New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-16
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A TOTAL WRECK
.;,y Rock Light Was
Out When Disaster
Occurred.
mpALED ON ROCKS ROCK ICE
'' COATED WITH ICE
,.,,I Mail Official. Who Was a
w. passenger, Says No One
Was to Blame.

: John, y %"
buoy that MARKS '''''' Nv "
-s,rr the Royal N'''
W. ,,...,,5 was wrecked. was out,
lr'T '0''' s.- csntain John
al her eon'''''''' u...,.
soV,or. who arrived ''' u
-, government steamer Lansoo"ne'
as, man % leave MS snip
.a' '' 49,. ,,.s ir,portsnt mack
he i''' .no or, nv tie
as n'isslns wa
c.,,disn Marine Department '''' w. .
& II. Flood. agent o' inc oo-
ssvs 10 received word late
.,orv : that tae light was ont
. '''''. mem q 10 was made IN
~ .,,rs and tho shipping fed
~ n'"'' ,,o,t-.ar notified.
SaO0" -. was placed on the
,.,s5ov-ro last Saturday TO
s'N-,s - tho ledge but owing 10 tie
n ono Of the crew and changes
-, officers she was without her
- -, connlcmcnt and unable to pro-
.a
-, VAS ready To- sail ON Tuesday
- Tho cobcouid struck.
,,r,ne of the disaster Captain
-, said. II any one is 10 blame
~. man. ] was on the bridge
=. time"
-, hsforo The wreck. he said. the
nae very thick with snow. and
...a,,ions grew worse after the
- had passed Seal Island 1t
.r..s,,d that she ought 10 have
,oom buy fl was considered
~, = ,,, hack
-.s -. light buoy out Of commits
TRINITY Rock. Captain Howson
...,wsrninT Of danger. The lodges
.,-..-.t,. o.,,t ~ deem water. Sound
80 taken every half hour. and
-, one showed deep water. The
-....,s feeling her way cautiously.
81. .oev and NJ nearly low
- tide rose the holds flooded.
q, ,.cesearv 10 draw the fires.
80 the dvnsmo out Of commission.
/. he mean time the IS O s" call
"a -, cant on, The captain COM
-,,,.s On the fact that it was twenty
d. minutes before the call was an
a-s5 from Sable Island.
,, first day. when all the ships
.-psnr was crowded into the cap
.-s cabin and the ladies' cabin ad-
sing the captain described as
sEiuLr the second mot so bad and
b. night as quite all right"
he fury o. the sea. which threatened
sweep away the cabin al any mo-
a,1, on the first day proved the SAL
aio o. probably all the company.
ne o. the ships boats was torn from
isyits and carried against the cabin
"a, where il TANNED and froze solid
INTO position, thus forming a break
u,sr for the last shelter Of all on
ard
BAD rescue steamer arrived earlier,
rs the csptain. IL could have done
1hlng OWING 10 the terrinc force OF
sssas.
After the first DAY these conditions
fo1s-aied. Captain Hawson spoke
fhly OF Captain NcKinnon. Of the
Vs,,por,. Can.ain BURNS ~ the T.ans-
ev,s .ra - 60. 20 ~ s.o.r,o,
.., 49, -. -, ~, 49,.
-" - Osi'i'' WHY" 'ooN 0'i al INC
"'quos company EVERYBODY on
'~'a' said the captain showed good
CIT.
With the captain on the Lansdovne
-.-s the ship's surgeon. DR. Lister. the
rA enrln.er y p cladu4n. the
~-l,, ~ CL.,-
80 -.
49,. -" ''''''' O''' VI ''o u ~ %
-@hsuo"h ~ came up the harOoI s"e
:" holsiy welcomed by the sirens Of
T. ne vessels in port
captain Hawson and those with him
" leave a. noon TODAY for Halifax.
here {, Is expected an inquiry into
ss wreck will be held.
. -,
!. ,. sr', - o. Jan. The agents OF
- Ia MAJ steam racket company
n -. VT" ,o-oay 'hat captain HOW
1"e eleNeh men VINO remained
49, .,Osai Man steamer Cooeauid
ue government steamer Lans-
slu were on their way here.
s,.r,,|I, ,eeiVeo TINS afternoon from
~ ''afhdent Allsop. Of the Royal