Evening star., 1914-01-18
Saved by Wrecking Crew.

NHle tne cutter Apache on the CheSa-
peake has been busy, much of the as
sistance work reported by Capt. Gamble
was done by wrecking crew that had
been sent to Lows wharf, Poplar Island
narrows, to recover some wrecking gear.
While there the. heavy gale of Monday
last came and small craft began to d. as
anchors. The men of the wrecking crew
anchored the sloops Ella Wilson. Viola
May. Addie Bond, Nalkyrie, Carrie May
and Alice Fonson after they had started
drifting and would have gone on the
beach. There was no one aboard these
vessels to look after them, and the work
done by the men of the Apache was all
that saved them.
In addition to this the Apache towed
the schooner Thomas C. Eaton. which
in the gale last Monday had lost hel
sails and was leaking. from Poplar Island
to Baltimore and also aided in floating
the big coasting schooner Mary L. BaX-
ter, which had grounded off Seven Foot
Knoll on her way to Baltimore. The
Apache has gone to the aid of the over
turned schooner Carrie and Belle, re-
ported in the Chesapeake between Point
Lookout and the mouth Of the Patuxent
river.
Away up in the northeastmost corner
of the United States the cutter Wood
schooner George w. Anderson of New
York, forty-three days out from Windsor,
Nova Scotia, with lumber for New Bed
ford. The vessel was found In Beacon
harbor, n. S., short of provisions and
with sails gone and otherwise in distress.
At the request Of the master of the Ves-
sci she was taken to Rockland. Me.
A report received from the command
ing officer Of the cutter Seminole. on the
Wilmington. N. c.. station. states that
the schooner yacht Diablesse, BELONGING
to F. Fengan of Boston. went aground In
the mouth of Bogue sound, N. c., and
was foated by the cutter. The yacht
was uninjured and after being released
continued on her way south.
Ordered to Destroy Derelict..
Orders have been sent the cutter Miami
at Key West. to locate and destroy the
hulk of vessel reported by the steam
ship Cartago. The derelict, floating with
deck awash, was passed Thursday off the
west coast of Florida about fifty miles
west of Tampa bay. Early in the week
the Miami towed into Tampa bay the
burned hulk of vessel supposed to be
that Of the British schooner Lord of
Avon before reported derelict.
Out in the Pacific, off the coast of
Washington, the cutter Snohomish pick
ed up the master and five men of the
schooner William F. Garms. in a small
boat The schooner had gone ashore on
Vancouver Island. The men had left
the vessel in search Of aid and while
away a tug came along and fioated the
| schooner and started with her for port
The cutter Snohomish had started to the
aid of the vessel and her finding the men
! in the boat prevented loss Of life.
Orders have been sent the cutters on
Nantucket shoal to blow up the wreck
of the three-masted schooner John Paul,
which lies sunk in the pathway of ves-
sells. between Cross Iap and Hedge
| Fence lightships. The John Paul, on her
way from New Brunswick to New York,
1 sprang a leak In Mondays storm. The
cutter Acushnet went to her aid and was
towing her into harbor when she sank.
| Her crew were rescued.
| The little cutter Guard, which was built
at the Mare Island navy yard for service
at Port Townsend, Wash, has not yet
been sent to her station and will not be
until spring. The vessel is at San Fran
cisco and Is employed in enforcing the
rules Of navigation in that harbor
| First Lieut.. S. P. Edmonds retired, was
! a visitor to and registered at the depart
ment in the past week.
The only order of the week directs
Acting Masters Mate Nels Johnson to
appear before board for examination
for promotion to the grade Of master S
mate