Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-26
SHIP IN NO DANGER
TurriaIba Aground in Smooth
Sea, With No Wind.
SAVED PASSENGERS HAPPY
Sing and Shout Aboard the Seneca,
Which Rescued Them.
PICK UP ABANDONED STEAMER
The Alcazar Reported in Good Con-
dition-Three Vessels Ashore
in English Channel.
PICK UP ABANDONED STEAMER

PHILADELPHIA December pa
long distance telephone message today
from the Little Egg Hfe-savng station
on the New Jersey coast states that
the steamer Turrialba. which grounded
on the Brigantine shoals Tuesday morn
ing, remains i'm about the same position
so far as the life-savers can see In the
mist. The steamer is aground three miles
from shore There was little wind today
and the sea was smooth
Rescued Passengers Happy.
NEW YORK. December c6.-The
searchlight of Uncle Sans Good Sa-
marian of the high seas, the derelict
destroyer Seneca shot a radiant glance
over the East river just at the time last
evening when folks ashore were sitting
down to Christmas turkey Its brllliancy
fell upon the Christmas tree dashed to the
jackstaff. and revealed at the same time
a more delightful picture. the upturned
and smiling faces of the passengers tnat
the Seneca had rescued from the n1ted
Fruit lines steamship Turrialba, which
drove early Tuesday morning, into the
clutch of one of the worst ship traps on
the Atlantic coast, the shoaS off Allan
tic City
stewards that crowded the Senecas deck
were without any question the happiest
company on land or sea when the cutter
swung to her slip at the United Fruit
CompanyS pier at the foot of Fulton
street. They We're so happy that they
danced and sang out and shouted Merry
Christmas at the deck hands who were
cropping for the Seneca's landing lines.
Some of them, and these were women
who had been very courageous Tuesday
and cheerful in the dismal hours when
the Atlantic hammered the Turrialba
with titanic blows and did its best to
smash her. wept and had difficult time
to find their pocket handkerchiefS with
gloved fingers. And tiny MiXime MutZ-
ner, the pet of the Turrialba and three
year-old heroine of the storm, leaned
from the arms of Old Tom. her mothers
Ecuadorian servant. and trilled Hello!
Oh. hello! I'm awfully glad to see you
people.
Is Real Christmas Ship.
So the Seneca was very real Christ
mas ship when she came into port last
night with the people who had gone
through, on all nights of the world
Christmas eve-a fearful experience. They
were all safe and unframed. They had
preserved their stateroom and hand bag
gage. The terrors of the storm were
dimming. and they crowded on each
per Capt. J. NJ Lindsay of the Tur-
rialba was. and how nice Capt Charles
f. Johnson and Lieut.. Philip Lauriatt of
the Seneca had been.
The transfer of the passengers to the
Seneca was accomplished yesterday morn
ing in a comparatively calm sea and with
out discomfort.
They brought good news also about
Capt. Lindsay and the officers and crew
of the stranded fruit ship, which. when
they took their last look at 1t, was rear
ing up and down in sea Uttered with
bananas and the fioatsam of jettisoned
cargo. Capt. Johnson of the Seneca said
that the steamer had stood up well un-
was fair chance she would be hauled
off the shoal before long.
Uncle Sam Is Thoughtful.
The government thought of various
little ways of being nice to the TurriaI-
ba's passengers. Postmaster Morgan
knew that they would be eager for their
good Will. SO he sent a man to the pier
with a big bagful of Christmas mall and
when the passengers rushed from the
Seneca there was their mail all spread
out for them and arranged in neat piles,
according to the initials of the men and
women who were to receive it.
Then the customs officials saw to it
that nobody was the sufferer from fussi-
ness or too much red tape The pas
sengers were not relieved from the usual
examination of baggage because none
was sick or injured, but the inspectors