The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-13
STEAMER URANIUM STRANDED
NEAR HAllFAx-NOT A LIFE
LOST.
CREW REMAINS ABOARD.
Captain Expects Vessel to slide OFF
at Low Water-ls Hanging BY Her
Bow Encountered Heavy Seas
During Her Trip.

Halifax, n. IS, Jan. 12-The steam
er Uranium of the Uranium Steam
ship Company, bound for Rotterdam
from Halifax and New York, strand
ed on a reef during thick weather
near the Chebucto headlight station,
nine miles below Halifax, at II
o'clock today and tonight is still
held fast in the gTp of the rocky
shore.
Her SSS~ passengers, 100 III the cab
in, and the rest in the steerage,
were taken off the steamer this al.
ternoon by the government steamer
Lady Laurier ana a small fleet OF
harbor craft, and were safely landed
in Halifax tonight. Although surf
boats had to be used in transferring
the hundreds of passengers to the
rescue boats, the work was safely
accomplished and not a life was lost
Hanging by Her Bow.
Capt. Eustace and his crew re
mained aboard ship, which is hang
ng by her bow on the reef. The
captain hoped to get the steamer
at low water late tonight. The es-
cape CT a vessel from such predica
ment generally is made at high wat
er, but the captain thinks the weigh
of the after part of the steamer will
gradually drag the Uranium free as
the tide goes down.
There was much alarm especially
among the steerage passengers, when
the ship struct. but officers and
sailors soon succeeded in restoring
calm.
The light keeper at Che bucto, who
has telephone communication with
sent immediate news of tht
steamers plight to the port authori |
ties, who dispatched the Lady Laur
Ter, the steamer Bridgewater and
several tugs to the scene.
The rescue boats arrived at 2
,. m, and the transfer of the Uran-
ums passengers was begun at once
Three surf boats from the life saw
ng station and the life boats o.
he Uranium were used. The Lady
4aurier took women and children
irst and then the men were trans
erred to the bridgewater.
Protected from Wind
A heavy southwest wind was blow
ng when the Uranium ran ashore
nd the steamer, therefore, was fo"-
unately protected by Chebucto Head
f the wind veers to the opposite
irection the steamer will be exposed
o the sweep of the Atlantic and in
eril.
The steamer struck head-on when
he tide was half high and late in
ut of water, while there was seven
athoms of water under her amid
hips and seventeen at the stern. The
lates at the bow are ripped open
nd No. hold was flooded. The
Gather continues heavy tonight and !
recking steamers are standing byl
le Uranium to rescue the crew
lould necessity arise.
Excitement at Halifax.
The last of the rescue ships. the
Gamer Lady Laurier, reached Hall
* about ten o'clock tonight and :
less than an hour her 600 passen. 7
,rs, women and children, were safe
on shore. Some excite ment fol-
wed as the women sought their hus. W
lnds, the children their fathers and Il
sters their brothers. The male b
lssengers were all on shore before f
EN- and there were many affecting CT
enes when the separated families o.
ere united. h
The steamer was far out of her la
'urse whom she struck. She did not tc
I'VE a pilot on board. At midnight
e wind had shifted and was blow CT
e a gale from the north, kicking II
big sea and making the position II
the stranded liner more DerilOus n