Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14

along until able to care for themselves
The damage in nearly every case resulted
from ice foes. which bound the boats II
such q manner that it was impossible To-
them to get loose. In some cases boat
were abandoned. Some OF these have
been found and towed ashore. while
search Is still being made for others.
The cutter Gresham early in the weei
fioated barge No. 40. belonging to Tn.
Rreakwater Company OF Boston, whtcf
had gone ashore on the boat runway o.
the Long Point ife-savfng station a.
proyincetown, Mass, and turned II oSe'
to a tug to be taken to Provincetown.
The cutter Acushnet was called upon tt
assist the British schooner Lucille o.
Parisboro, n s.. which lost her anchors
and drifted ashore in Vineyard sound II
a heavy northwest gale The vessa wa
fioated and taken in charge by the cutter
ground tackle. Capt. H.. j. Randall
master of the vessel. sent letter o.
thanks to the commanding ofncer OF tn'
cutter, who, forwarded it to the depart
ment with his report.
While the Acushnet had hold OF the
Lucille a message was received that =
schooner was in distress OH Nantucket
shoal. After anchoring the Lucille the
Acushnet went to the aid OF the schooner
and found her to be the Mary +. Palmer,
The vessel was taken to Vineyard sound
and after her anchor chains were I'M
rayeled she was anchored In safe har-
Dor.
Cutter Apache Assists Two Boats.
The cutter Apache, on Chesapeake bay,
assisted two vessels in trouble. The first
was the oyster slooD Nicey A. Brooks
which had been I'm collision with the
L. s. \. tug Gen. Grigg. She was fioated
from the bar on which she had been
grounded and was taken into baltimore
harbor and anchored. Later the schooner
Eloise was found ashore on Hoopers Is
land with broken windlass and out oil
food and fuel. The needs or the crew
were attended to and the vessei was
taken to Solomons Island for safe mar
bor. The Apache Is standing py the
Norwegian steamship Hermes, ashore on
North point. and with the tugs Will en-
deavor to float her on each high water:
but 1t is thought she will not be hoated
until there comes an unusually h1gh ude'
caused BY continued easterly winds.
The cutter Onondaga was successful IN
her search for the schooner John ftossar.
OF New York, which was badly damaged
In a collision with the lightship on the
Diamond shoals. off Cape Hatteras. the
mond shoals, with headgear gone and
otherwise damaged. but not leaking.
The cutters Androscoggfn and Wood
bury are standing by the stranded
steamer Carolyn of New York, which Is
ashore on the north end of Metinic Is
land, on the coast Of Maine. The steamer
has aboard potatoes from Stockton
Springs, Me-. for New York. She has
water In her forward hold and Is In a
dangerous position. though crew and
life savers are aboard.
The cutter Gresham, after standing by
the steamship Wilhelmina, ashore at
Truro, in Cape Cod bay. has resumed
cruising. a wrecking company having
taken the stranded vessel in charge. Ac-
cording to reports, there Is heavy ice for
q. mile outside the Wilhelmina and moth
ing can he done at this time to float her.
Search for Abandoned Steamer.
The cutters Itasca and Yamacraw arc
cruising off the lower end Of the North
Carolina coast searching for the little
steamer Madeline. which was abandoned
Off Cape Lookout, and her crew taken
off by q passing vessel. Friday the YES
sci was sighted about fifteen miles south
west OF Cape Lookout, and IL she is
afioat 1t is probable that one OF the two
cutters will find her and take her into
Beaufort Inlet for harbor and repairs.
The cutter Mohawk, after picking UP
the schooner Mile r. Bohannon, in a
helpless condition of Atlantic City,
lowed her into harbor at New YORK.
where she will be repaired.
Late orders to the cutters OTfondaga
and Itasca send them In search OF the
derelict schooner Annie F. kimball, re-
ported by the steamship Lewis Lucken-
bach abandoned and adrift at sea about
fifteen miles north by east of the Dia-
mond shoals lightship. The schooner, &C
cording to the report of the master OF
the Luckenbach, seemed to be in good
condition. though she had been hastily
abandoned. When found the vessel vii
be towed into Hampton roads and turned
over to her owners, who reside III balti'
more.
On the Pacific coast the cutter Tahoma
on the station at Port Townshend, WASH
is searching for the gasoline power
schooner Patsy. reported to be II, a a,s,
will tow the vessel into a safe harbol
when she is found.
Food Distributed by Police.
BALTIMORE, Md. January 13.-F'or thu
first time here in thirteen years the tenn
perature today dropped to the zero point
In view of the suffering entailed by the
severe weather upon the poor and needy
the police department abrogated its rule
not to allow funds, coal or provisions t
be distributed from the station houses
Food, bread and meat and other pro"i
sions were distributed from the stations
throughout the day.
Western Maryland Suffers.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, January ID
Hagerstown is literally frozen up anc
the local plumbers are scarcely able L
meet the demands that are being made
upon them to take care OF bursted pipes
Today was the coolest in western Mary
land since 1881, which winter was noted
for its great severity, and when the tenn
perature dropped to u below. While The
government thermometer at Chewsville
in charge Of Observer Oswald, registered
u below, this morning, reports received
this afternoon show that there were Other
places still colder. At the home Of Johr
Bayer near 5mithsburg, his Thermometer
registered q below. but when the Their
mometer was removed to q point along 9
small creek on the farm the mercury
dropped TO the unprecedented record OF
81 below.
Fruit growers are much concerned over
the possible effect Of the cold weather or
the fruit. Many contend that when the
temperature gets az low as ~ below there
is great danger OF the trees freezing j,
will be impossible to determine wha
damage has resulted until later.
In Icy Water Nearly an Hour.
NEW YORK, January 13.-Thrce
quarters Of an hour in icy water. cling
ing to a rope that he had caught as h,
fell overheard from a scow that wa.
being towed In by a tug from Scot
land lightship, was the experience to-
day of Amos Soderman, the scow',
caretaker. His wife tried vainly 4
haul the rope in. and was unable to at
tract the attention of the tug Th,