New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
URECKED MEN IN WRECK.
Siluia Goes Aground IN Vineyard
.Sound-Passengers Taken off.

Woods Hole. Mass. March 1.-THE Red Cross
Line steamer Silvia. from New York for Halifax
and s.. Johns \. F, which struck the Sow
and Pigs reef al the entrance to Vineyard Soun1
just before daylight this morning. remained hard
and fast on the reef tonight passengers. who
taken off by the boats of the United States
revenue cutter Mohawk, carried 10 New Bed
ford. where they remained tonight IN hotels and
lodging houses. awaiting arrangements which
O be made by the steamship company for forward
ing them to their destinations All the light bag
gage belonging the passengers was taken away
with them
Efforts will be made tomorrow to remove the
Silvia from her dangerous position Tonight the
/ sea was smooth and the weather clear, and the
vessel apparently in no immediate danger of
going to pieces. Her captain and crew remained
| on board
Among the passengers on the Silvia were the
crews of two wrecked vessels PicEford & Blacks
steamer Beta, which went ashore on Turk lsianG
and the British schooner Marjorie J. Summers,
from Weymouth. N 6, which was wrecked IN west
Indian not long ago. These crews were on
the way from New York to their homes IN the
provinces
( similarity ba-v-een the fog signals on the
Hen and Chickens lightship and on the Vineyard
Sound Tightshp is said 10 have been the cause OF
the grounding of the Silvia
At the time of the accident there was thick
fog hut the sea was smooth and there scarcely
any wind. The fog cleared later in the day ana
the weather conditions favorable for the re-
rnoval of the passengers and part Of the cargo
The Silvia grounded within a short distance OF
the scene OF the wreck of the steamer Fairfax IN
November 1898 and IL the opinion Of mariners
of this place that she would have considerable dlt
fcrltv in extrfcating herself from her position
The Silvia left New York l p yesterday
hound for Halifax and st. Johns, n r with d
fun cargo and thirty-eight passengers OFF Block
Island the Silvia into thick fog. and al
a m to-day was proceeding slowly toward the
enhance of Vineyard Sound According 10 frs-
Officer Smith. VINO came here this forenoon on Ihe
tug Orion there is q great similarity between the
fog signals the new Hen and chickens ana 'ii9
Vineyard Sound lghtships
The whistle on Hen and Chickens was picked up
and steered for by those in command OF the silvia
in the belief that the vessel being headed 1or
the Vineyard Sound Lightship. which Is a gulos 10
the entrance of Vineyard Sound
At 40 a. m. the Silvia fetched up on the 90"
and Pigs reef Right astern OF. the Silvia was the
tug Orion, bound east, while still further aSterh
was the steamer Kenosha. also heading east Inc
captain Of the Orion heard the distress whistles Of
the Silvia and realizing that she had struck on
the ledge and that the Kenosha was also heading
I'm the same direction swung his vessel about and
warned the Kenosha of the rocks
The Orion then ran down toward the Silvia and
managed to get within hailing distance. The first
officer went over the tug and reported that the
forward con1partrents Of the Silvia were full of
water but that the passengers were willing to re-
main on board until the could run up TO this
port and summon assistance.
When the Orion left the scene OF the accident
both the Cuttyhunk and Gay Head lfesavins crews
had arrived and standing by TO assist in
transferring the passengers in case the tug could
not run alongside the stranded vessel
The first officer of the Silvia said that part of the
cargo would have be lightered before she could
be foated-
New Bedford. Mass. March 1.-THE revenue cut
ter Mohawk arrived here this afternoon with the
passengers OF the stranded steamer Silvia.
The cutter reached the Silvia shortly after IN.
departure Of the tug Orion and offered to take the
passengers TO this city. instead of waiting for
the Orion. the transfer was made by boats from
the Mohawk.
Word was received yesterday morning at the Of
fees OF the Red Cross Steamship Company, No. Il
state street, that the Silvia had gone aground at
Cuttvhunk near Buzzard's Bay. Mass The Silvia,
with a crew of thirty-five, left Erie Basin at
Q o'clock Friday. Among the passengers on her
were the crews Of the sflipwrecked Beta and the
Marjorie J. Summers both British vessels, wrecked
in the West Indies. The saved and
came TO New York on the Clyde West India liner
Cherokee They took the Silvia TO go back TO their
homes II Nova Scotia.
At the Offices Of the company 1t vas said that
7hera were only 4 few passengers the stea mer
besides these Two crews The passengers were
4 Fl Piatt. Edward Rei1nan. Mrs Edgar and Hr-
and Mrs J. Thompson and their five children. The
Silvia was IN charge OF Captain NJ. J. Farrell She
ie steamer - los gross tonnage and 1oss net