The Washington times., 1910-04-18
Minnehaha's Passengers At
Penzance on Way TO Lon
don, Following Wreck.
QUICK WIT SAVES
HUNDREDS OF LIVES
Dense Fog Hampers Rescue YES
sells Steaming to Seal Rocks,
Of SCilly Islands.

LONDON, April 1s--Ar the passen-
gers Of the liner AIinnehaha. stranded
on the Seal Rocks in the dread SciIIy
Islands shortly after midnight, were
rescued in darkness and a dense fog
As morning They were taken 70 Pen
zance from BTyher Island. where they
were landed Arrangements were made
70 rush them 10 London without delay.
Capt Sydney LayIand, commodore Of
the feet Of the Atlantic Transport line.
and the crew Of the wrecked liner re-
NAMED aboard her after the passengers
had been landed
When dawn came, the vessel lay with
& slight list 20 port, twelve feet Of water
in her hold, near Bishops Rock, one
at the most deadly spots on all the
coasts or the north Atlantic
The sea, which RACED when the steam
er poHed her nose aground IN The FOG,
had moderated By the time the passen-
gers were landed, and the wind had
also gone down The heavy log, how
ey-lr, over large area, vas UnbTOksn
and rain came down steadily.
Courage Is Displayed
The transfer or the passengers
through the treacherous water where
the steamer grounded was accomplish
Of the men Of the 8IInnehaha
Women and children first was er-
forced To the letter Details Of the &C
cideur and the rescue came from Hugh
Town on the Island OF s. larys- With
the sea rising in great rolls Of terrific
force. small boats were handled with
the greatest skill, threading their way
from the crippled liner 70 Briar Island
The log made Exchange hazardous and
sddeG 10 this, the dangerous water
threw many gf the passengers. men as
well as women. into STATE II terror
When the liner showed her nose hard
on the rocks she was almost Ttven BY
the shock
A touch Of panic threatened 10 make
the accident a horror, but the officers and
CrnT- aided nv a fayI mon and several
women succeeded in calming the fright
ened crowd
Passengers Transferred.
Then began the work OF transfer.
Rockets were obliterated by the fog,
and the strongest light aboard cast but
a feeble ray through the mist
No sooner. had the liner struck than
the wireless began flashing out the s
O. S.-the call for aid The message
was first answered By the Lizard signal
station At . o'clock the news was a.
Falmouth. and preparation Tor the
sending OF assistance under way
BY daybreak. a score OF vessels. in
their way 20 the AEunehaha's side The
fOz euEeIopiaE almost the entire coast
OF ENGLAND hampered the advance OF
the relief ships however
The transfer OF the passengers Vas
followed by efforts TO save the live
sock aboard tire Minnenahar 40 head
OF cattle being landed az sam psoa IS
land. where the Inhabitants gave every
possible aid There was no way 70
save the cattle save by making them
swim
Vessel II Good Position.
While this work was going an ar
-zr-e-e7ts for the transfer Of the pas
sergers 20 PenzanCe on The Maryland
were going on Seafa-iuE men say the
Mfnnehaha lies in a gOOC position and
* nor badly damaged They declare she
can be fcated as soon as hghtened-
This work is proceeding rapidly under
direction Of Captain IyeylaDd-
The Ninnehaha. which belongs 70 q
line that runs steamers more for com
fort than speed left New G0Tk. April
9 she IS 500 ieet long' a e a o7I -L.l3I.
beam, and depth Of $50 she vas DulIJ
IN Belfast IN 1900 By Hdriand & " OH
she IS schooner riEEed- and has twin
screws with two fOUr-cylinGe- Cuadruple
EXPANSION engines and q nominal horse
power Of ~ Her tonnage e lS,+l0
The Ninrehaha has figured IN seTerai
accidents. Shortly after she was put III
commission she ran down the tUEboat
American in the Earbor Of New York
and two Of the tug crew were drowned
o. --==----
October q. 1905. the Minnehahs, while
IN dense fog rammed the CUnaTder Ell
r71rfa On the westward trip which
brought the AIinnehaha into New York
on September a. 1905. fire in her bunkers
RACED for three days, and was controlled
HnIy when ninety tons OF coal were Jet
l--.H-.-.--
IlIs- a. year ago yesterday The Mime
20 s. HK&