Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-13
FEAR FOR VESSEL
ASS. 0. S. CALL
SUDDENLY FAILS
Liner CObequid Stranded in Bay
of Fundy With 225
Aboard.
STEAMERS RACING TO
RESCUE THROUGH GALE
Ship Cannot Be Seen in Loca-
ton, Reported in Wireless
Messages.


her way toward st. John, n. b.,
through a binding snowstorm, the
royal mail steamer Cobequid struck
on ledge at the entrance to the Bay
of Fundy early today. After sending
out wireless calls for assistance, the
vessels wireless apparatus apparently
failed and it has not been possible to
restore communication with her.
It was first reported that the steam
er was ashore off Briar Island on the
east side of the bay. but the light
house, keeper there later reported
that he could not~locate her. 1t was
then thought that she might be on
one of the lodges at the western en-
trance to the bay. She is said to have
$50 persons on board, including a
crew of seventy live men.
The Cobequid got off her course
when bound from the West Indies and
Bermuda for st. John, N. B.
vessel Leaking Badly.
Reports received here state that
the steamer reported that her for
ward hold was filled with water, and
that she was leaking badly.
The Bay of Fundy was swept to-
day by terrific northwest gale, ac-
companied by thick snow, which
made difficult the task of locating
and assisting the steamer. The first
news of the Cobequid's plight reached
here in dispatch to the department
of marine and fisheries from the
Cape Sable wireless station. The
message read:
Five a. m. today, Cobequid re-
ports being on the rocks off Briar
Island, Bay of Fundy. Have adj
vised Kronprinzessin Cecilie to
please assist"
1t was subsequently learned by
telephone from Westport, the near
est port to Briar' Island, that no sign
of the Cobequid could be seen from
there. The Briar Island lighthouse
keeper reported that he could not To-
cate the Cobequid on the rocks off
the island at the western entrance
to the bay. 1t was thought that the
captain of the Cobequid, having lost
his bearings in the blizzard, was
mistaken in giving a ledge off Briar
Island as the scene of the accident.
Steamers Answer Wireless Call.
AS soon as the grounding of the
Cobequid became known, c. HI. Har-
vey, agent of the department Of
marine and fisheries, sent wire, sss
instructions to the government
steamer Lady Laur1er to proceed to
the steamers assistance. Under
favorable conditions the Lady Lau-
rier should reach the Cobequid early
tomorrow.
When the Cape Sable station sent
out the radio call for help the mes
sage was picked up by the Kronprin-
zessin Cecilie, New York, for
Bremen, and the Belvere, Bel
fast, for New York, and both steam
ers are believed to have gone to the
Cobequid's assistance. Six other
steamers are known to be fighting
their way through the storm to the
aid of the distressed vessel. These
picked up her first wireless call for
help.
BOSTON,, Jan. 13.-The blizzard
that gripped New England and the
northeastern part of the United
States today, lashed the coast from
New York to Newfoundland with a
tremendous fury. There were reports
of numerous vessels in distress, and
a heavy toll of life was feared.
Chatham, Mass, received distress
signals from two schooners anchored
off Cape Cod Along the shore, OBJ
servers discerned wrecked long
boat in the ice just, beyond reach, but
with no sign of life on board The
schooner John Paul, $50 tons, sank
in Nantucket sound early today while
being towed by the revenue cutter
Acushnot The crew of six men had
abandoned the ship and nothing is
known of their fate.
Schooner Disappears.
Another schooner, the Greta, which
anchored in Nantucket sound last
night with distress signals flying, had
disappeared this morning.
From Nantucket a coal barge was
reported asohre off Great Point, with
its crew in peril. Life-savers made
heroic but unsuccessful efforts to
reach the vessel
Craft were badly battered in the
vicinity of Woods Hole. Mass, and
many calls for assistance were sent
out by shippers.
The steamer Hartford, of the Hart
ford and New York Transportation
Line, went aground this morning at
Rock Landing in the Connecticut
river after rough night on Long
Island Sound.
The lumber schooner Thomas, Wins
more, which went aground yesterday
near Sandy Hook, was Hoated this
morning. apparently unchanged.
Captain Norcross, of the life saw
ing crew at Nantucket, said that to-
days weather conditions were the
worst in his experience