The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-15
THRILLING WORK
On BARREN COAST
Royal Mail Liner 1rnpaled
on Trinity Rock, a Pin
nacle of Granite.
AWFUL PLIGHT OF
WRECKED VESSEL
Near Panic Among Passengers and
Crew-Captain Successful in Main
tainins Control Of Situation, How
ever. TIL Help Arrives.

Yarmouth, Jan. 16.-Twenty-fou
passengers and seventy-two members
OF the crew Of the Royal Mail steam,
er Cobequid, rescued late yesterday,
are recovering here from their long
exposure to icy winds and waves.
The Cobequid Is impaled on Trinity
Rock, six miles off Port Maitland. and
Is badly smashed and coated with ice.
The government steamer, Lands.
downe, stood by through sthe night.
st. John, N. F., Jan. 15.-Captain
Hawson and eleven men who remain
ed on the Cobequid, were taken on
board the steamer Aberdeen, shortly
before noon, and are on their way
here.
The wireless said the third oficer,
Howell was seriously injured during
the night.
Rescue Remarkable.
The rescue goes down in shipping
annals as one of the most notable ever
accomplished on the Atlantic coast.
The Cobequid began to break up un-
der the pounding of the terrific seas,
continuously from the time the vessel
struck Tuesday; Quantities of the
boats ranged alongside. The coastal
steamers West Port and John L. Cam
were the first to get boats into the
water, followed by boats from the
government steamer Lansdowne and
Rappahannock. No mishap marred
the rescue.
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ThegWeAt Port stood by until 6:11
p. M, when the John Cam came up
and took off 23 men: The captain
and II Of the crew decided to remain
on the ship until morning.
One hundred ana eight persons
were aboard the Cobequid. including
IL first and 12 second class passen-
gers. She struck the Trinity Rock in
heavy blizzard at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
Pinnacle OF Granite.
Trinity Rock, on which the Cobe-
Quid struck. Is q pinnacle of granite.
rising abruptly from the sea, half way
between this port and Brier Island,
where the steamer was at first thought
to have struck. Trinity is awash at
low water. Lurcher shoal. which is
indicated by the light ship, lies ten
Julkc6 OuIolu6 VI xIAlIy lOChs Willie
the course up the Bay Of Fundy takes
vessels still further off shore. The
bay was swept by typical western
blizzard as the Cobequid, bound
from the tropics began to feel her
way toward st. John. The last of the
ebb tide was running and the wind
strong from the west. conditions which
tended to drive the steamer closer to
the eastern shore than the skipper an
ticipated.
Wireless Called Into Play.
The crash came just before dawn.
and a few minutes later the wireless
"S. o. s." was flashing over the wa
ters. The Cobequid's operator was un-
able to give her location, for no one
on board knew definitely. Four
hours later, flood tide and gales had
driven the steamer still further on the
rock, breaking her back and flooding
the engine room. This put out the fires
and interrupted the wireless appara-
tus. The passengers were greatly
alarmed, but the. courage Of Captain
lawson and his abiding faith in his
ship reassured them repeatedly. The
steamer made water rapidly and her
cargo began to tear, away. Through
out the day and night which followed
officers scanned the sea for passing
craft and the operator worked heroic
ally to restore Il his wireless outfit.
Meantime, steamers which. had pick
ed up the FIRST cry for help were start
Ing for the distressed craft. A heavy
intense cold on the water. handicap
ped the searchers and 1t was a fisher
man on the Port Maitland shore who
first made out the Cobequid as the
Vapor rose late this afternoon. reveal-
ing the liner on dreaded Trinity