The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-17
SHIPS RACE TO
SAVE So LIVES
May Be cIinging to Wrecked
Liner Lima.
RESCUED TELL OF DISASTER
Vessel Which Rescued 2o5 10 Forced
to Abandon Work--Four Of Her
Crew Prove Themselves
Heroes.

Ancud. Cnlle, FEB. l5.--Tne Cnliean
cruiser Ministro Zenteno and five
steamers of the Pacific Navigation
Company are racing south In the
desperate hope that they may save
the So persons who, when last report
ed, were clinging to the stern of the
British steamer Lima as the vessel
was being pounded to pieces on reef
Ia the Huamblin passage, Straits Of
Magellan Two hundred and five per-
soas were taken from the wreck by
theyi British steamer Hatumet under
I difiiculties which finally compelled the
/ iaumet to abandon the work of res
cue. -Four OF the Hatumet's crew sac
riiiced their lives before the captain
commanded his men to cease their
efforts.
Rescuers Describe the Scene.
The Hatumet has arrived here and
her master told the story of the wreck
and rescue. He said:
When we sighted the wreck we
put out our small boats. which closely
approached the stern of the Lima,
where passengers and crew had gath
gered. We made connection between
the two vessels with 500 fathoms of
cable and were successful in lowering
EOS persons into our small boats and
IN setting them upon the Hatumet.
Heavy seas were rolling, which made
the work of rescue perilous. Finally
the l-ima's end of the cable slipped
from her stern and became entangled
in the rocks. Without the aid of the
cable we could not reach the wreck
and except for this accident all would
have been rescued.
In the increasing seas our boats
made futile efforts to reach the wreck.
The Lima threw out another line,
which our chief mate made daring
attempt to pick up. The second con.
nection was made eventually, but the
line, suddenly tightening, upset one
of our small boats, and. our. chief mate,
the ships engineer, the fourth en-.
gineer. and Spanish steward were
drowned. My boat rescued the others
OF the small boats crew.
Had Only One Boat Left.
Il signaled the captain of the Lima
that we had only. one small boat left
and that as this was severely strained
We would better proceed to Ancud for
further assistance. Unfortunately we
We're delayed off Ancud by a dense
forg. The Lima had strong list to
starboard and the port quarter is dn.
der water. She had IL feet of water
in the engine room. When we last
saw her she lay in dangerous posi-
ton and wars striking hard. The
steamer struck in heavy fog and in q
stormy sea and will be total loss. .
Scour Ocean for Nina.
New York, Feb. 15.--Tugs from the
Brooklyn navy yard are searching
every Granny of the Long island shore
and the New Jersey coast in an
effort TO find braces of the missing
Nina. which, with her crew of 32, left
the Norfolk navy yard eight days ago
for Boston and has not been reported
since then. The tugs are equipped
with wireless instruments and are
keeping in constant touch with the
navy yard here and with the other
vessels engaged in the search.
Fear is increasing among naval ON.
GERS that the Nina has foundered. The
little tug is single-screw vessel and
an injury to her machinery or pro.
peller would have disabled her com.
pletely. If she is drifting 1t is likely
that the strong northwest winds of
the last week have driven her far sea.
ward. If this has happened the food
problem must have become serious,
for she carried only small supply OF
provisions. The trip from Norfolk to
Boston ordinarily would not take more
than three days.
The supply ship Culgoa, laden with
stores for the battleship feet at
Guantanamo and ready to sail thither
from the Brooklyn navy yard, has
been diverted from her course by or
der Of the navy department and has
/. begun an independent search for the
Nina. She is criss-crossing that part
of the sea in which the missing tug
may be adrift. After she has fulfilled
her mission she will go to Guantan-
amo.