OF the accident was received I'M.
! il the vessel arrived here nj noon
YESTERDAY
Trojan To The Rescue.
bout 1 O'Clock Sunday afternoon the
British steamer Trojan, bound down
The const from Baltimore for Vera
Cruz. hove into sight and the Lin.
cnirn signalled her asking to lie tow
ed to Newport News.
The Trojan Immediately hove 10
and stood by the Lincairn, which was
then riding easily al anchor with hui
little sea running. a tow line was
then gotten out from the Trojan bu;
after 1t had been coupled to the
Lincnirn the hawser became foalcd
before the Lincairn weighed anchor
so the attempt 10 begin the task OF
towing the disabled steamer up the
coast was abandoned until 10 O'Clock
Christmas morning, when Lincai-n
weighed anchor and started up the
coast behind The Trojan
%; Was Met Reported.
The two steamers passed in the
vi Sihid IuDSS yesterday morning ar
o'clock and Captain White signalled
the observer at Cape Henry asking 10
be reported 10 Mr.. Lewis Littlepag2
the local representative OF The owA
crs OF the Lincairn. The observer an
swcred the signal. but evidently 1T
was not transmitted by the observer
for Mr.. Littlcrago did not receive any
message from Cape Henry concerning
the Lincairn and was ignorant OF the
accident TO her until she arrived here
yesterday.
In, my opinion stated Captain
White yesterday afternoon, there Is
no one at Cape Henry who undey-
stands anything about exchanging
signals, with ships aud it is shame
too, for Cape Henry is one of the
most important stations on The Allan.
tic coast
II is believed that the hull OF the
l.ocafrn was damaged when she
struck the submerged wreck and IL IS
very probable that she will he dockeh