The Washington times., 1912-01-10
DESTROYER M'CALL
STILL LOST AT SEA-.
ROE REACHES PORT
Warships Continue Search.
Storms Play Havoc With
Merchant Marine.

Stories Of wreck, storm, and disas-
ter are still pouring in to Captain
Uberhoff, of the Revenue Cutter Serv-
ice, and to the Navy Department.
The torpedoboat destroyer Mccall is
still missing. A vigil of two days and
two nights by big battleships and cruls-
ers of the navy has failed to bring re-
ward In the case Of the Mccall, which
is somewhere at sea between Bermuda
and Hatteras.
A brief dispatch to the Bureau Of
Navigation of the Navy Department
from the naval station at Guantanamo
Cuba, today says the torpeioboat de-
stroyer Mayrant has arrived there safe
" after a game battle with the storm
Saturday, Sunday. and Monday.
Destroyer Roe Arrives.
Tho little torpedo destroyer Roe, one
of the squadron that started on the dis
astrous cruise to Guantanamo with the
Atlantic feet, came limping into Hamp-
ton Roads today, battered and almost
helpless, with her officers and crew
completely exhausted from their lorg
night against the elements. The little
vessel was conveyed into port by the
bAttleship Kansas and the cruisers Sa-
lem and Prairie. These vessels were
sent out shortly after midnight last
night, when the Roe flashed by wire
less to the Norfolk navy yard that she
was In distress. and 1t was doubtful IL
sne could reach port unaided. Her fuel
hausted. and difficulty was experienced
In keeping the little vessel on her
Sou. course Elm IN the teeth of stifr north
Because Of the brevity OF the dis
patch from Guantanamo relative to
the arrival OF the Mayrant. navy Of
ncers believe that the vessel Is In good
shape. with none Of her officers or
No word whatsoever has been re-
ceived from the Mccall, which started
Tor Guantanamo with the Mayrant.
The four battleships and two cruisers
instructed by wireless to search the seas
farther to the south. 1t Is believed at
the department that the Mccall is
somewhere In the vicinity of Cuba.
Storms Play Havoc.
Successive storms and a continuous
gale, accompanied by severe weather,
- playing havoc with the merchant
marine.
The big British steamer. Wilhelmina,
10 high and dry on the shore of Cape
Cod Bay. near the town Of Fruro. SUI
per1ntendent Bolley. CT the second life
saving district. reportsd this morning
that the .'rew Of the Pamet river station
had teamed their boat across the Cape
Cod peninsula and reached the stranded
vessel. boarding her at II o'clock. The
crew, he said, would be compelled to
remain aboard all night because of the
fact that 1t was impossible to again
make the beach on account of the
northwesterly gale and heavy ice foes
The suffering from cold among the life
savers and crew was intense
Captain Carmine, Of the cutter
Apache. reported this morning that he
was standing by the Norwegian steamer
Hermes. driven ashore at North Point
on Chesapeake bay. just below the
mouth of the Patuxent. The weather Is
no severe that the Apache will have TO
wait until it moderates before she can
pass line to the cripple steamer and
tow her to her destination in baltimore.
Lightship In Distress.
The Diamond Shoa.s Lightship. of
Cape Hatteras, Is in distress, accordin- =
to a dispatch received fr, m Captain de
Otte, of the cutter Onondaga. The
Onondaga left Norfolk at l o'clock this
morning to give assistance to the ves-
sci, and schooner reported disab bled
nearby.
The captain of the steamer Rio
Grande reported this morning by wire
less that he had pas led in latitude "A
degrees 33 minutes north, and longitude
70 degrees west, two-masted barge
With all sails carried away.
The steamer City of Augusta reported
Q barge bottom up and awash twenty
f1vc miles northeast CT Frying Pan
Shoals. below Hatteras, with another
barge standing ty. at anchor. Captain
Ubercn ordered the cutter ltasca to
tile rescue OF these barges this n, ,orning