Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
Those on Board Cobequid
Are Snug in Yarmouth.
Terrible Tale Of Striking on Trinity
Rock, Six Miles from Port Matt.
Iand..Steamer's Back Broken by
Gigantic Waves-.Rescue Steamers
Sight Wreck Just In Time.

Yarmouth, N. S., Jan. 14.-Snatched
from what seemed almost certain
death, the passengers and crew of the
Royal Mail Packet Cobequid are snug
tonight in Yarmouth harbor.
The wireless appeal for assistance
which she had first made SO hours be-
doomed steamer was being racked to
pieces on Trinity rock, six miles off
Port Maitland. The rescue will go
down in shipping annals as one of the
most notable ever accomplished on the
Atlantic coast.
The Cobequid had begun to break
up under the cannonading of the ter
rifle seas that had been merciless from
the time that the vessel struck early
yesterday. Quantities of cargo cover
ed the waters as the lifeboats ranged
alongside. The coastal steamers John
L. Cam and the Westport were first
to get Their small boats into the water
and were followed soon by the boats
of the government steamer Lansdowne
and the tanker Rappahannock. AS the
work of rescue progressed the sea
subsidized considerably and no mishap
marred the triumph over the waves.
ALI hands numbered 10S These in
cluded IL first cabin passengers and
an equal number in the second class.
The Westport took off 70 persons and
the John L. Cam 22. The other IL
found safety on the other vessels Mrs.
w. C. Zoller and her child we're the
first to go over the side. Then follow
ed Miss Marguerite and Miss Dorothy
a RI rt.f- n
James, mayor of st. Georges, Bermu-
ia, and two Sisters of Charity. One
by one the men were lowered to life
boats until only Capt. Hanson and IL
of the crew were left on deck They
decided to remain with the ship until
morning
Preparations had been made here to
care for the shipwrecke d ones and
they were given every comfort that
the city affords.
Trinity rock on which the Cobequid
was transfixed at A M yesterday
morning is pinnacle of granite ris-
ing abruptly from the sea half way
between this port and Rrier island,
where The steamer was a first thought
TO have struck. The trinity is awash
at low water. The famous Lurcher-
snow which is indicated by a light
ship lies 10 miles outside Trinity rock,
while the course up the Bay of Fundy
takes vessels still farther OFF shore.
The Bay of Fundy was tossed bv
typical Western blizzard as the
Cobeduid bound from the tronics be-
gan to feel her way toward ST. John.
The last Of the e tide was running
out of the hay and the wind was
strong from the west-conditions
which tended to drive the steamer
closer to the eastern 81 re than her
skipper anticipated The crash came
just before dawn and q few minutes
later the wireless SOS" was flashing
over the angry waters. The Cohenuid's
operator vas unable to rive her To-
cation for NJ one on h ar1 knew il
definitely. -Four hours later food tide
and gale had driven the steamer still
farther on the rcck, Nrea ing her lack
and flooding the e. gine room This
put out the fires and interrupted the
wireless apparatus.
The passengers were greatly alarm
ed, but the &c cf Capt Hawson
and his abiding faith in his ship re-
assured them time and again. The
steamer made water rapidly and the
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