The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-05-07

iFE and property require To DO
s~afeguarded on ,ea as much as,
II not more than. on land. For
- this purpose the ocean patrol
has coine into being. on the
waste OF waters there Ii every danger
which taxes the best Of human skill.
foresight and carefulness to combat
1t. At IA certain period OF the year
this danger of the deep increases and.
therefore, emphatic measures have
been taken TO esca, . IL. This most
dangerous time OF me year Is that In
which the iccbergs occur, when great
masses break away from the parent
glaciers In the north to Loaf down In
their frozen might into the lanes OF
travel traversed by the steamships
plying between European and Ameri'
al ports, This period OF utmost dan.
ger lasts from the beginning OF March
To the last OF July. In some years the
ice drift begins as early as February.
and by March some OF the bergs are
so far south as to get In the way OF
the northerly course OF vessels enter.
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says n writef in tho Christian Herald.
AZ the season advances the floating
masses get In the main track OF the
p big liners. and IL IL then that he
greatest danger Ia TO be ~apprehended.
To avoid them as much as possible
the principal companies engaged In
north Atlantic transportation between
the ports OF New York. Boston, Fast.
net and Bishops Rock direct their
captains to take the most s~outherly
course consistent with the time al.
lowed for the voyage. from the begin
ming OF February to the end OF August,
but even this does not preclude the
possibility OF coming In contact with
the leo mountains that at any moment
may loom up on the horizon In the
very path OF the vessel.
Region Of Danger.
l This s~outherly course. as It IN
termed. which Is pursued during the
spring and summer months, takes the
vessel across the ffftieth degree OF
longitude (the region OF danger) In lat.
itude III degrees 30 minutes on the
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degrees 80 minutes on the ~east.bound
passage. Yet icebergs OF immense
size are frequently encountered on
this track. The ill.fated Titanic was
on the southerly course when she
struck he berg that sent her to the
baton OF the Atlantic. Many "A state
ly bark which left the home port In
high hope has come 10 grief In this
dreaded section OF the north Atlantic.
The icebergs float down on the Labra.
dor current and skirt Newfoundland.
bearing south until they enter the
4 warm waters OF the gulf stream.
where they gradually disappear. What
adds to the great danger OF these
frozen ~dreadnaughts Is the fog In
which they are often enveloped when
OF the Grand Banks, Though the
sometimes happens that bergs ahead
ina not be sighted until too late for
the vessel to veer her course,
II wa the appalling catastrophe OF
the Titanic that woke the nations 10
tho fact that no ship, however stanch.
Ia immune from accident. and that the
problem OF elemental danger still re-
manned unsolved, Tho Titanic was
thought To be practically unsuitable.
Proudly she steamed along on her
maiden trip, defying winds and
Swaves. n floating palace full OF life
and light. when. 10! out of the dark.
ness Of night came the grim sea mon.
ster which sent her 10 her doom. The
news Of her fate shocked the civilized
world. The boasted science and skill
OF man were baffled. beaten, sunk be-
Ice king.
Navy Takes a Hand.
Then II "A that thought was taken,
not how TO overcome, but how to avoid
mis- irresistible power In the future.
our navy department. In the interest
two cruisers for patrol duty; that is.
to scour the steamship track for ice.
bergs and give warning OF their loca.
. ton n approach.
This year precautions have been Ia.
ken earlier In the season than usual
20 safeguard transatlantic travel. The
Seneca has beer dispatched To the Ice.
fields. The cutter left Tompklnsville.
Staten Island. New York. on February
. Is for her Ave months cruise. The
experienced Captain Johnston Is in
command, The Seneca Ia the only
vessel that has been detailed for the
service this year. but when the ice
has moved southwark 30 as to make
a constant patrol necessary. an addi'
tional vessel will be sent out for the
purpose. probably the Miami.
There has been a report that some
of the big companies we're to put on
Tatrol boats OF their own TO supple