The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-13
Uranium Within Quarter Of
a Mile of a Fog
Whistle
WHEN SHE STRUCK
LEDGE BELOW HALIFAX
All Her $50 Passengers
Safely Placed on Land
Last Night

Halifax, y. S., Jan l3.-The steam.
ship Uranium of the Uranium Steamship
company, which terminated her voyage
from Rotterdam by piling up on a rocky
reef ten miles below Halifax during the
tog yesterday, remained fast early to-
day, with Captain Eustice and his crew
aboard but with all the $50 passengers
safe ashore. Whether the steamer could
be saved was problematical. but wreck
ing steamers planned to pull ON her dur
ing the day.
There is no explanation of the ships
standing. She was considerably out OF
her course Captain Eustice says he did
not hear the fog alarm, although where
the ship struck was not quarter OF a
mile from fog whistle.
The Uranium's passengers, 100 in the
cabin and the remainder in the steerage,
were taken off the steamer yesterday
afternoon by the government steamer
Lady Laurier and small fleet of hat-
Dor craft, and they were safely landed
in Halifax last night. Although surf
boats had to be used in transferring the
hundreds of passengers from the strand
ed liner to the rescue boats, the work
was accomplished with not life lost.
struck but the officers and sailors soon
succeeded in restoring calm The light
keeper at Chebucto, who has telephone
communication with Halifax, sent inn
mediate news of the steamers plight to
the port authorities who dispatched the
Lady Laurier, the steamer Bridge and
several tugs.
The rescue boats arrived at 200 p. nj. |
opI tho tru ufap nf \ f,.o ttt11fc . 4
sengers was begun at once. Three surf |
boats from the life saving station AMI |
the lifeboats Of the Uranium were used. |
The Lady Laurier took the women AMI !
children first and then the men We're I
transferred to the Bridgewater.
A heavy southwest wind was blowing |
when the Uranium ran ashore and the
steamer therefore, was fortunately pro-
tected by Chebueto head Had the wind
been from the opposite direction the
steamer would have been fully exposed
to the sweep OF the Atlantic and must
have broken up at once.
The steamer struck bow on when the
tide was half high and late in the after
noon the bow was six feet out of water
while there were seven fathoms of water
under her amidships and IL fathoms at
tht Sbti -. hc PihbtS AZ WV diS
ripped open and No. | hold was flooded
soon after the steamer struck
The last of the rescue ships. the
steamer Lady Laurier, reached Halifax
about ten O'Clock last night and in less
than an hour her 600 passengers, women
and children, were safely on shore.
Had Encountered Heavy Seas.
New York, Jan. l3.-The Uranium, S
which left Rotterdam December 2s sor Fl
Halifax and New York, had evidently d
been having rough and stormy trip, /
for two days ago wireless message a
came from Captain Eust,ee to the lines t
Offices in New York saying she was en- j
heavy seas and would prob Il
ably be late in reaching port. She was t
iue to dock here Wednesday next after n
,aling at Halifax. it
1t was announced at the lines offices
hat the Uranums passengers would be l.
forwarded by water to this city if a
steamer were proeurable; if not they +,
would be sent by special train e