New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
MAURITANIA SAVES
SIXTEEN At SEA
Remainder Of Crew of the West
Point Five Days in
Open Boat.
LONG WIRELESS RELAY
MESSAGE Sent Two thirds Across
Atlantic-Captain of the De-
vonian Tells of Rescue
in Midocean.

FOuldL OA4S -
in Midocean.
Care Race. y F. Sept AFTER r,uca
suffering. all Of the thirty-two men COM
prfsing the crew OF the British frelght
steamer West Point. Glasgow for
Charleston. s G. which burned 20 the
waters edge in midocean on SUNDAY
last. are safe News that the rescue of
the West Points crew had been coTl-
pleted by the picking up at midnight on
Friday last Of captain Pfnkham and
fifteen men who had been with HIM
for five da--s in an open boat by the
Cunard liner Mauretania. New YORK
for Liverpool. was received here today
by a wireless relay from that steamer
Meanwhile an equal number OF the crew
Of the burned steamer. headed by the
chief mate. is approaching Boston,
aboard the Leyland liner Devonian.
from Liverpool which accomplished their
rescue on Friday morning They VIII
arrive in Boston late on Monday or early
on Tuesday. Tonight each party was
Informed by wireless Of the safety ot
the other
The message announcing the arrival
aboard the Mauretania Of Captain Pink
ham and his party vas reIayed across
nearly tvo-thirds Of the Atlantic Il
said that the Mauretania at midnight
on Friday had rescued Captain Pinkhar1
Of the steamer West Point and his sec
ond officer. two engineers, the cnlet
steward, the carpenter and ten seamen-
The Mauretania and the Rotterdam had
previously relayed 70 shore the ne~s o.
the rescue of the first mates boat 5y the
Devonian. the first information u tho
loss Of the West Point TO reach land
To-day's message from the Maureran-s
did not give the longitudinal and Lacl-
-r1dinaI position OF the place where the
rescue Of Captain Pinkham ard his n1ec
took place. a
s- Johns. Y. F. Sept 4-Meagre
wireless advices received here tonight
throw some additional light on the res
rrA ~ those members Of the III fated
West Points crew picked UP by the
Mauretaria According 70 the dis-
matches the two boats in which the
crAv pr1t OF from the burning vessel
started away together. but were sepa-
rated on Thursday night during Ios-
The division picked Up by the Maure-
tanfa we're in good condition. CONSIDER
ing the harGships they endured. having
-aken with them a sufficient food sup
p1v from the West Point
BOSTON. Sept. 4-Stories OF the hard
snfUs endured by the sixteen men OF l-ls
british steamer West Point, VINO were
nicLed NJ al sea by the Leyland steamer
Devonian after long battle against
heavy seas in a dovnpOur of rain are
told in Z dispatch received here from
Cantain Trant Of the DevOnian tonight
His dispatch also confirms the dispatch
sent 10 Cape Race by the Nauretanla
telling of the rescue OF the captain and
fifteen others OF the crew Captain
Trant's story follows
steamship Devonian. via Sable Island
Canperdown. and Halifax y >, sept
4-On Friday morning a boat was
sighted off the port bow. The Devon-an
uas kent awav toward her. and she
nrovad 10 be q Iifeboat from the steamer
West Point. Of Liverpool The ship was
stopped at : 53 a n. and sixteen men
taken out of the boat Their names are
g n Meikle. chief officer; H. ". Harker,
third officer: J. Roche. bOatswain, J.
Priu1ius, cook, P OIeson- donkeyu1an5 J.
Davies 7 Rove. ". AspetOs and J.
TJovd able seameu. W WestIake. sec
ond. and Mason. fourth, engineers. A.
Murphy. T Stewart. Edie and Lukln.
6renen. and c. Lewis, messroom stew
ard.
Steamer Foundered August e.
The boat was pulled up in the davtts.
s+,r,uranrs applied TO the men and they
we're taken care of Chief Officer MeiSls
reports that the steamer had foundered
on Sunday. August D, at p m. N
1s+i+ude 4543 degrees north. lonsttuda
4A ~ degrees west. catching fire at .
a. m. on the 9th
They last saw the captains BOAT cor
tanning the remainder OF the crew. n
all sfx+Aen men on THURSDAY AT a
m in about latitude AIS degrees north
- y degrees west The cap
tain Rad let the men know that he IN
tended keeping 70 the eastbound track
Thinking the captains boat might be N
the vicinity. and the weather coming
in thick the ship DevOntan was stopped
two hours. firing distress bombs az IN
tervais 10 attract attention
We stood 10 south southeast ana
southwark. finally hauling up 20 the
course again at 80 .. m The weather
was misty at times and distance OF OBJ
was not great We failed 20
see ANYTHING Of the missing boat from
rhA time of getting the mates report
Ne have been in constant ccrnraCnica-
ton with passing homeward bound
steamers by wireless. asking them 10
keep a good lookout for the boat Also
passed word through 70 Cape Race 20
report the matter Received replies oy
wireless from kronprtnz Wilhelm HaV-
afford Nauretania Pretoria. Nieuw AM
sterdam- Pallanza. IveInia. Teutonlc.
La Lorraine. a Wilson liner. Pennsyl-
vania all promising 10 keep a good
lockout This morning We received
word from the Mauretania via cape
Race and Deutschland. that she had
picked I'D the captains boat from the
West Point. and that all was we'll