The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-14
STEAMER AGROUND
IN Binding STORM
Position of Cobequid at Entrance
OF Bay of Fundy Thought
to Be Serious.
SHIP FILLING, is LATEST NEWS
Wireless. Which Early i'll Day
Sent Out Calls for Help, Failed
During Morning.

Halifax, n. s., January 1S.-The Royal
Mail steamer cobequid, with probably
10 persons on board. is aground in n
binding snowstorm at the entrance NJ
the Bay of Fun,ly. Reports are that
her forward hold is nlled with water,
and she IL listing badly. Her wireless,
which carly to-day began sending cut
calls for assistance has failed.
The Cobcuuid carried lO2 officers and
crow, ilvc iirst-claSs passengers. and a
nuUber OF x. cond class passengers.
The first-class passengers all came
from points south OF Bermuda Late
this afternoon terrible sea was run
ming. and none OF the steamers sent
out In search Of the Cobcquid had been
able to find her.
a wireless call for help from the
Uoyal Mall steamer Cobcquid. fast on
tho dreaded lodges OF Grand Manan.
Just before dawn to-day, followed i've
hours later by bnal flicker OF her
radio. saving that the ship was filling.
has caused gray" concern for those on
board. numbering about I20 persons.
The Cobcquid WAS bound for ST. John.
y. T.. from British West Indies, in
command OF Captain lawson. She was
completing her first round trip over this
route. She had crew of 102. a num-
her Of second class passengers and the
following In the iirs;-class cabin:
Mrs. zoller and child. She had called
1T Bermuda, but most OF her passengers
were from points south ~ there.
Increasing Anxiety.
Whether the Cobequid had survived
an all-day battering by hurricane seas
the feet Of nearly n dozen rescue boats
could reach her, was a matter of in
creasing anxiety tonight.
Tonight no trace of the distressed
ycsscl had been found on the east
shore Of the Bay of Fundy, why're she
was first reported aground. Nor could
a glimpse be seen through the vapor.
which shrouded the west side OF Grand
Nanan, on one Of whose numerous
hedges It later was believed she rested
The Cobequid formerly was the
rtesiner Goth. and had been pressed
into winter service from the Maritime
Provinces To the tropics She nailed
from Halifax, on December .. for West
Indian rCrts and started north again
on December 80. from Grenada. She
called at Bermuda on the eth and then
cleared for st. John
Approaching tho Bay Of Fundy, ia
NOUS for its swift tides and mountain
GUS seas q blizzard descended upon the
steamer. Captain Iiawson was head
:ng for Gannet Rock light the guide
TO the western side of the bay and
warming OF the lodges. which stretch
ton miles to the southwark OF Grand
Manan.
II was about sunrise when the oper
ator at the wireless station at Cape
sable across the bay. picked up the
Cobequid'a call for help, The message
said that the vessel had struck ledge
Off Brier Island, which is on the east
side of the bay. and needed immediate
assistance. For the next few hours
fragrnentary messages were received
from the stranded steamer. one OF
which said that the forward hold was
nllinE. At $40 a. NJ. came the last
gasp OF the fading wireless to the eff
fect that the engine-room was flooded
and the batteries exhausted.
Governments Active.
In the meantime. both the Canadian
and American governments had begun
active measures for rescue. The Ger
man steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie. off
Sable Island, on her way TO New York.
was urged to change her course and
head for the Cobequid. 200 miles to the
morthward.
The government steamer Lady
Laurie was started out from this port