Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-30
Source Of Idea Mystery.
RevenueCutter Service

Reports received at the division OF the
revenue cutter service, Treasury Depart
ment. show that the hulk of the dere-
Iict schooner which was abandoned about
two weeks ago about 200 miles out in
the Atlantic in the latitude of the lower
portion of the South Carolina coast has
drifted north more than 400 miles since
her crew left her and boarded the ship
that carried them into Boston. When the
derelict was first sighted she was about
in the latitude of Cape Fear, and the cut
ter Seminole, under the command OF
Lieut.. Leon Covell of this city. was sent
from Wilmington to find her. By the
time the Seminole reached the point
where she was reported the winds and
currents had carried the hulk far to the
northward, and the Seminole was unsuc-
cessful in her search. 1t was thought
possible that the vessel might have been
destroyed in storm, but in the middle
OF the past week came another message
that 1t had been sighted in the latitude
OF Nantucket. This time the Gresham,
from Boston. has gone in search of the
derelict, and as allowance will be made
for drift it is more than probable that
Capt. Winram will find the hulk. II In
condition to be towed into port the
Gresham will bring ii in. Ii not. it will
he destroyed with guncotton mines. so
that ii can no longer menace the safety
IF vessels.
Though the cutter PamlicO is stationed
on the inland waters of North Carolina,
she was twice called upon in the past
week to aid vessels in trouble and is the
only vessel of the service to send in
report in the past week of work done
IN aiding vessels in distress. The first
call was to aid the Washington-owned
schooner Shares l.. Rohde, Capt. Mar
shall The vessel. a three-masted ram.
was found hard and fast ashore in tine
mud of the Neuse river. y. c., near Low
or Green Spring beacon. The vessel had
loaded lumber at Newbern and had
started for this city and was attempting
10 work down the river to PamlicO sound
when she went upon the bar. No tug
was available, and her crew was unable
10 float her. so the Pamlico was called
upon for aid. which was promptly rem
dered. and the vessel wa quickly pulled
into deeper water and towed down the
river to d position from which she could
sail. Capt. Marshall expressed to Capt.
Broadbent his appreciation of the service
rendered. The second call the Pamlico
had was to the aid of the two-masted
schooner Freddie l.. Hamblin. an old
trader 10 this port. which was hard and
last ashore in the Bay river. near Bay
boro, y. C. She was floated by the cutter
and started on her voyage to the Chesa-
pea G.
The cutter Mohawk, from New York.
was sent to the aid of the Norwegian
bark Catarina ashore on Barnegat and
according to the information received at
the headquarters OF the service II was
thought probable that the vessel could be
saved. When she stranded her crew
were taken off by life savers. but the
bark seemed to be in good condition.
Since then she has broken in half and
nothing can be uone to save her.
The cutter McColloch, which was on
patrol duty in Alaskan waters in the
past summer but which was recently
doing duty in the vicinity of Port Town
shend, Washington. has returned to San
Francisco, her regular station, and is
doing duty on the California coast from
san Francisco to the southern border
She reached San Francisco from Port
Townshend last Wednesday.
To do duty in place of the cutter
Snohomish, which has been sent to the
Bremerton navy yard for general repairs
that will require several weeks to COM
plete, the cutter Manning has been sent
to Neah bay, Washington. In the latter
part of this week ii is expected that
the cutter Tahoma, which arrived at
Port Townshend October Is from a sum-
mer spent in Alaskan waters, will re-
lieve the Manning, which will then go to
San Francisco to be placed out of COM
mission for repairs The Manning is to
receive Thorough overhauling and IT is
understood u 1t will be several weeks