New-York tribune., 1910-03-05
CREW SAVED AT SEA
T4KEN 4BO1RD LINER
Wireless Says Freighter Korea
Went Dozen IN Mid-Ocean.

While steaming to this port from GlaS-
gov the Anchor liner Caledonia, in fair
~ heavy sea, on Tuesday rescued forty
eight men from the Russian steamship
Korea. which sank about 600 miles west OF
Queenstown. The rescue was made by Oh
1icers and sailors from the Caledonia sent
out in lfeboats under the direction OF cap
tain Walter Baxter, the commodore of the
Anchor Line fleet
The news came here yesterday TO the
Anchor Line office in wireless message
sent from the Caledonia when 1890 miles
east of Sandy Hook. The Caledonia, which
left Glasgow Saturday, encountered
heavy weather. and on Tuesday at ];3o
p m, when III latitude 52.51 north, longi-
! tude eSf9 west, she sighted the Korea. fly
ing signals of distress The vessel had
heavy list TO port and it was apparent to
those on the bridge of the Caledonia that
she was in bad way. 1t is believed at
the Anchor Line office that even had she
not displayed signals her helpless appear
ance would have prompted Captain Baxter
TO bear down upon her and offer assistance
The Caledonia heading southwest on
her course from Glasgow. and had she
been delayed on the run from the Scotch
port il is likely the Korea would have gone
down with all hands on board The Gale
donia did not get to the Korea a moment
too soon. II was seen that the Russian
freghter could not last in the heavy sea
that running, and as soon as the
Scotch liner came within few hundred
yards of her lifeboats were lowered and
sent out to take off the freigbter's crew.
Within an hour after the first boat was
sent out from the Caledonia Captain Zipe
and his crew of forty-seven men were safe
aboard the Scotch liner. Captain Zipe stood
by the rail and directed the disembarkation
of his men. and when the last member of
his crew had been taken off he jumped
i.to the lifeboat with the ships papers and
other articles of value. The fate of the
Korea was too well known to the crew,
so no effort was made to set her on fire be-
fore leaving her.
The rescue was observed with much in
terest by the 720 passengers on the Gale
donia. and the Scotch sailors were checred
alongside. After the Hfeboats We're hauled
up the Caledonia got back on her course
and headed for New York at fifteen knots
She was reported 1880 miles east of
Sandy Hook at $50 a. m. yesterday. and is
expected TO arrive here Monday forenoon.
Nothing was said in Captain Baxter's
makage about how the Korea had been
wrecked The skipper stated briefly that
she vas sinking rapidly when the crew
taken off, and that before the Gale
Gona got out of sight the Russian freighter
had sunk.
The Korea was loaded with iron orc taken
on al Narvik Norway, for Philadelphia.
and it is believed that the bad weather
caused this heavy cargo to Shift and
eventually sink her. Another theory of the
sinking of the Korea is that she either
struck a dereict or was in collision with
another vessel.
The Korea was a vessel of 6,163 tons
and was $50 feet long. with a 62-foot beam
She was at one time in the passenger ser
vice Of the Russian East Asiatic Line. oper-
ating between this port, Libau and ROtter-
dam. At that time she was equipped with
wireless but whether this equipment was
maintained when she went into the freight
business is not known by the agents of the
line in this city. She was built in 1899, and
during the Russo-Japanese war was used
as a transport by the Russian government