Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-15
One Hundred and Eight Per-
sons Snatched From Death
in Nick Of Time Through
Wireless CALL
OCEAN STREWN WITH
WRECKAGE OF STEAMER
Women and Children Taken.
Off First by ReSCuerS and
Men Then Are Passed to.
Boats,

,,y noHniss JOURNAL SPECIAL lGAsGn rIREl
Yarmouth, y. s., Jan. 1i,-Snatched
nom what seemed almost certain
death. the passengers ana crew OF
the Royal mail packet Cobequid, are
snug tonight In Yarmouth harbor
The wireless appeals for assistance
which she had made thirty-six hours
before we're answered late today as
the doomed steamer was being dash
ed to pieces on Trinity rock, six miles
of Port Maitland The rescue Will
20 down in shipping annals as one Of
the most notable ever accomplished
on the Atlantic coast
The Cobequd had begun to break
up under the battering of the ter
rifle seas that had been merciless
from the time the vessel struck early
yesterday Quantities of cargo COW
cred the waters as the life boats rang
ed alongside. The coastal steamers
Weslport and John l.. Cam were first
10 get boats into the water and they
were followed soon by the boats OF
the government steamer Lansdownc
and the Rappahannock AS the work
Of rescue progressed. the sea subsided
considerably and no mishap marred
the triumph over the waves.
Captain McKinnon Of the Westport
found the liner on the southeast part
OF Trinity ledge at 4 O'Clock this aft
ernoon AZ the time there was q
high wind and rough sea. He took
off in three life boats, seventy-two
persons including all the passengers,
the purser, several deck officers and
part Of the crew.
The Westport stood by until 6.l0 to-
night when the John L. Cam came up.
The latter took off twenty-four men
as the Westport was leaving for var
mouth The captain and eleven men
of the crew decided TO remain on the
ship until morning and the govern
ment steamer Lansdowne remained
By with them.
The Westport arrived at Yarmouth
at o'clock and the John l.. Cam
followed soon afterward.
The Cobequids stern was not bro-
ken as first reported according 10
the account given by Captain McKin-
non. In fact the after-part was high
est out Of the water. The Cobequid
was heavily coated with Ice.
The Cast buoy on Trinity ledge was
reported By Captain McKinnon as be-
ing In position, but badly iced which
might make ii Of little use in a snow
storm
The one hundred and eight persons
on the Cobequid Included twelve first
cabin passengers and an equal num-
Der In the second class. Mrs. w. c..
loller and her child were the first
TO go over the side. Then followed
Miss Marguerite ana Miss Dorothy
James, daughters of the late 4. H.
James mayor Of ST. Georges. Bermu-
ia, and two sisters of charity.
One by one the men We're lowered
10 life boats until only Captain Haw-
son and eleven men remained on the
aeck Preparations had been made
mere to care for the shipwrecked ones
and they were given every comfort
the city afforded
Trinity Rock, on which the Cobe-
quld was transfixed at a. m. yester-
oay morning. is pinnacle of granite
rising abruptly from the sea half way
uetWeen this port and Brier ISLAND.
where the steamer was at first thought
10 have struck. The Trinity is awash
az low water. The famous Lurcher
shoal which is Indicated by light
snip lies ten miles outside Trinity
Rock while the course up the Bay Of
fundy takes vessels still further Off
shore
The bay was swept by blizzard as
lue cohequid, bound for the tropics,
Desah 20 feel her way toward st. John.
me last Of the ebb tide was running
ana the wind was strong from the
west - conditions which tended to
utlVe the steamer closer to the east
Urn shore than her skipper antici-
pated.
The crash came Just before dawn
ana few minutes later the wireless
sps' was flashed over the sea. The
eoDequid's operator was unable to
siFe her location for no one on board
haeW It definitely. -Four hours later
nood tide and gales had driven the
steamer still farther on the rock,
breaking her back and flooding the
engine room. This put out the fires
ana interrupted the wireless appa-
ratus.
ne passengers were greatly alarm
ga nut the courage of Captain Haw-
sun and his abiding faith in his ship
'easaured them. The steamer took
water rapidly and the cargo began to
var away. Throughout the day and
'he night that followed the officers
scanned the sea for passing craft and
'he operator worked heroically TO re-
H'Aff his wireless oifIfff Meanfif1,t.