Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-05
WIRELESS SAVES
KENTUCKY 5 GREW.
LINER ALAMO REscuEs OFFICERS
AND sEAMEN BEFORE VESSEL
FOUNDERS.
OPERATOR ON BOARD
PROVES HIMSELF A HERO
Worked instruments Giving Location
of Doomed Ship Until Water SUBJ
merged Dynamos-Alamo Now Pro-
eeedins to Key West With Rescued
Men.

New York, Feb. 5.--Safe and sound
on board the Mallory liner Alamo the
captain and crew of forty six men OF
the il-fated steamer Kentucky are
speeding today for Key West Tho
Kentucky lies on the sea bottom of
Cape Hatteras. No wireless messages
were received early today from the
Alamo giving any further details of the
| thrilling rescue of the kentucky's crew,
which is thanking today the wireless
IS o. S." the marine call for help.
The rescue ives effected a few hours
before the Kentucky sank.
This Is the message as received In
New York from the Cape Ha,teras sta
ton:
Latitude s2.46. longitude 7s.as.-
Steamship Alamo has just taken Capt
Moore and crew of forty-six men from
sinking steamship Kentucky. Water
already had reached fireroom and
/, steamer will sink before midnight. The
Alamo is now proceeding to Key West"
| L. A. McLarney. formerly the night
operator at the Waldorf Astoria in
New York who had shipped with the
vessel as wireless operator when 1t
left this port. refused to continue on
| the voyage because his parents at
Monticello, n. Y, had a premonition
that something would happen. They
BON barded him with messages to this
effect, so that in Difference to their
! wishes he obtained a substitute oper-
ator. w. ID. McGinnis, who sent out the
| call which saved the lives OF his ship.
mates yesterday.
| Signal Flashes Out Of Air.
Bit by bit out OF the air came the
electric flashes to the station of the
United Wireless Company at Sava<-
nah. Ga. telling OF the rescue in small
boats of Captain Moore and his men.
The Alamo. receiving the CALL pun 0a
full speed, pointing its nose in the d.
rection given by fhe Kentucky ard as
it drew within range OF the Iatter's
supposed position began to send thick
black smoke from the tunnels to give
heart to the crew OF the disabled ves-
sci and warning of the approach OF the
| Alamo.
In the wireless room OF the Kentucky
| sat Operator McCiinnis, hammering
away on the call for aid and receiving
the assurance that help was coming as
revenue cutters could drive them 1t is
evidence of his heroism that Captain
I Moore when on the Alamo publicly
! thanked the operator for his work, and
the rescued crew then cheered him.
Operator Clings to Post.
| The operator sat at his instrument
until water rushing in drowned out the
dynamo that enabled him to send out
| his signals. Then the wireless ives
| choked and the Kentucky's crew could
| but wait until the vessel was found
Just as the electricity failed the frs.
sign of smoke from the Alamo's fires
| was seen.
The work of transferring the crews
| was attended with little danger. No
one was injured. the boats of the
! Alamo and the Kentucky being used to
/ transport the forty-six men.
/ The Alamo did not stand by until the
/ sea had claimed the Kentucky. but pro-
ceeded toward it's own destination 1t
was evident the Kentucky could not
stay above water long. Captain Nc
Intosh learned that the revenue cutter
| Yamacraw. which was intercepted at
sea while in search of n dereiict was
rushing toward the Kentucky and left
| to the government vessel the task OF
seeing the end of the sinking steamer
! The Kentucky originally was the
| Lincoln and was In service on the Flor
| ida coast 1t was built In Bath. Me.
| thirteen years ago and was insured for
| $40, 900