The evening world., 1911-12-29
Wireless Call Of Destroyer
Warrington, Rammed OF
Hatteras, Brought Help.
50 MEN ARE TAKEN OFF.
Gutter Onondago, Which Hur.
ried to Aid, Makes Thrilling
ReScueS in Wild Sea.

wAsHISGTON. Dec. ?e.-The Grip
pied torpedo boat destroyer Warning
ton. which was run down on iIatteras
In n gale on Wednesday might by an
unknown ship. was safely towcd into
Hampton Roads { 2.30 A.. NJ. to-day by
ths revenue cutter Onondapa. which
also brought the d%estroyer's crew.
Wireless dispatches received ut rev.
cnue cutter headquarters at iibo
%o'cioc.. announced the Warrington
safe s%--ivai.
Although tho Revenue Gutter SER
vice reported the Warrington safely In
Hampton Roads this morning. inter
ccpted wireless messages TO the Navy
Department reported the crippled de-
stroyer passing In the Virginia capes
at 1850 this afternoon under convoy
Of the scout cruiser Salem and headed
for the Norfolk Navy Yard.
FIfty-six men. the greater part OF the
crew OF the destroyer. were board the
Onondsga. which raced from Norfolk
III tkHplN' " Nitl'NF ulSlI'bH VAIN
from the vessel after she had been
ramE a by an unidentified schooner.
Four men were injured. but only tive
names are known-J. n. Stanley and
q. W. Boundcr. Stanley has n cut foot
and Boundcr In severely bruised and aas
a three-inch scalp wound. one OF tn,
| other two has three ribs broken ana q
bruised arm. Two men were hurt II
the small boats. which were dashed
against the steel sides OF tho Warning
ton as the transfer OF the crew wa,
being made.
According TO messages received here
the onondaga arrived at the scene OF
the accident. fifteen miles northeast ol
Cape HAtteras. about noon yesterday
finding the Warrington anchored and II
no Immediate danger. The torpedo boat
sterre,t. Perkins. PAulding and Drayton
which were coming up the coas: behind
the Warrington, were standing by.
Fifty-six men were transferred TO tn
onondasa from tho Warrington. Fur
teen, including all the officers Of tn
vessel, remained on tho crippled noAt
The water. which had poured through
the assures In the stern. WAS held II
the after holds by bulkheads.
SCHOONER scuDs AWAY AFTeF
THE CRASH.
Al tho time of the accident the Wal
rinyton was eight or ten miles ahead o
the rest Of the torpedo Meet. half unje
and half out VI the water as the forty
Ave mile gale swept the rough sea owe
the little vessels. Suddenly out OF th,
darkness doomed the fioundering schoon
or, Before the man on watch coul'
swing the torpedo boat out OF tn
~schooner's course the Warrington wa
rammcd Then the schooner scudde
OF In the darkness before any or tn
men, aroused by the shock. could tel
whether she was a two or a Tour
masted vessel.
Tn, blow sent the Warrington stas
Rering. all Of the crew excep, those o
watch bcing thrown from their han
mocks. Stanley was thrown against IN
aft bulkhead. Bounder was pltche
head foremost from his hammock to n
steel fooring.
. FOR a time n was feared that Il
warrington would sink before help .
rived. And after the OnondAgA HI
made her plucky run against the pow
and stress OF the storm ana arriv'
: within speaking distance Of tho Wa
= rinvton. the destroycr's officers d
- cided that the men OF the warringt'
I should be transferred aboard the cutie
saw. only a small working crew.
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