The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15
Those on the Cobequid
Snatched From Almost
Certain Death.
mo MISHAP MARS
TRIUMPH OVER SEA
Many of Passengers and Crew
Taken on Steamers to Var
mouth, Where Every Com
fort Is Afforded Them-Ap-
peals for Assistance An
swered in Nick of Time.

Yarmouth, n. s., January 1i--Snatch-
ed from what seemed almost certain
death, passengers and crew of the Roy
al Mail Packet Cobcquid are snug to-
night in Yarmouth harbor.
Wireless appeals for assistance.
which she had first made thirty-siX
hours before, were answered late to-
day as the doomed steamer was be-
ing rackcd to pieces on Trinity Rock,
six miles off Port Maitland. The res-
cue Will go down in shipping annals
as one OF the most notable ever ac-
complfshed on the Atlantic Coast
The Cobeauid had begun to break
up under tho terrific waves, which had
been mcrciless from the time she struck
early yesterday. Quantities of cargo
covered tho waters as the lfeboats
ranged alongside. Tho coastal steam
ers Wcstport and John l. Cam wcre
first to get their small boats Into tho
water. and they were followed soon
by boats OF tho government steamer
Landsdowne and the steamer Kappa
hammock. AS tho work OF rescue pro-
gressed the seas subsidized, and no mis-
hap marred the triumph over the
waves.
First Passengers Taken Of.
Captain McKinnon. OF tho Westport-
found the liner on Trinity ledge at
4:2O O'Clock this afternoon. AT the
time there was n high wind and rough
sea He took off in three lifeboat
loads seventy-two persons, including
all passengers, the pureer. several
deck officers and part OF the crew.
Tho Wcstport stood by until 6:15
o'clock, when the John l. Cam came
up. The latter took off twenty-four
men as the Wcstport was leaving for
Yarmouth. The captain and eleven OF
the crew decided to remain on tho
ship until morning, and the govern
ment steamer Iandsdowne stood by.
The Westport arrived at Yarmouth
at o'clock, and the John l. Cam fol-
lowed her in.
The Cobequid's storm was not broken.
as first reported. according to the ac-
count given by Captain Mcklnnon. In
fact. the after part was highest out
of the water. The Cobequid was bad
ly iced up
The los persons on tho Cobequid in
cluded twelve first t-class passengers
and an equal number In the second
class. Mrs. w. c. Zoller and her child
were the first to go over the side.
Then followed Misses Marguerite and
Dorothy James, daughters OF the late
r II. James. Mayor of st. Georges.
Bermuda; and two Sisters of Charity.
Preparation had been mado here to
care tor the shipwrecked ones. and
they We're given every comfort the
city afforded
quid was transfixed, is n pinnacle of
granite. rising abruptly from the sea
half way between this port and Brier
Island
Bay Swept by Blizzard.
Tho bay was swept by a typical
western blizzard as the Cobequid,
bound from tho tropics, carly yester-
day began to feel her way toward St
John. The last OF the ebb tide was
running. and the wind was strong from
the West-conditions which tended to
drive the steamer closer to the eastern
shore than her skipper anticipated.
The crash came just before dawn.
and few minutes later the wireless
rs. o. S." was flashing out The Cobe-
guilds operator was unable to give
her location, for no one on board knew
1t. -Four hours later food tides and
gales had driven the steamer still
farther on tho rocks. breaking her
back and flooding the engln room.
This put out the fires and interrupted
the wireless.
The passengers were greatly alarm
cd. but tho courage OF Captain Haw-
son and his abiding faith in his ship
reassured them. The steamer made
water rapidly. and the cargo began to
tear away. Throughout tho day and
the night that followed the officer
scanned the sea for passing craft, and
the operator worked hcroIcaIly to ro-
store his wireless outfit
Med ntime. steamers that had picked
up tho first cry for help were search
ing for the distressed craft heavy
vapor on the water handicapped the
searchers and 1t was a fisherman on
Port Maitland shore who first made
out the Cobequid as the vapor rose
late to-day.
Darkness was gathering fast when
the rescue began, but the COASTAL
steamer boatmen know the rock and
tho surrounding shoals we'll. and went
at tho work before them with perfect
confidence. Less than five hours later
those who faced death for two days
were being warmed and fed at tho
hotels here So far as could DO learned
Tonight. mono OF the party was per-