The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-16
CAPTAIN AND CREW
SAVED OFF COBEQUID
Seas Wrecked Wireless Appara-
tus Forty Minutes After
the Accident.
LINER A COMPLETE LOSS
Steamers skipper Tells Thrill
ing Story Of the
Ordeal.

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r,. covsrnm.r+ steamer I.apsdowne
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,,,,,, .hoar1 =. rr,,.sd 4, nor, mi. asternoon
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Ut o'oV anu 'o-"sn' ''e euf~No'' NO
resting In comfort Tor the nrst time IN
several days.
The marty nm tho 1.ansaowne was taken
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W rs,
ers hau oeeh iaIueu NJ iarV'ou.h. '"e
Lansdowne reached the wreck OH Wednes-
day nixht, but Capt. Howson decided that
n. and Tim o,hers vould no quite safe
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sun very roush aI'u any a''eihP' " trans
fer from the wreck to the rescue steamer
would be attended with much risk
Tho.. 4, ,ho Marty ira Can, uow.op
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wireless oHlcer' IL. H. Siad~if' ntth en-
gineer; t. NJ Grenter. boatswain; Peter
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sie' ""hath Hi's'e' anu L. WARNER s'"
ards.
when the Lansdowne came up the har-
bor shc WAS coated with ice showing the
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rouk" weather she n"u eAper''"eeu III ''e
work Vt rescue. capt burhs' her coih-
inander. had aboard with him Capt. Dali
ton OF tn. Government steamer Aber-
deem. and both captains were emphatic in
their opinions OF the weather conditions
encountered I'm the bay.
When fpe Iausdovnc reached tho
scene OF the wreck the John l.. ,ann. from
Yarmouth. was already there and had
taken mos, OF fhe Messengers of There
was a very heavy sea al the time and aa
Cant uowson said he and the Others
would s;ay by III. wreck until morning
the Government steamer Law TO In easy
distance. This morning boats were sent
TO the Cobeuuid ana the captain and
members of the crew taken of.
discussing the appearauCe OF the cobe-
ould when the Lansdowne left her cant.
Rurus said sh, was down by the head and
covered with ice All to be seen above
tho water was III, unp.r deckhous. th,,
saving any part of the wreck
Capt. uOwsOn's story.
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,.r.s,Ina In ,he Are, Mac. N. ,ale. ful,
h,am. for tho acrid,n, II ,hsre is nnv
blam, Uc was on IN. bridge when sh,
.truck aud az any on. 10 IN b,tm. | am"
The ship ran on the ledge ut low
water" II. said. "and when she struck we
hardly felt the shock. Left In the heave
OF the sea she bumped several times and
then lay quiet. There was no panic. In
| ten minutes the passengers were up fairly
well clothed and taken TO my cabin Oh
18th. Officers and crew got 10 wol L
SWIMMING OK tne zee poa's. II "as Z" u'ii' .
cu'' 80 u" ""7 "' 'N
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away W. ''u -" ~, as ~ M'i"o"
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W" mau We sra'I'ss us.u.
W. "o's' 'ea' "% '''t 'le "es,i'eI
c"p'il uool J." WHY" W. were h'uuieu
woilu De burst open arn theh ho'h!hs
couid nave saved US me "heel mouse
door lust forward WAS smashed ana
everything swep, away W nat saved the
door or our cabin was III" wreck OF 2
boat which landed Just outside II and
broke the force OF the seas.
| nothing to eat except dry ships biscuit,
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