New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-07
Storm Puts Foreign Sea
Fighter in Precarious
Position.
NAME AND IDENTITY
REMAIN MYSTERY
Gale Sweeps Jersey Coast
Many Structures
Swept Away.

hin of four tunnels ana Hshtihs
vss driven ashore to-day on the
w.vv,snd coast six miles from the
yo,th Beach life-ssving station. The
e.,cs storm Of yesterday is still rag
No and the lifesavers have been un-
nj. 10 reach her, so that her identity
,.us;ns unknown. From what can be
H.,erped between lifts in the fog
-. seems to be heavily armored and
Of large tonnage.
That she is a wsrship of one OF
N. powers at war seems likely
T,s statement from Washington that
III American warships in nearby wa
,.,. have been accounted for makes
,u,. that she is not American. The
.uspicion that the stranded vessel flies
,he flag of one of the belligerents Is
made stronger by the fact that no
xi,eless calls for help have reached
Washington or the naval station here,
a, would have been the case had a
shin of the American navy gone
ashore.
REPORTS that the Karlsruhe was
headed for these waters in an attempt
n emulate the Emden and raid the
cs-co ships carrying war supplies to
the Allies and that q feet Of French
and J. ,sh cruisers were pursuing
f. her e. j the belief that the pursued
or one OF her pursuers had come TO
grief in the fierce storm.
According to the life savers who are
standing by, the sea fighter is in a
prsesrious condition. Two powerful
sss-going tugs accompany the Itasca.
The opinion here is that the ship is
a British cruiser. The lifesavers on
the beach say she is using half dozen
Iowsrful navy searchlights, and re-
pstedly her armored sides and fight
.ng TOP have been visible in the glare
Of their rays.
She is reported TO be about one mile
Of shore A high surf is rolling, with
a driving rain, in a thirty-mile wind.
The lifesavers are unable to get life
line to the ship and efforts TO launch a
lifebost are unsvailing.
The ship struck late this afternoon
in dense fog, and is far in for this
section Of the beach. The feeling here
grows, as the navy yard reports its in
ability to get in wireless communica-
tion with the ship, that she is British,
and that she is remaining silent in the
hope Of being able to get afoat un-
aided.
Late in the afternoon the North
Beach lifesavers reported the wsrship
aground six miles south Of Ocean City.
The tremendous seas raised by a north
east gale prevented them from going
20 her aid, and they asked the navy
yard at Norfolk to send her assistance.
u was at first thought that the vessel
was one in the United States Navy,
and the revenue cutter Itasca was at
once sent 70 the scene.
No wireless message was reported as
having been received from the wsrship
ID distress. Assistant Secretary Roose-
yeit Of the navy thought the destroyers
i,,sfry or Perkins might be in difficulty,
lhey having been ordered 20 proceed
sesterday from Newport to Charleston,
. u but later advices reported the
folk.
The receipt Of this dispatch satisfied
na'y ofhcials that the stranded vessel
Va: not an American man of war. They
aeeiaTed that none Of the navy's ves-
City. "
The belief that it was foreign YES
~ was strengthened by the fact that
ns snip had not reported the acci-
esM 10 the department. II was ex-
p'a'neo that the first ac, OF the com
landing Officer Of an American warship
aN had met with an accident would
.ns been 70 notify officials at Norfolk
.le Warrington. The suspicion that
~. vas belligerent, afraid of reveal
her plight. was amplifed by the
q any wireless calls for help.
H. ne ltasca. which started from
T@.s.mP'on Roads, will not reach Ocean
w Until tomorrow morning. Mean
me The name and identity Of the
''nued battleship remain a mystery.
~ northeast gale that at times
lseaeo velocity Of seventy miles an
-s,b and with an accompaniment OF
81 81, Following Saturday nights snow,
.pt down on the Eastern coast yes
10y wreaking damage in Long
.anc and New Jersey that will reach
uf'sfhl hundred thousand dollars.
,siS.y seas ran all day, undermining
.loao tracks and carrying away
sDs OF structures. There is no
Tstment Of the storm in sight.
sN Jersey bore the brunt Of the
"; ~ high tide in the morning the
-, Dfoke through the stone tanning
rh az Highlands, Normandie and
~ danes,nk Beach, doing damage Of $780,
- North and south bound tracks Of
New Jersey Central Railroad were
snso away between Highlands and
,s Bright, and the steel rails carried
sI,s iset The sea struck the rails
a. soen ioree that in some instances
were bent almost double.
HofmAndie the ocean undermined