The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
mt FARES IN DISTRESS.
hrop, General So White Star Liner Republic RAM
the Santa Fe, med by Unknown Vessel.
lent in Two Cent Announcement Sent Broadcast
Sc, Claiming by Wireless Telegraphy
ARBITRARY. CAUGHT BY BALTIC
Because 1t Ex- Which Hastens to Assistance of
ain Short Lines. Unfortunate Ship
alties Are Drastic The Passengers and Crew Taken
considerable. Off in Safety.
Announcement Sent Broadcast
by Wireless Telegraphy.
CAUGHT BY BALTIC
Which HaStens to Assistance of
Unfortunate Ship.
The Passengers and Crew Taken
Off in Safety.

I IItUICeTTdnean with M 3
| sengers numbering about $50 was in
| collision with an unknown vessel 90
miles south of Nantucket shoals light
| ship in dense fog early TODAY and SO
Dadly damaged that she was reported
| to be sinking. The passen gers and
crew were believed to be all saved.
wireless messages, promptly started.
announcing the accident, picked up by
other vessels at sea and by land sta
tions, brought quick response and
were speeding to the relief of the dis
abled steamship.
The White Star Steamship company
was at first advised of the collision by
Captain Sealby of the Republic in a
wireless dispatch which said that no
lives had been lost and that his ship
was able to keep afioat although her
boiler room was full of water. Sub
that the Republic was in danger of
sinking and that another vessel be-
neved to be the steamer Florida
bound from Italian ports for New
ork, mad come up with her and was
taxing off her passengers and crew
Meanwhile the French line steamer
La Lorrain which has been reached
by wireless was searching for the Re-
public in fog and the steamer Bal
tic was 20 miles away but Fastening q
to the Republics assistance. So far
as could be learned the ship which
struck the Republic faded away al
most Immediately in the fog and there
was no chance to learn her identity
or her damage.
A report from Vineyard Haven,
Mass, received early this afternoo Don
said at 1880 p. M, the Republic an
nounced by wireless that she could re-
main af1oat but two hours longer At
that time all the passengers and three
quarters of the crew had been trans
ferred to the Florida and the balance
were preparing to abandon the ship
Saved by Wireless.
Immediately after the accident the
wireless apparatus on the steamer
mashed the news of her plight in all
directions, and within a short time
several. vessels, including the French
nne steamer LaLorraine, westward
bound, the White Star liner Baltic and
the revenue cutters Acushnet and
Gresham were on their way TO offer
every assistance to the disabled steam
er. The first messages indicated that
the damage was more serious than la
ter appeared as all of the messages
asked that assistance be sent immedi-
ately, and one flashed to the navy yard
here said the steamer was sinking La
ter, however the captain of the Re-
public, sent wireless saying that the
engine room was full of water, but
that the steamer could keep afioat and
was in no danger.
The nearest land was Nantucket is
land, about 20 miles, due north, but
with his engine room full of water the
only thing left for the captain to do
was to send wireless waves broadcast
over the Atlantic, asking for assistance.
The first came to the United States
government revenue and naval stations
at Nantucket Hghtship. Newport and
Highland Light The revenue cutters
Acushnet and Gresham, the former at
Woods Hole, and the latter at Pro-
vincetown, left within very few min
UteS for the scene.
Message From the Republic
23-ThR
line officials in this city have received
the following message from Captain
Selby of the steamer Republic off Nan
tucket:
When in latitude 4O7O, logitude no.
this morning, was run into by an un-
known vessel. Engine room full of wa
ter Can remain afioat. No danger;
no lives lost.
officials of the White Star line also
received a message by wireless from
the captain Of the steamer Baltic, say
ing that the Baltic would proceed to the
assistance Of the Republic. The Baltic
was bound for New York from Liver
pool and had reached a point off the
easterly end of Long Island about 115
miles from New York. when she re-
ceived information of the collision. The
returning to the scene of the accident.
There were 220 nrst-class passengers
on board the Republic.
Word was receive din this city by
wireless that the French line steamer
La Lorraine, Havre to New York, has
also gone to the assistance of the Re-
public.
Captain Selby of the Republic, re-
ports to White Star officials that the
revenue cutter Acushnet from Woods
Hole, has reached the Republic and
is standing by.
The value of the wireless was never
better shown than in this instance, for
waves of distress were sent broadcast
over the Atlantic and reached two big
liners, the Baltic and La Lorraine, in
revenue cutters.
The message received by White Star
officials say the collision was due to
fog
Passengers and Crew Taken Of.
Vineyard Haven, Jan. ga wire
less reported reached here at 9:45
a. M, saying that the passengers and
crew on the steamer Republic had
been taken off by another vessel and
that the Republic was sinking.
Carried Supplies for Fleet.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The steamer
plies for the Atlantic battleship fleet,
which was to have been transferred at
Negro bay The revenue cutter ser
vice had word that the wireless mes
ges sent out from the sinking
steamer had been picked up by four
which made all haste to the scene of
disaster. The nearest of them was dis
tant about three and a half hours run.
one of the cutters was at New Bed
ford, one at Watch Hill and one off
Cape Cod while the derelict destroy
searching for a wreck about 40 miles
away from the place where the Re-
public was said to be slowly founder
ing