Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05

Her crew of forty-six men were res
| cued by the Mallory liner Alamo, bound
| for Key West. which was first to reach
| the Kentucky in response to her wireless
distress signals.
The Kentucky is owned by the Eastern
Steamship Company and was on her way
from New York around Cape Horn to
Seattle.
The forty-six men were transferred
from their ship to small boats and again
| in turn to the decks of the Alamo late
yesterday afternoon. more than hun
dred miles off the South Carolina coast.
/. Capt. Moore Predicts Fate.
Standing on the deck of the Alamo.
, Capt F. B. Moore of the kentucky
looked back at his laboring vessel and
said
"She will go to the bottom before mid
| night
The foundering vessel was reached by
the Alamo at half-past 3 o'clock in the
/ afternoon. according to a wireless mes
sage received from the rescuing steamer
as she came alongside the kentucky.
Then, bit by bit, out of the air came the
electric flashes TO the station of the
United Wireless Company at Savannah,
telling Of the rescue in small boats of
Capt.. Moore and his men.
Kentucky Sends Distress Call.
First word of the plight of the Ken
lucky was received here at o'clock
yesterday morning. The sharp call IS. o.
S." was received and Immediately the To-
cal operator was repeating the call. The
bombardment of the call got to the liner
Alamo.
The Alamo put on full speed. pointing
her nose in the direction given by the
Kentucky AS she drew within range OF
the latter's supposed position she began
to send thick, black smoke from her fun
nels to give heart to the crew of the dis
abled vessel and warning of the approach
of the Alamo.
The Navy Department in the mean
time flashed wireless messages along the
Atlantic coast dispatching the battleship
Louisiana and two revenue cutters to the
scene.
Kentucky's Crews Close Call.
Bad luck was the Kentuckys lot al
most Immediately after she left New
York for her fourteen-thousand-mil voy-
age. January %. Good luck was her lot
when the wireless instruments were the
last things Installed before she departed
One hundred and fifty miles off Sandy
by working the pumps yaliantly Capt
Moore was able to reach Newport News
with sixteen inches OF water in the yes
sells hold. There repairs were made and
Lloyds and the United States inspector at
the port saying she was sound and sea-
worthy.
notwithstanding this assurance, T. A.
McLarney, formerly the night operator
at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
who had shipped with the vessel when she
left New York, refused to continue on the
voyage, because his parents at Month
cello. N Y, had a premonition that some
thing would happen.
Substitute Wireless Operator.
They bombarded him with messages to
this effect In Difference to their wishes
he obtained substitute operator, W. D.
McGinnis, who sent out the call which
saved the lives of his shipmates.
In the wireless room of the Kentucky
sat the operator, w. d. Mc4innis, ham
mering away on the call for aid and re-
ceiving the assurance that help was COM
ing as fast as the engines of liner and
two revenue cutters could drive them.
1t is evidence OF his heroism that Capt.
Moore. when on the Alamo, publicly
thanked the operator for his work and
the rescued crew cheered him.
He sat at his instrument until water
rushing in drowned out the dynamo that
enabled him to send out his signal. Then
the wireless was choked and the Ken
tucky's crew could but wait until the
vessel was found.
just as the electricity failed the first
sign of smoke from the Alamo's tunnels
was seen. The work Of transferring the
crew was attended with little danger No
one was injured.
Kentucky Left to Her Fate.
The Alamo did not stand by until the
sea had claimed the Kentucky, but pro-
ceeded toward her own destination. 1t
was evident the Kentucky could not stay
above water long.
Capt Mcintosh of the Mallory liner
learned that the revenue cutter Yama-
craw, which was intercepted at sea while
in search of derelict, was rushing to-
ward the Kentucky and left to the gov
eminent vessel the task of seeing the end
of the sinking steamer.
Heavy weather was encountered off
Cape Hatteras. The Kentucky began
leaking very badly yesterday morning, and
Capt. More saw 1t would be useless to
| attempt to navigate the ship further
Then the sharp call for aid began to go
out in every direction. There went down
with the ship S1,5OO worth Of new silver
ware that had just been placed on board
her. The vessel is insured for $4,000.
Officers Baked, Fearing Disaster.
NEW YORK, February 5.-According to
| the secretary of the Masters, Mates and
| Pilots Association In this city, the Ken
| lucky had not been long at sea before
several Of her officers decided they did not
wish to risk their lives in an attempt to
go through the Straits of Magellan.
| January "a 1t Is said. the chief engineer
notified Capt. Moore. who had come over
| land from Tacoma to take command and
| bring the steamer to the Pacific coast,
| that she was leaking SO badly it was not
| safe to proceed.
| Capt. Moore put into Newport News, ar
irving at 2 o'clock in the morning of the
| next day. There Elmut oassi the chief
officer, and Alexander Hedlund. the third
mate, gave up their commissions and went
| ashore.
| Capt Moore went to the United States
shipping commissioner. asserting that the
men had signed for the entire voyage to
| the coast. The men, however. refused to
60 on, and new officers were shipped.
Varied Career of Fated Craft.
Originally named the Lincoln, the
| steamer was built for the Eastern Steam
ship Company for passenger and freight
service between Boston. Boothbay and
| Wiscasset. After a short career down
| east she was leased to the JOY line for a
season on the route between Providence
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