The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-16

SNATC.G Fs}E >G3"&
FROM HUNGRY OCEAN
ReasSured by Captains Bravery and
Finally Saved by Vessels Which
Come in Answer to Wireless.


tonight in Yarmouth harbor.
Wireless appeals for assistance
which she had first made 80 hours be-
fore were answered late today as
the doomed steamer was being racked
to pieces on Trinity Rock, six miles
of Port Maitland. The rescue will
go down in shipping anHals as one Of
/ the most notable ever accomplished
on the Atlantic coast.
:. The Cobequid> had begun to break
under the cannonading of the ter
e seas that had been mercilessly
Deating her from the time the YES
j sci struck early yesterday Quantities
of cargo covered the water as the life
boats ranged along side. The coastal
steamers Westport and John L. Cam
were first to get their small boats into
the water and. they were followed soon
by boats of the government steamer
Lansdowne and the steamer Kappa
hammock. As the work of rescue pIo-
gressed the seas subsided and no mis-
4 hap marred the triumph over the
waves.
High Wind and Rough Sea.
Capt. McKinnon of the Westport
found the liner on Trinity ledge at
4.2O o'clock this afternoon. At the
time there was high wind and rough
sea. He took off in three life boat
loads 72 persons, including all rassen-
Ayers, the purser, several deck Off
eers and part of the crew.
The Westport stood by until 6:35
clock, when the John J. Cam came
The latter took of q men as the
stport was leaving fer Yarmo';ttA
he captain 2nd !! nen Of the crew
8ecided to remain on tie ship until
Y morning and TIE government steamer
Lansdowne remained by with them.
TIE Westport arrived at Yarmouth
at 9 o'clock and the John L. Cam
followed her in
The CobeQuid's stern Was not 6roh-
en-, as first reported. according to the
account given by Capt. McKinnon. In
/ tact the afterpart WIS highest out OF
the water. The Cobequid was badly
iced up.
The 108 persons aboard the Cobe-
quid inc uded u first cabin passen-
gers and al equal number in tie sec
ond class. Ars. N. c. Scollar and her
children were the first to go o,er the
side. Taea followed Miss Marguerite
and Miss Dorothy James, daughters Of
the late r. II. James, mayor OF 81.
Georne, Pe1 muda and two sisters of
charity.
Preparations bad been rlade here
to care for the sh1pwrecked and t1ey
were given every comfort tie city al
ford.
Trinity Rock, on which t-e> Cooe-
euid was transave1 at o'clock yes
.erday morning, IS a pinnacle of
granite rising ahr: pity from the ;ea
half way between this port and Bller
island wher t,c steamer was az 1r&;
e~ahought to have struck. The fam ous
Gurcher shoal which is indicated by
lightship, lies 10 miles outgide
Trinity rock, wai,e the course to the
Bay of Funday takes vc;@els still
further of shore.
The coast was swept by blizzard
when the Cobequid began TO feel her
way toward St. John Tne last OF Tue
\ ebb tide was running and the wind
was strong from the west-cond;tions
which tended to drive the steamer
closer to the eastern shore than Ger
skipper anticipated
Signal for Help.
The crash came just before dawn
and a few minutes later the wireless
"SOs" was flashing out, The Cobe-
Quid's operator was unable TO give aer
b location for no one on board knew it.
Four hours later flood tide and gales
8 had drived the steamer still farther
sn the rocks, and flooded the engine
L.room- This put out the fires and in
terrupted the wireless apparatus.
The passengers were greatly alarm
ed but the courage Of Capt. Hawson
treasured them time and again. The
steamer made water rapidly and
cargo began to tear away. Through
out the day and the night that fol-
lowed the officers scanned the sea for
eraft and the operator worked heroic
ally to restore his wireless outfit.
Fastening to Rescue.
In the meantime steamers that had
rioLo6 nm fbo fret orv foT. holm ware