The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-15
SAVE every One
Rescue Ships Get Passengers
and Crew Of Cobequid.
NE Wireless Again Triumphs
Over Wind and Waves.

e Yarmouth, Jan. 15.-The a paasen-
gers and u members Of the crew Of the
Royal Mail steamer Cobequid. were
comfortably housed here this morning
and recovering from the effects Of their
long exposure to icy WINES and waves.
Captain Hawson and the remaining II
oeamen were still on board the wreck
ed vessel early today. The CobeQuid
implanted on Trinity Rock eix miles
on Port Maitland. was badly smashed
and coated with ice, but the officers
quarters remained intact.
The government steamer Lansdowne
stood by throughout the night. Captain
AcKinnon Of the Westport. the little
coastal steamer. which rescued u per-
sons, said today that when he came
alongside the Cobequid he found all
the passengers and crew in the cap
tain's cabin. the only dry spot on the
nteamer. The seas were breaking over
the main deck The Cobequid was ly-
ing headed to the westward. with the
bow down and the stern well out Of the
water.
y All Of those taken con board the
Westport left the Cobequid in the three
boats launched by the crew OF the
wrecked vessel. Notwithstanding the
gale and the heavy sea the transfer
was accomplished WlenAl tWV AAOuA .
without accidents. The nine women
and children among the passengers were
the first to be rescued.
The wireless appeals for assistance
which she had first made SO hours
before were answered as the doomed
Trinity rock. six miles OF Port Matt
land. The rescue will go down in
shipping annals as one Of the most
notable ever accomplished on the At
lantic coast. -
The Cobequid had begun to break
seas that had been merciless from the
time the vessel struck
Quantities Of cargo covered the wa
ters as the lifeboats ranged along
and John L. Cam were first to get
boats into the water and they were
followed soon by the boats of the
government steamer Lansdowne and
the Rappahannock. AS the work OF
rescue progressed the sea subsidized
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 the time there was
. high wind and rough seas. He took
on in three lifeboat loads seventy
two persons. including all the pas
sengers. the purser. several deck Of
hcers and part OF the crew.
The Westp6rt stood by until 6:1l
O'Clock when the John L. Cam came
up. The latter took off twenty-four
men as the Westport was leaving for
Yarmouth. 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 los persons on the Cobequid
Included. twelyHy ART cebtRrR1ggEngers
and an equaENntffheT M ne 1kcoud
class. Mrs. W.. Noiler end her child
were the first to go over the side
Then followed Miss Marguerite and
Miss Dorothy James, daughters Of the
late r.. H. James, mayor of st. Georges
Bermuda, and two Sisters Of Charity
One by one the men were lowered te
lifeboats until only Captain Hawsor
and eleven men remained on the deck
Preparations had been made here tt
care for the shipwrecked ones and
they were given every comfort the
city afforded.
Captain Leaves the Ship.
st. John, Jan. 15.-Captain Haw
son and the IL men who remained OF
the Cobequid last night were taken OF
board the steamer Aberdeen early to-
day and are on their way here.
A wireless message to the agents O
the line said that the third officer. r
F. Powell, was injured during thu
night and was in need of medical at
tention.