The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-20
Rescues By Wireless
New York Times. J

New York Times1
These are some of the rescues made
through the instrumentality of wire.
less.
The White tar line steamship Re-
public sunk off Nantucket on January
23, 1909, by the Italian liner Florida.
The Republic had Just left this port
and was going through a thick fog.
Jack Binns made the famous &C. @.
D." call, and about ] 900 persons were
saved and brought to por, on the Bal
tic
Cunard liner Slavonia. wrecked off
the Azores. This was on June 10 of
last year. Again the &C. Q. D." was
sent out and two steamers were
brought to the aid of the wrecked YES
sci.
City of Racine. of the Goodrich line.
in June, 1909. while on her way from
Chicago to Milwaukee, broke her pro-
peller off Waukegan. Wireless brought
the steamers Chicago and Christopher
Columbus. The former took off her
300 passengers, while the latter towed
her TO Chicago.
Arapahoe of the Clyde line. New
York for Charles ton, broke her shaft
on August II. 1909. when II miles
southwest of Diamond Shoals. She
anchored until the Iroquois. of the
same line. came in answer to the wire
| less call and towed her into port.
Steamship Ohio foundered off the
Alaskan coast on August l.. 1909.
Wireless Operator George E. Eccles
stuck to his key until he lost his life.
His IS. o. S. call brought help and
the 100 passengers and most of the
! crew were saved.
kentucky sunk on February 4, of
this year off Cape Hatteras. She was
bound from New York to San Francis
! CO. The wireless brought help, and
those on board were transferred to the
Mallory liner Alamo just before the
steamer sunk.
The Maine Steamship company S
steamer Horatio Hull, was sunk off
Handk erchief Shoal. near Nantucket,
in collision with the H. +. Dimrock, OF
the Metropolitan line. This was on
March 10, 1909. Wireless broukht time
ly aid.
| Brewster from Jamaica. went to the
bottom in a gale near Hatteras. The
wireless operator on Diamond Shoal
sent out an appeal for help, which
resulted in the rescue of the men. 3
in all, by the life savers. This was on
November %. 1909.
Puritan of the Graham and Morton
line, lost her rudder in winter storm
on Lake Michigan. Twenty-three hours
after the accident she was met by Z
tug sent out in reply to the wireless
danger" call, and towed to Chicago
This happened in November.
Nueces of the Mallory line. wen
ashore on French Reef. the Florid;
coast in December. 1909. Wireless
brought the government steamer. Us
ceola to her assistance.
Iroquois, bound from New York t.
Charleston in December, lost her rud
der Wireless brought several steam
ships to her assistance, and she wa
lowed to Charleston.
Algonquin. Boston for Galveston
broke her shaft in December blizzar'
off the North Carolina coast. The &c
0. S." call brought another vessel o
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to port in safety.
Antilles of the Southern Pacific CON
: pany went ashore near Key West il
October. She was bound from NeN
Orleans to New York. Vessel and thos
on board saved by wireless appeal.
Frederick, Philadelphia for Savar
nah was disabled in a winter gale.
: ! signal was sent to the City of Everett
which was sighted. and through tn
latter vessel the wireless call for he'll
was sent. The vessel was beached b
> tugs in\ time and brought to port.
Hey there" yelled the motorma