Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-18
Sc TAKEN OFF
5. S. MINNEHAHA
WRECKED IN FOG
New York Liner Hits Submerged
Rock Off TreacherOus
SciIly Coast.
WIRELESS SIGNALS BRING
FISHING CRAFT TO RESCUE
Passengers Reach Land in
Safety and Live Stock
Cargo Is Lightered.

HUGHToWN. st. Mary's, Scilly
Islands, April 1S.-The steamer Mime
haha, of the Atlantic Transport Line,
struck on the submerged rocks near
Bishop Rock at o'clock this morning.
Her passengers were removed in SAT-
ety. The vessel is badly damaged
The Minnehaha, Captain Layland,
from New York for London, was feehng
her way cautiously towards the Eng
lish channel through a dense fog that
obscured the light on Bishop Rock ana
led her to approach too near the dan
gerous coast of the Scilly lsianos.
When the Minnehaha hit the rocks she
tore a big hole amidships, and TINS
morning she had twenty feet OF water
in her foreholds. The sixty-six passen-
gers rudely awakened We're considera-
bly, alarmed for a time, but were reas-
sured by the officers, and, so far as has
been learned here suffered no harm
Scarcely had the steamer climbed
upon the rocks when urgent wireless
me ssa ges were being sent to the Lloyds
signal station at the Lizard, from
which point they We're passed on to
Falmouth Signals of distress also
were picked up on the islands, and in a
short time fishermen's boats had put
out to the wreck. These boats took off
the messengers and landed them at
Bryher, where they We're made as COM
4 Portable as the resources of the little
island permitted, pending the arrival
of a steamer, Which has been dis
patched to take them to Penzance,
whence they will be taken by special
IA train to London.
Crew sticks To Vessel.
1t 81. .g..1
! by the vessel, which at daylight showed
slight list to port AS soon as the
passengers were sent away the work of
lghtering the cargo was begun. The
weather continued thick. and rain fell,
but the sea was fairly moderate. Two
life boats stood by. The live stock,
which made up a large part of the
cargo, was landed on Sampson Island.
Shipments of wax and machinery,
which filled holds / and ., were jet
tisoned, as the vessel continued to make
water forward. 1t was thought that the
Minnehaha might be towed off the
rocks at high water.
An early examination of the engines
and boiler rooms appeared to show that
their equipments We're intact, and that
the, damage to the vessel was limited
to the forward holds
identical spot where her namesalxe,
sailing ship, was driven ashore some
thirty-seven years ago.
In the emergency the behavior of all
on board the liner could not have been
better. The life boats We're swung out
promptly at the first shock, and then
Captain Layland, the officers and crew
i passed among the passengers, who had
q hurnedly rushed on deck in the clothing
"A III which they had slept. quieting their
81 fears and persuading them to return to
81 their cabins and dress themselves
warmly for the trip ashore.
n Had Been Cropping.
From statements by the officers it an
pears that they had teen unableto take
4 observations for the past three days
and all were anxiously watching for
sight oe the lighthouse on Bishop Rock
Late last night, just as the dangerous
craigs, which encompass the islands,
were seen ahead, there was felt a slight
grating, as the bottom of the vessel
parsed over submerged rocks A mo-
inent later the liner stuck fast
The weather was fairly moderate this
afternoon, but the steamer bumped
+ heavily on the rocks and water con-
! tinued to pour rapidly through the bad
rip in her hold.
The wireless calls and signal guns
from the distressed vessel brought
quick response from all directions The
y guns were heard on ST Mary's ISL
and and lifeboat was promptly des-
patched toether with all the available
fishing boats, The wireless stations on
the mainland picked up the ships
alarms and tugs were soon on their
way to the wreck.
V,biS a ftarro tl,a no ecapoore+ Of +I,a
Minnehaha, with their baggage, We're
transferred from Bryher to St Marys
island, where they will remain tonight.
Tomorrow morning they will board q
steamer which will take them to Pen
zance. The party, it is expected, will
arrive in London at o'clock tomorrow
evening
While tugs We're on their way to
the stranded liner from Plymouth,
i Falmouth and Penzance, all of the pas
sengers accompanied by some of the
crew were put ashore Others of the
crew and the cattlemen stood by the
wreck in small boats. At daylight the
full complement of the vessel returned
" aboard and the work of tightening and
a salvage was commenced.
In an interview today one of the
a purser's staff said:
81 THE weather was so thick that land
81 was not sighted until we found the
~ ship close alongside high crag, prob
Htably Maiden Bower, or Shipman Head.
A93I nnediately the well was sounded. and
xNit was seen that the steamer was Leak
ling. When we felt the rock beneath us
1.-the boats were Lowered and the women
&4first placed in them. Then the men
/zof the passengers were taken off By
fhat time a boat from Bryher had ar
sisived and they piloted the Minnehaha's
boats to shore. The latter SUBSEQUENT
III returned to the wreck and We're
Ibaded with baggage and provisions
Die food was required. as the resources
y the islands were overtaxed by the |
Unexpected influx of castaways-"
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