The Washington times., 1910-05-04
MISSING STEAMER
IS REPORTED SAFE
Has on Board Crew of An
other Vessel Struck
in Fog.
FREIGHTER ASHORE
AND CARGO DAMAGED
Crippled Ship Beached Just as
Boiler Room Fires
Go Out.

BOSTON, May 4-The wireless sta
.tiOn received a message at 9-15 this
morning from the oiI-ta1k steamship
Ligonier, which was in collision with
the freight steamer SantUrce OF Cape
Cod in a dense fog last night, saying
the LgOnier was safe IN Massachusetts
bay.
With a great hole IN her starbOard
bow, the SanturCe arrived at Province
town. Moss, at dawn today, and was
beached with decks awssh- After the
crash Captain FOlkeT, OF the Santurce,
PAT most OF his crew aboard the Lyon
Ter, and with fun steam on drove
through the dense fog for the shore All
through The nighttime men led me boil
srs, and with pumps al fun head fought
seas which poured through The break
into the ships Size, fearing every mo-
Tnent that the bUIKheads might collapse
and the vessel 90 10 the bottom
crippled and carrying the major part
OF the other ships crew, transferred
while It was thought the SantUrce was
going down, the LigOnier dropped from
sIght in the dense fog blanketing the
coast after her master, Captain Il A
Gates, hal flashed by wireless news Of
the collision and great anxiety was felt
until the vessel was heard from
BY dawn today a fleet Of tugs and
wrcckers had taken up the hunt fo- Stho
ldGonier.
Wireless Tied Up By Fog.
The heavy mist tied Up the wireless.
AL night long from shore appeals IoT
more information and for the definite
location OF the ships were flashed Morn
iug came with no further news from the
Llgonier, until the fog lifted somewhat
and made the wireless instruments
available
The Santurce arrived in Boston three
days ago from san Juan, Porto Rico
and left yesterday for New York
Because Of the heavy fog, Captain
FOIker laid his course well outside OF
cape Cod.
shortly before midnight the lookout
sighted another steamship near the big
1Ielgfter and gave the alarm, but be
lore either captain could change his
course the vessels were IN collision, the
other striking the SanJurce almost amid
snIps-
There was scurrying on both craft
and they hove TO IN the foE- The
stranger reported through a megaphOne
that she was the OIL tank steamer
LigOnier, Captain Gates. bound with q
cargo Of crude petroleum from Port
Arthur, Texas, to Beverly, Mass HeI
captain said ms bows were crushed, but
that an damage was above the watel
line
Refuses to Leave Ship.
Captain FoIker had had his collision
bulkheads closed at the hrst impact and
tHis saved the Santuce- She was tax
iES rwater very fast, however, and
captain Gates offered to take the crew
on one boatload was transferred. but
mates, and fire and engIne-room crew.
refused 70 abandon ship. F'oIker simply
asking that the Ligonler call help by
her wireless and stand by until morn.
iu5- The following message was sen
10y wireless to the owners.
y \ LISOnler had collision with : \
Sdniurce of Cape Cod. Have taker
part or Santurce's crew aboard. hrr
captain FolheT, chief engineer and re
manner crew aboard viii try beach her
Fog very thick LigOnier slightly dam
aged forward. An s5a9dinE by.
Il A Gates.
Captain LiSonier.-'
The message vas 20 Krd-- nv TN.
shore station and reply received ~.
-yreckinS tugs had been sent from New
London The steam pumps OF the Ssu
IuTce were set TO work and held tn.
water
Tie members Of the crew we're r.
transferred and with the LigOnier stand
51s by the SantUTce managed to max.
PrOTlnCetOUn- where she was beacnrr
and divers summoned to determine lin,
damage.
The LiSOnieT procedure 10 Beverly
twenty-five In Crew.
THE SautUTce left Boston yesterday ar
ternOon for New York, while the Lyon
Ter was bound from Port Arthur, vy-her
il left April Il. for Beverly
The oiIer IS schooner rugged She va
built at Camden y J.. in 1903. and D.
owned 10y The j. Cuffey Petroleum
Company OF Port arthur
The SantUrCe Is smaller She wa
bJIIt in 1Sgs at Wilmington, Del, and he
owners are the New York and Port RiC
Steamship Company
There were twenty-five men IN Tia
crew OF the SauturCe. -Four besides tn
captain stood by their ship when sh
seemed 20 be sinking taking the des
perate chance OF working her to ShOT
and Bleaching her When the cripple
vessel was finally brought into Province
town, the master and the engineers VIII
stayed with him we're exhausted The
had won the fight by an astOnishingl
narrow margin a little more and ia
engine room fires would have been pa
out. leaving Them 20 drift heIplessly OF
q sinking hulk The transfer OF tn
others OF the Sa1turCe's crew 10 In
igUnicT was accomplished in a heavy
0st- swell OF tremendous force WnlC