Evening star., 1914-09-28
23ST|LL ARE missing
FROM Gutter IAH0MA
Sixty Rescued and Others Are Be
ieved to Be safe-Lttle Hope
3l for The Ship.

Sixty officers and men of the stranded
revenue cutter Tahoma have been res
|cued. Search for twenty-three others,
believed to be safe ashore on some Is
land In the ,Aleutian archipelago. Is
being made. There is little hope OF
saving the Tahoma-
The steamer Cordova and the geo
detic survey ship Patterson picked up
four onicers and fifty-six members of
the crew near Agattu Island. where
they had sought shelter after abandon
ing the Tahoma, wrecked on an un-
charted reef. Advices to the revenue
cutter. service stated that the rescue
ships were continuing search for the
other five officers and eighteen men.
whose boats are supposed to have car
ried them to some nearby land.
The message added that the Tahoma's
decks were awash. indicating that the
of the condition of the rescued men
we're given, It was said they probably
had not been compelled to face great
hardships, -inasmuch as plenty OF sup
plies and clothing were available from
the cutter.
+ Lett Tahoma in Boats.
The sixty refugees left the Tahoma
in four boats. Whether they were
cruising when they were overtaken oy
the rescue ships or had taken reiuee
on one of the numerous islands was
not indicated in the message whicn
was sent by Capt. Reynolds, commano-
ing the Bering sea feet.
Commandant Bertholf does not be.
lieve the search for the REMAINDER VI
NO nrnyanOAd-
the Cordova and Patterson are sealcn-
ing the tnlets and coves Of the lslanos
in the vicinity Of Agattu.
The Tahoma struck the reef Septem-
her al. She had aboard eighty-three
persons, Including nine officers. the
crew and several members OF a reve-
nue. cutter shore party. The exact ioca-
tion of the wreck has not tDeen estao-
ltshed. She went aground appro111m'aees- 1n'ans
ly ninety miles. west OF kiska 1sianos
in the Aleutian chain.
Revenue cutter service omcers are
without information OF the cause OF
the Tahoma's. mishap. That she nao
stumbled onto an uncharted rocs VI
lost her bearings in q fog were sug-
eested as explanations. The Cordova
was bound from Nome to Seattle when
wireless Intercepted her and sent ner
hurrying to the Tahoma's aid. Tne
. Capt. Crisp Safe.
Mrs. Richard O. Crisp. wife Of Capt.
Richard O.. Crisp. commander OF the
Tahoma, was greatly relieved yester-
dav morning when telegram was
received at her home, 2709 ST. Paul
street. Baltimore. stating that capt
Crisp was safe.
The telegram was sent to Mrs; Crisp
from Dutcn harbor, Unalaska- 1t was
signed by Capt. E. Reynolds.
No Hope for Tahoma.
Little. If any hope is entertained by
the revenue cutter service that the
Tahoma can be saved. The wonder Is
that there are not more. disasters to
report among ships cruising in Alaskan
waters.
The revenue cutters have to go to
points many hundred miles
from civilization, An waters that are,
two-thirds of%the< time, covered with
fog, There ara no buoyS or lights to
guide navigators, and they must feel
their way.
the cutter service that has been lost
there. In fact, since 1873, over forty
years, but three vessels OF the service
nave been 1ost. v~ .
Many years ago the little cutter Cal
latin, cruising on the new 6nSldno
coast in winter to aid vessels in dis
tress, was caught in winter gale and
and was lost. The next dis
aster to be recorded among the reve-
nue. cutters was that to the Perry, lost
in Alaskan waters about three years
ago, and the third and last is that OF
the Tahoma. ~, : =.
The Tahoma was a fine vessel, and
was but i've years old. She was built
at Camden. N. j., by the New York
Shipbuilding Company, and was: Of sS7
gross tonnage. .;