Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-14
Last Flicker Of Wireless From
Stricken Vessel Says En-
gineS Are Flooded and Hold
Is Filling Fast,
FLEET OF SHIPS
RUSH TO RESCUE
Crew and Passengers, Num-
bering 1870, in GraveSt Dan
ger From Pounding Seas Of
TreaCherouS Bay Of Fundy.

ilNilihAf ~ % jim. iD.--A Wireless
cry for help from the Royal mail
steamer Cobequid fast on the rugged
lodges Of Grand Manan lust before
dawn today. followed five hours la
ter by a final flicker Of her wireless
saving that the snip was filling, has
caused grave concern for the 100 per.
sons ON board.
The Cohequd WAC bound for 81.
John, A. b., from the british West
indies in command Of Captain Haw-
con. She was completing her first
round trip over this route She had
a crow Of l02 men, u number of Sec
ond class passengers and the follow
ing in the first class cabin.
l., s. Navarro, l.. Botta, w. c. zoi-
Ter, Mrs Zoller and child. She had
called at Bermuda, but most Of her
passengers were from points south Of
there.
Whether the Cobcquid had survived
on all-day battering BY hurricane
seas, ana would hold together until
one Of the fleet Of nearly dozen res
cue boats could reach her. was a sub
jeet Of increasing hourly anxiety.
Up 70 dark no trace of the distressed
vessel had been found on the cast
shore Of the Bay Of Fundy, where she
was first reported agtound. Nor
could 70 glimpse be seen through the
vapor which shrnuded the west side
Of Grand Manpn on one Of whose nu-
merous lodges, It was later believed.
she rested,
The Cobequid formerly was the
steamer Gotha and had been pressed
into the winter service from MARI
( time provinces to the tropics. She
sailed from Halifax on December o
for West Indian ports and started
north again on December 80 from
Grenada she called nc bermuda on
! the 9th and then cleared for st. John.
Approaching the Bay of Fundy ia
lmous for It's swift tides and moun-
/ famous seas. blizzard descended
upon the steamer. Captain Hawson
was heading Tor Cannot Rock light,
I the guide 10 the western side of the
/ bay and warning Of the lodges which
stretch ten miles TO the southwark Of
Grand Manan.
II was about sunrise when the ope-
rator at the wireless station at Cape
Sable across the bay picked up the
Cohequid's appeal for help. Tho mes
sage said that the vessel had struck
+ u ledge off Briar island which is in
the east side of the bay and needed
assistance.
+ For the next few hours fragmen-
D d
stranded steamer one Of which said
TINT the forward hold was filling At
+ $40 n. M. came the last gasp OF the
fading wireless to the effect that the
engine room was flooded, the batteries
We're exhausted and the operator was
unable 90 get any sparks.
In the meantime both the Canadian
and American governments had be-
gun measures for rescue. The Ger
man steamer Kron Prinsez Ceeille,
off Sable island, on her way to New
York. was urged to change her course
and head for the Cobequid, goo miles
to the northward.
The government steamer Lady
Imrier was started out from this
port for the run OF 100 miles to Grand
Manan. The steamers Belvidere, Hell
ena and Lansdowne were asked to
help and the revenue cutter Wood
bury, on her way from Portland to
Rockland. were ordered to rush full
speed for the scene.
Toward night it was discovered
that the cable steamer Tyrian was ut
anchor behind Campo Bello, only
forty miles from Cannot Rock light
and message was sent urging her 70
proceed Immediately to the aid Of the
CobeQud.
When the keeper Of tho Briar Is
land light was notified Of the accident.
in the hope that he might give some
Information regarding tho Cohequid
he replied that he saw no trace Of
her This was subsequently confirmed
By the steamer John T.. Cam, which
made "a circuit of the island during
tho day
on rereading Of the first MESSAGE
from the Cobequld the opinion was
reached that the navigator was az a
loss MS To the real position OF the
steamer and that she was in reality on
the west side Of the bay. Unfortunate
ily communication with Grand Manan
had been cut off some time before
Through the breaking OF the cable. SO
no Information could be obtained
from there.