Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
Many Ships and Crews Saved
by Revenue Cutters.
PATR0LLING THE COASTS
Preservation Of Property Estimated
at ST. 84, 900.
VALUABLE AID OF WIRELESS
Government Vessels Dispatched at
Once on News Of Disaster to the
Scene Of Danger.

Marine property valued at 81, 464,W
was saved from destruction during the
past week OF stormy and ice-maldns
weather. by tho officers and men OF the
revenue cutter service. according to estf
mates made last night All up and down
the Atlantic coast the activities Of the
service have been instrumental in rescue
work and in preventing loss Of large
numbers OF vessels. both steam and sail
or damage to them, and the work that has
been done in the past seven days, 1t Is
asserted, affords a striking illustration
of the value of the revenue cutter service
Wireless reports received last night by
the service from Capt. Daniels of the
cutter Androscoggin show how the serv-
ice has set about rescuing the vessels
OF the fishing fleet from Gloucester, i'm
prisoned in the Ice along the coast OF
Newfoundland.
The Androscoggin and the Gresham.
Capt Winram in command. were sent
to the aid of the fleet, which is laden
with herring valued at half million
dollars. Capt. Daniels reports that all
of the vessels of the fleet have cleared
Bonnie bay and are sailing down the
coast in the effort to reach Bay st.
George without waste OF time. A Ia
vorable wind, the wireless stated,
opened the imprisoning ice and per-
United the cutter to reach the battered,
ice-coated fishing schooners. and an
other turn of the wind, 1t is added.
will probably result In the fishing ves-
sells being battered to pieces by the
huge foes if they do not meanwhile
reach the safety of Bay st. George.
Fourteen Vessels Rescued.
Since the coming of the stormy pc
90 thas
the revenue cutters on the stations
from Eastport, Me, 10 Savannah, Ca,
have been constantly cruising in
search of vessels in distress, and in
all fourteen steamers and coasting
schooners were. in the past week,
found in positions OF peril and were
rescued and taken into safety. These
reScueS were not accomplished except
at great risk TO the crews of the cut
tiers, who fought storm and cold to
reach the vessels In distress. The re-
ports made to the Treasury Depart
ment by the commanding officers of
the vessels doing the rescue work are
but a bare recital Of facts. and con-
tain no details OF the dangers the men
on the cutters braved to effect the saw
ing of the ships and their cargoes. to
say nothing of the lives of the crews.
Early in the week the cutter AcuShnct
found the three-maSted schooner Thelma
of Deer Island, Me-, caught in the ice off
Saunderstown, r. J., with the fiuke of her
anchor chain under a water pipe running
from SaunderStown to an army post on
Dutch Island. The vessel was released
from her predicament by the cutter and
was taken TO safe anchorage. The
vessel and cargo are valued at $1,000 In
letter to the commanding officer of the
cutter Capt II. G. Spofford. master of
the schooner. expresses his appreciation
of the service done him and his ship.
The cutter Gresham, from Boston sta
ton, found the schooners Edwin r. Smith
and Forest City in the heavy ice on Nan
tucket shoals. In the vicinity of Bishop
aud Clerks lighthouse. The masters of
the vessels were fearful that storm
would come. which, with the ice. would
carry them on the shoals. The cutter took
both vessels to a safe anchorage. The
Smith is valued at SIS, 900 and her cargo
at $4,000. and the Forest City at $4,000.
Hardly had the Gresham got the Forest
City in harbor when she received word