Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-14
sENylcE GIVES GOOD ACCOUNT
of iTsELF DUNNO RECENT
ATLANTIC STORM.
aIsa 70 EMERGENCIES
ON MANY OCCASIONS
Thrss Cutters Alone give Assistanes
to Sixteen Distressed vssss Il Within
Two Wssks and No Less Than 80
Persona sueeersd-calls For Assist
anes Numerous.
Especial corre.pondence.l

Washington, Sept l4.-Uncle Sans
floating lKe-saving service. the revenue
cutter service, has given magnificent
account OF itself along the storm beaten
Atlantic coast recently. Year in and
years out, without much ado about 1t.
the revenue cutters and their heroic
crews. all the way from Maine to the
gulf and all the way from the Cali
fornia coast to the Aleutian islands. go
:: forward doing on immense amount OF
valuable work in the saving Of lives
and the rescue OF wrecked vessels
from devastation. to say nothing OF
much other useful service. The recent
heavy storms on the south Atlantic
coast have given the revenue cutters
an unusual opportunity and they have
risen to 1t.
Some Recent Work.
A statement was given out today at
! the treasury department by Acting
Secretary Of the Treasury Bailey
which shows something Of what the
cutters have done In consequences OF
the south Atlantic coast gale which
wrought devastation Aug. p and %
and from the effects Of which the ocean
Is even yet scarcely cleared. THIS
statement shows that three revenue
cutters In the past two weeks gave
assistance to sixteen distressed vessels.
which, with their cargoes. are valued
at over $4,000. 900. At least ESQ persons
were succored by the prompt action
Of these crafts during the south At
lantic coast hurricane. Had moving
pictures Of the exciting incidents been
taken. says the statement given out
today. these doughty little vessels
wor,ld. have figured prominently In the
scenes on account Of their ceaseiess
activities.
Calls for Help Numerous.
powered stea mships were driven
ashore three and four-masted schoon-
ers we're dismasted and left helpless de-
relicts in the paths Of commerce, ana
craft Of all descriptions were battered
ana disabled by the fury Of the gale.
Calls for assistance were heard from
all quarters. and the three revenue
cutters stationed In the storm stricken
distric. were put to their utmost Ell
forts IN saving lives and giving neip
TO disabled shipping. Even now. a
fortnight after the storm. this Work
is going on as there are several KNOWN
dereficts hoa.ing around and some tnat
have not been reported. The cutters
have been SO busily engaged IN rescue
work that as yet the commanding OF
ficer. have made only meagef reports
nv wireless Of the gallant labors they
have performed.
Resume Of Their Work.
The three cutters were the Yama-
craw. Seminole and onondasa The
following is a brief resume OF their re-
cent work:
The Yamacraw, stationed at Savan-
nah mt 70 sea before the gale sub
s;ded ana on her way down the Sa-
yannah river rescued two barges which
had broken adrift and took on the
Ecrews Of several disabled motor boats.
The Lexington, \ $500 ton steamer
OF the Merchants and Miners Line was
driven ashore on Hunting Island. Her
wireless calls for help brought the
Yamacraw TO her assistance. After
great efforts, the passengers We're tax
en- on by the Yamacraw and landed IN
Charleston.
on the Yamacraw's way to Charles
tor. the news was flashed OF several
vessels in distress. the most urgent De-
ing the Bessie Whiting, schooner with
her centre crew aboard. which was
|driffing at the seas mercy eight miles
"a ~ Of Savannah. The Yamacraw. at
ter iand;nR the passengers of the Lex
|inrfon. searched for the Whiting and
EtowSd her to Charleston much to the
tefsST of the captain and crew Of seven
men.
with rest for the Yamacraw's tired
crew. help was then given the schooner
bertha L. Downs Of New Haven. which
vas stowed into Charleston; assistance
wass then offered the schooner Forest
CRY: and then an unknown capsised
Sch0oner was towed In under the lee
of Cape Roman.
n Fully az active as the Yaasac.s...
The Seminal with headquarters at
Wilmington. y. c.. gave aid to the
wtAcked schooner Malcolm B. Seavey,
The .fIismasted schooner Fortuna, and
schooner Mile r. Bohemian. and the
sch6oner Charles A. Valentine. The
schooner Fortuna, OF New London.
Conn. was dfsmasted and her deck
load Of lumber washed away IN the
atom. She had been abandoned by all
:hA7,da save the captain and his wife
ana the cook. The Seminole towed her
,lsito Georgetown. South Carolina
The cutter -8emln0ie anu tne cutler
'1nondaIa searched for the schooner
sarah 81 Fell, OF New York. and the
seminole found her abandoned thirty
milSs, sauthwest of Diamond Shoals
Hlih vessel. : I. - =
IA addition to other good work, the
Dnol5d Aii responded to wireless calls
IN shSiD from the passenger steamer
AllfSnc1 bound from New York to
EriSlobals and vonvoyed her until out
~ 6angef.
Oeotreyins osssliets.
i Tie derelict destroyer Seneca, sta
fs66Sa It New York, was 1t once ore
.derSd ~ cruise the gulf stream ana:
'da,troy derelict. Ten miles on Barne-
~. me destroyed the sunken steamer
5oSie II Burt, which was directly IN
the pAfh of passenger steamers. She
then returned to New York Temporal
lily With the master OF the schooner
Carte "A. Lane whose vessel had gone
Ssisoro and who himself had typhoid
AZ yaDs In neesi OF prompt HOSPITAL
|XSaaRnS mt. The seneca has now re-
r. - hef search for derslicts hoping
E6o ~ Icepf them before they drift up
IN path ok the trans Atlantic
: - Gips plying between Americas
SU UuroDeAn port e isss :
20 nj this rescue 6ofS ~
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