The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-09
TORPEDO BOAT SAFE
 SAYS WIRELESS Terry Lost in Storm at
 Bermuda FEEL VERY ANXIOUS Floundered in Heavy Sea in Helpless Condition-Wireless Sends Out Faint Appeals for Help.
 Tagus Stood By
FEEL VERY ANXIOUS

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 Norfolk, January s-The United States torpedo boat Terry. which be- came disabled in storm between New York and Bermuda, Is safe says wireless dispatch received at the navy yard here, She was proceeding under her own steam for the Virginia capes. The scout cruiser Salem, which also was
 buffeted by the heavy seas, will reach
 Hampton Roads tonight. She went in search of the Terry
 After encountering a northwest gale Thursday and Friday, which the officers and men describe as hurricane, the flotilla ran into a southwest gale Sun day night The Paulding, which was dis abed in the first storm, felt the fury of the gale more than the others. For tunately. when about 20 miles northeast of Bermuda, she was sighted oy the bat tleship Michigan, which supplied her with provisions. She arrived at Bermuda this
 morning, but in entering port ran on submerged coral ledge. She was soon fioated, however. and is now at the dock yard, badly damaged.
 The. commander of the Paulding, Lieut.. S. IT. Doyle, said the gales were the worst
 he had known during his 10 years of sea service. When 500 miles from New York
 the vessel was forced to lay to while the wind blew at the rate of so miles an hour.
 Her wireless apparatus was carried away also, while the destroyer was washed fore and aft by gigantic waves. Boats were washed overheard or smashed. the fore compartments were flooded provisions
 were spoiled, and the crew had to do without food. officers and men were cut and bruised as a result of violent falls. The pounding of the seas opened the seams of the deck and one huge wave buried the destroyer under hundreds of tons of water and carried away every thing not securely fastened.
 All the other boats show marks of rough experience.
 The battleship Michigan is now SCOUT ing the waters around Bermuda seeking some traces of the missing destroyers age, officers believe all the vessels here
 will be ready to sail for Guantanamo In two or three days
 WaAhihgton, January s..-considera- hle anxiety was felt early this morning | by officials of the navy for the safety
 of the torpedoboat destroyer Terry and
 her crew of three officers and s3 men, The little vessel which left New York Thursday last in company with seven battleships of the Atlantic fleet and the mother torpedo vessel Dixie, con Ivoying five destroyers. was discovered yesterday fioundering about in heavy sea in a helpless condition half way between New York and Bermuda Her low powered wireless apparatus send ing out faint appeals for help were picked up by the Royal Mail liner Tagus. which left Bermuda Saturday for New York
 Captain Laws of the Tagus. who rescued Walter Wellman and his crew from the balloon America when the trans Atlantic voyage of the aircraft came to grief directed his vessel to the Terry He found the little vessel un- able to make any headway with her en- zines disabled and pumps out of or der.
 Lieut.. John c. Fremont, in com mand, informed Captain Laws that his men had had terrible experience in the most terrific storm of the year on the western Atlantic and that the Terry became separated from the other yes sels of the fleet.
 The Tagus stood by the Terry and with her wireless flashed out appeals for help
 News of the plight of the destroyer
 reached the navy department yester- day and hurry orders were dispatched to revenue cutters and other warships to go to the assistance of the disabled vessel The battleship South Carolina. which was at sea, picked up the wire less call for assistance and sent word that she was hurrying to aid the destroy er The Tagus stood by the Terry until assurance was received that a naval ves- seI would soon be alongside the Terry to give her adequate assistance.
 No advices had been received by wire less at the department from the sea early ft1nf- Inc fn in1 xtfha |, tIA Ant tleship had located the Terry. It was presumed that the big vessel had reached the helpless destroyer, however. and per- haps had rendered relief by taking the Terry in tow.
 The safety of the mother ship Dixie and the restroyers Sterrett. Perkins. Am men and Wake, which, after a perious experience. reached Bermuda yesterday,
 was a source of relief to naval officials. The storm has been one of the most severe that has prevailed of the coast for many years and 1t was said to be almost d miracle that none of the lit tie destroyers foundered
 The Dixie was badly battered mp by | the heavy seas. The destroyers had q more trying time. The vessels will he l put in shipshape at Bermuda, where tho l courtesy of the British backyard has been extended to the American vessels. l The entire second division of the, At- | lanic fleet Is searching for the ship. A number of merchant vessels and revenue
 cutters which picked up appeals sent out
 from shore wireless stations of the ves-
 sells jeapordy joined in the deep sea search.
 The cruiser Salem Is looking for the destroyer Dense snow storms will make it hard to find the torpedo boat, but systematic search on the part of the hunters will probably prove successful. The navy department officials believe some of the searching ships already may have arrived on the scene of the trouble, Although nothing had been heard of- ficially, however it was expected ad- vices of the rescue of the Terry might soon reach here.
 Failure of the wireless on the Terry and the stoppage of her engines reported by the steamer Tagus. the last vessel In com muEication with her. makes search for the vessel more difficult.
 Hamilton, Bermuda, January S.-The small docNyard here is crowded with the storm tossed and weather-beaten Ameri- can torpedo boat destroyers Up to this evening seven have reached port, the Per
 kins, Wake, Ammen, sterritt Preston, Trippe and Paulding. Two, the Mayrant and Mccall. have not yet been heard from.
 The dissipation of the units of the Att lantic fleet by the severe storm which
 ragged off the coast since last Friday has completely upset the plans so carefully framed by the naval war college for . search problem on a great scale. involv- ing the detection of an enemy supposed to be approaching the Atlantic coast.