The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-05
SAVED ALL FROM THB KOREA
WIRELESS YARN FROM GAZE
DONIA or SINKING RUSSIAN
LINER.
she was Oace IN Immigrant CARVER AMI
Also war rrnnsDort--Was s1,ashed In
HeaNy Weather-Onee HAD wireless
aud Alay Have Ised 70 60 Get HeaD-

aud MaS Have Csed 10 60 Gee HeaD.
Capt W. T.. BAXTER Of tho Anchor liner
Caledonia, bound for this port from GlAs-
gov and Neville. sent wireless message
to the agents OF the line here yesterday
announcing that he had aboard Capt
Pipe aud all the crew OF the Russian
steamship KOREA -forty-eight men-which
was smashed IA heavy weather about 30
miles west OF Queenstown On March I.
The message was brief and ss-ld merely
that the kOrra was sinking fast with a
heavy list whom the Caledonia. which had
probably used her own boat' TO take OF
the korea's crew. steamed on her course.
The message was sent as soon a. the Gale
donna got into communication with the
wireless station ~ CaIr Race. This was
noon yesterday when she was I.0S0 miles
east OF Sandy Hook. Scotch shippers
are naturally economical and that may be
another reason why Capt. Batter wasted
no language. He did give the facts.
however. and expressed them thus:
Moon. $50 mics east Hook. All well.
March 1. $50 =. NJ. latitude S7.5i north.
longitude, 2s.iS west. took crew. forty
eight. Russian steamship Korea. Norway.
Philadelphia. iron ore. Left her. heavy
list. sinking"
Until the Caledonia gets within wire
loss touch Of the next Atlantic station.
Sable Island. no more may lie learned 81
how she rescued the men OF the Korea.
Meanwhile shipping rollCs are indulging in
a few theories The agents OF the Korea.
BenhAm 4 Boyesen. AZ "a State street.
are inclined TO think that she was knocked
out by the fierce gales that have made
even the giant speeders slow down and
lose q day or mor- on the trip to the west
ward. Her heavy cargo Of iron orc may
have shifted. which seems likely from
the despatch of Capt. Baxter describing
her as having a heavy list. and she may
have heen flooded by seas that came over
the rails dipping close tn the surface of
the sea.
As the resnue occurred in The afternoon
and probably in - go that was not too
tall to prevent the uss Of hfeboAts II ~
reasonable To think that most % the 40
cabin and st~erSgs Passengers Ut the
Caledonia saw IT,
The Korea was originally in the pas
senger service % the Russian East Asiatic
Steamship COMPANY betw s'n this port
l'.ss. General Manager Bottonley ~
the Nlarconi company said that he be-
lieved she still had her wireless equip-
ment and that she may have signaIisd
TO the Caledonia and thus N we'd her crow
There are "a number Of big freightsrs
fitted with wireless Ia he used in emer-
geuCi~r The skipper or AN officer may
quickly learn enough % the code Ca send
out at least a call for help. The impress
SION among shipping men ~ that the
Korea got the Caledonia to her by wire
less signal although II may have been by
mere chance
The Korea as an immi grant ship brought
thousands II Russians to thie port. Her
owners found that she would bs more
profitable in the cargo business and she
had been freiGhter for the last year
or -.
She measured S.is5 tons. was t0o feet
long and was built in Russia in I6se
she aailed from NaTvik. Norway. on
February p. for philadelphia. Shs vas
used as a transport IN the RussiAn-JApAn-
-. War