Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-04
SandfOrd's Yacht COrOnet
Holds Up Liner LapIand
In Mid-ocsan and Begs Tor a
Supply Of Provisions,
Liberal Quantity of Fosd Given TO
The Hungry V0yagers.

New \ 6rk. oct - Edcf 4 mead
inc beginning. "Panhandlng Far ut
Sea; Holy Ghosters, Yacht Holds Up
the Lapland for Food" the New York
sun prints tlr following
The schooner yacht CorOnet, which
~ wears ago beat Caldwell II. Colts
schooner yacht Dauntesa in race
from sandy Hook 10 Queenstown,
halted tine liner Lapland, when she
was Is miles cast 81 Sandy Hoo; 81,
Wednesday afternoon with string Of
International code signals that eVer!'
skipper with heart stops for. They
read:
/ short 81 provisions and starving
There WIS heavy but crestiess sea
on, relic Of 4 southwesterly gale of
tho d8F before ard there was some
risk tc sending a boat to tho schooner
which MS hove to pianGing in the
sWeHs. Tie skipper Of the Coronet did
not care about ventlring 10 launch a
boat Of his own and SO nfeboat of
the liner MAS prov.sioned-very Eber'
ally pYoyisf0ned-and sent TO the
starving
Tho Lapland steamed about three
ship lengths to Wialwafd Of the Cor
onet and all the cabin passengers of
the LaHland gathered at the rail 20
see the gallant men OF the liteboat,
in command of Junior First Officer w.
Hack. make the perilous trip. They
drifted with the wind down to the
yacht anl then came up on her lee
Cornell WaoleN Of New York, when
lie learned what the signals meant,
had given the commander of the life
boat two boxes Of cigars Tor the help
less ships company. Later, when he
learned that they were all members
AZ the Holy Ghost and is Society. he
said he feared the joke was on him.
The Haly Ghosters were reticent
even after receiving The gift Of the lin
/ er consisting in part of 800 pounds of
| beef. 50 pounds Of sugar 4S loaves Of
! fresh bread II cans Of spinach. 81
| pounds Of american bacon, - pounds
| nc cCrued beef, ii quarts Of fresh
cream = pounds Of cheese, bags of
nctatoes and - pounds of smoked NUT
ton. They did say that their shippers
name vas Knight and that they had
come from Africa. intending TO call at
I Greenland. but changed their course
10 Portland. from which port the yacht
! halls
It was recalled aboard the Lapland
that me cnronet had acquired hab-
ii &c holding UP steamships and get
ting fed. she herself had admitted
getting provisions some time before
from . French steamship. Some OF the
passengers remarked that the Coronet
seemed 70 he the panhandler of the
Geas.
I The Lapland sent a wireless message
20 The liner President Grant, astern
ard bound this way. that the Goronet
had been properly Frevisioned BY her.
the Lapiand tust ~ let the President
Grant KNOW that no more food was
| needed. There are 81 persons aboard
| the G,oronet, including eight women
and two children
The Eapiaad r.,a into very heavy
weather the next day, ana folks who
| Enew nothing of the CoroHet's stanc1-
ness feared that she might meet dis
aster in the blow. She is still a fine
ship, although perhaps not so good as
she was when she defeated the Daunt-
less In ore of the widest ocean races
ever sailed in the stormy month OF
March.
The Coronet and the barkentine
Kirgaarn formed the chief part Of the
> NOIy Geosters' squadron. and the
= @tfp was Wrecked last MAY on
", KIN -. coast. The Corones took
~. O, and brought them to this
~ y - ,<thc way she depended
~ 1s.e Fharity Of the sea for pro-
anra.k ihaSeot them by hosting the
,,s sN so #topped the Lapland with
- :. { DAY She was in this port
tmonth ago, according to a
fTho knows ner, and went out
., aout being reported.
time the Coronet and the
SCI aoly Ghosters got into print
was ag. last, when Capt. Perry
and hf ling master arrived at Nor
folk in FTyawl to get provisions for
20 men and 70 women on the Coronet
who had been short of food ever since
the Coronot was disabled in 4 gale
four days before.
! The folks on the Coronet We're origi-
nall1' on the b1rkentine Kingdom
which was wrecked last May off the
| African coast. They left the Holy
/ Chest and Us Society colony in Maine
last year to go 10 the Holy Land.
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