Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-05
SH|PWRECKED SAILORS
PICKED UP AT SEA.
Sixteen Of West Points Grew Are Save(
By Devonian and IS by Mauritania
Steamer Burned on Aug. 28--
Great Suffering in Open Boats.

Cape Race. n F., Sept. 4.-After
much suffering, all of the 32 men COM
prising the crew of the British freight
steamer West Point which burned to
the waters edge in mid ocean on Sun
day last, are safe. News that the res
cue of the West Points crew had been
completed by the picking up at mid
night on Friday last of Capt. Pinkham
and Is men Of his crew no had been
with him for five days in an open boat
latterly without food, by the Cunard
liner Mauretania, New York for Liver
pool was received here today by
wireless relay. Meanwhile. an equal
number of the crew of the i'll fated
steamer. headed by the chief mate is
approaching Boston aboard the Ley
land liner Devonian, which accomplish
ed their rescue at $50 A. NJ. Thursday
morning. They should arrive in Bos-
ton late Monday or early Tuesday. 1t
may be a day or two later before their
fellow seamen of the West Point now
speeding in the opposition direction
reach Liverpool Tonight, both parties
were informed of the fortunate delivery
of the other.
The wireless message announcing the
safety aboard the Mauretania Of Capt
Pinkham and his party was received
here today, having been relayed across
nearly thirds of the Atlantic. 1t
said that the Mauretania Friday morn
ing had rescued Capt. Pinkham of the
steamer West Point and his second Of
ficer and two engineers, the chief stew
ard. the carpenter and 10 seamen. The
message told further of the rescue by
the Devonian of the chief mates party
although the Mauretania on Friday
night had aided in relaying message
to this effect, the first information OF
the burning and abandonment of the
West Point, which was received on this
continent yesterday.
Today's message did not give th2
longitudinal and latitudinal position of
the place where the rescue by the
Mauretania of Capt. Pinkham and his
men took place. This must have been
several hundreds of miles west of the
place where the Devonian effected the
rescue of the first boats crew as the
Mauretania when she relayed the first
| message on Friday night said nothing
of the rescue of the captains boats
crew.
Boston, Sept 4-Stories of untold
| hardships endured by the men of the
| crew of the steamer West Point who
| were picked up at sea by the Leyland
| liner Devonian of 7-hourS battle
| against heavy seas in downpour or
rain which kept them soaked to the
skin, are told in a dispatch received
| by The Associated Press from Capt.
| Trent of the Devonian tonight. His dis
patch also includes a statement as t"
| the safety of the other men who were
picked up by the Cunarder Maure-
tania now on her way to Liverpool
The statement follows:
as. s. Devonian via Sable Island.
Camperdown, and Halifax. N. 8. Sept
| L. On Friday morning a boat was
sighted off the port bow. the Dovonian
was kept away towards her and she
proved to be life boat from the
| steamer West Point of Liverpool. The
ship was stopped at S53 A. NJ. and Is
men taken from the boat. Their names:
G. y. Meikle. chief officer; H. w. Mar
| ker, third officer: j. Roche. boatswain;
J. Primus, cook: p. Oleson. donkey
man: ]. Davies, ]. Rowe, w. ASH
patos, ]. Lloyd. able seamen: w. West
lake, second and Mason Fourth engi-
neers; A. Murphy. T. Stewart. Adic
and Lukin, firemen: c. Lewis. mess
| room steward. The boat was pulled up
| in the davits stimulants applied to the
| men and they We're taken care of. Chief
| Officer Meikle reports that the steamer
| had foundered on Sunday, Aug. 2S. at
|6P. M, in Lat 45.43 N. 40.41 W.. catch
| ing fire at A. NJ. on the 27th.
| "They last saw the captains boat
containing the remainder of the crew.
in all sixteen men on Thursday at 6
A. NJ. in about AS NJ, 4224 w. The
captain had let them know that he
intended keeping to the eastbound
track, thinking the boat might be in
the vicinity, and the weather coming
in thick. the Devonian was stopped
two hours, firing distress bombs at in
tervals to attract attention.
| I'VE stocd at south southeast and
southwark, finally hauling up to the
course again at 2.03 p. M. The weather
was misty at times and distance of
observation was not great. We failed
Ito see anything of the missing boat
from the time of getting the mate
lreport We have been in constant
Communication with passing homeward
bound steamers by wireless asking
them to keep a good lookout for the
boat. Also passed word through to
| Cane Race to report the matter. Re-
ceived replies by wireless from Kror
Prinz Wilhelm, Haverford, Maureta-
MIA. Pretoria, New amsterdam. Pail
| .xo Jyarn;o Tautonic La Lorraine
a Wilson liner. Pennsylvania. al
promising to keep good lookout
This morning we received word from
the Mauretania via Cape Race. ano
Deutschland that she had picked uI