New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
STORM SINKS SHIP
AND WRECKS HOMES
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> y. m. in sinking condition. in lati-
tude 1886 north, longitude 13:24 west
while the Manuel Calvo is standing
alongside. bat is full of water and un-
able to render any assistance. Pro-
coed Immediately to assistance"
This information was later proved to
be incorrect. as the K0nigin Luise lad
been withdrawn from the North Ger
man Lloyd's northern and Mediter-
ranean service several months ago and
had been undergoing repairs in Bremen
haven. she sailed for sydney, \. S. w,
on October - and arrived there on De-
cember II.
operators in charge of the wireless
station IN the navy yard in Brooklyn
denied Aavi. .; sent the k6nigin Lu.se
message 10 Charlestown.
A similar dispatch received at Nor
folk caused the revenue cutter service
10 Gispatch the cutter Onondaga 10 the
sinking steamship.
When the message was picked up at
Newport the derelict destroyer Seneca
also Of the revenue cutter service, was
ordered to go at top speed TO assist the
unknown steamship.
Although nothing was said by the
master OF the Manuel Calvo about
collision. it was thought that she
might have been in collision with the
vessel she was at that time making Ell
forts 10 assist
The Royal Mail steamship Caribbean
from Bermuda. was reported as nifty
FIVE miles southeast Of Scotland Light
ship at 7:20 y. IN. yesterday. and 1t IS
believed that she also will stand by
the sinking freighter.
The Manuel Calvo, which is in the
service between Cadiz. New York, Vera
Cruz and Havana, left the last named
mort for New York on December 80.
Her steaming time from Cuba TO New
York is four days.
Try Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Atlanti. City. Jan. 4.-This city
bears silent witness TO the fury OF the
Atlantic gales that have ragged for the
lest forty-cight hours. Pavilions are
wrecked boardwalks demolished ana
the beaches Uttered with pieces OF
shattered wood and twisted iron and
steel beams. and still the sea RACES. as
though IN bafied rage that the land
still survives.
Five hundred feet OF the seward END
Of the Million Dollar Pier was washed
away last night. the great steel up
rights ard cross beams yielding TO the
force Of the sea az though they were
fran scantlings Young's Pier, at Ten
nessee avenue. or what remained OF Ii
after the disastrous fire of two years
900 underwent its baptism Of water
TOO and little remains 10 tell the tale.
At AIargate City and Longport, con-
crete bulkheads have been ground 10
mail bits. cottages have been lifted
h,diiv from their foundations and
,.hirled away on the crest OF the
caters II is feared that further dam
age viii be zone WIZ" ~
ro,urns 10 food tomorrow morning.
At Ventnor a large section oil the
concrete sea wall went down with a
roar. allowing the sea full sweep. Part
81 the boardwalk AT Troy avenue no"
rests only on pilings in the centre
II Is estimated that the damage al
vor,nor alone will reach $4,000.
Cane May. y. j., Jan. line east
erly gale created the highest tide mere
in Ave years. but little damage was
done. The ocean cut into the beach
iron, boulevard twenty feet for
distance Of about 600 feet along the
ocean side Of the town and did some
damage 10 summer homes Sixty fee'
inland.
Al South cape May the cottage OF