The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-14

Cobequid transmitting appara-
tus is regaining it's power and
that hope may be entertained
for the rescue of it's crew and
passengers to the number of
lao.
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 14.-News
reached here from Yarmouth that
wreckage near here is believed to be
that Of the cobequid.
Tugs were ordered to Yarmouth to
examine the wreckage. Capt. Haw-
son, who according to his wireless
messages, thought that he had struck
Brier Islands was upward Of 100 miles
off his course, If the wreckage is that
Of the cobequid.
Inability of the ships in the relief
fleet to get any replypto their wireless
messages gave rise to fears in the
morning hours that the ship had gone
to pieces with the probable loss of all
on board.
Terrific Gale Blowing.
The possibility that the vessel had
been able to seek haven Of refuge
and that her silence resulted from the
destruction of her wireless apparatus
was regarded as slender early in the
day.
The Dominion government steamer
Lady Laurier, which was one of the
first to answer the final IS o S" call
of the steamer, reported that terrific
gale of wind was raging at the en-
trance of the bay of Fundy and that
the weather was obscured by heavy
snow storm.
Following the last message from the
Cobequid which was bound from Ber-
muda to ST. Johns, N. B., a fleet of
twelve ships, including the German
transatlantic liner Kron Prinzessin
Cecelie went to the aid of the strand
ed ship. and most of these vessels
spent the night cruising the stormy
sea between Manan and Brier islands
which flank the bay of Fundy at its
southern entrance.
Cannot Locate Ship.
The rescue ships were NaWireless
communication with Halif&x Rough
out the early morning and repprted
! that they had been unable to l6cate
the Cobequid in the position Which
she had given.
On account of the fact that the
stranded ship had reported her engine
rooms as being flooded, it was not
thought possible that shercould have
shifted her position undef her own
steam.
| Although reports of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet company refused to be-
lieve that the ship had been wrecked
with all on board, hope had been aban
doned in many quarters early today.
Cobequid Badly Damaged.
That the Cobequid was badly dam
aged when she crashed upon the rocks
was evident from the meagre mes
sages which the wireless operator or
board was able to send before commu
nication was cut off. He reported that
a big hole had been torn in the hui
of the vessel and that she was filing
fast. The danger from the pierced
hull was accentuated by the gale anC
the fact that the tide which races
through the mouth of Fundy bay un
\ of 20 feet. Il
| Crew Of Vessel.
Il There were 1872 officers andp.Seamel
on the Cobequid and Is passeMHs, &C
cording to information secured from
the office of the Royal Mail packe
company The Cobequid was command
ed by Capt. Hawson, who is said b.
representatives of the line, to be
cautious navigator and who would d
all in his power to save his ship an
those on board.
The Cobequid, formerly the Goth
has been pressed into winter servic
between the maritime provinces ant
the tropics. She sailed from the soutl
on Dec 80.
The first class passengers were:
L. S. Navarro, l.. Botta, w. G.. Zol
, Ter and child, Capt. Hicks, w. G. Ken
nedy, Wallace Gallant, Misses Margue
:. rita and DnrnthX lanes and two sis